May 18, 2026 8:44 am
Key Moments WTI crude traded around $102.70 during Asian hours on Monday, marking a third straight session of gains. Drone attacks on the UAE and Saudi Arabia, along with rising US-Iran tensions, intensified fears of a global oil supply squeeze. The expiration of a US waiver on Indian purchases of Russian seaborne oil added to […]
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Key Moments EUR/JPY trades around 184.80, recovering from a four-day slide but still capped below the Bollinger middle band. Support is highlighted at 184.30 and 183.50, with resistance forming at 185.30 and higher Bollinger levels. Market participants focus on upcoming Japan Q1 GDP data, projected at 0.4% versus a prior 0.3% reading. EUR/JPY Rebounds in […]
Read moreMay 18, 2026 7:35 am
Key Moments EUR/USD traded near 1.1620 in Asian hours on Monday. This marked a sixth straight session of subdued performance. Fed officials stressed that curbing inflation remains the top priority. As a result, markets raised the implied probability of a December rate hike to nearly 48%, up from 14% a week earlier. Meanwhile, expectations for […]
Read moreMay 18, 2026 6:27 am
Key Moments USD/CAD trades above the mid-1.3700s in the Asian session, holding just below the one-month high reached last Friday. Heightened Middle East tensions and rising expectations for a potential Fed rate hike support the US Dollar’s safe-haven appeal. Crude Oil advances to a two-week peak amid geopolitical risks and Strait of Hormuz disruption, cushioning […]
Read moreMay 18, 2026 5:57 am
Key Moments Silver trades near $74.20 per troy ounce, marking a third straight session of declines. India immediately restricts nearly all Silver imports, tightening local supply but dampening global demand. UBS cuts Silver investment demand forecast to 300 million ounces and now projects a sharply smaller global deficit of 60–70 million ounces. India’s Import Clampdown […]
Read moreMay 15, 2026 2:15 pm
Key Moments McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) has retreated to 2022 price levels, with its P/E ratio dropping to 23 – the lowest in nearly two years – while its shares are technically oversold. The company has been posting record revenue and record earnings per share on a trailing 12-month basis and reaffirmed plans to expand […]
Read moreMay 15, 2026 2:02 pm
Key Moments Bulgaria, Finland, France, Poland and Sweden oppose a single Brussels-led “central scenario” for EU power grid planning, favoring stronger regional and national roles. The dispute centers on the EU’s proposed Grids Package, including a €1.2 trillion investment by 2040, and how authority over project planning and congestion revenues is allocated. Negotiations on the […]
Read moreMay 15, 2026 9:23 am
Key Moments Alphabet priced a 576.5 billion yen ($3.6 billion) multi-tranche yen bond, marking the largest yen issuance by a foreign corporate borrower. The deal is Alphabet’s first yen-denominated bond and comes amid a major artificial intelligence investment program and funding diversification efforts. The bonds span maturities from 3 to 40 years with coupons ranging […]
Read moreMay 15, 2026 8:41 am
Key Moments Henry Hub natural gas has stabilized around $2.80/MMBtu after earlier withdrawal-season volatility. RBC Capital Markets projects a Q2 trading range of $2.76-3.25/MMBtu before firmer prices emerge later in the year. The bank anticipates Henry Hub moving above $3.51/MMBtu later in 2026, with further upside risk into 2027 as structural balances tighten. Current Market […]
Read moreMay 15, 2026 8:04 am
Key Moments WTI trades around $98.20, advancing for a second straight session during Asian hours on Friday. Price remains above the nine-day EMA at $97.06 and the 50-day EMA at $91.12, reinforcing a bullish technical bias. Upside focus centers on resistance near $107.50, with key downside levels at $97.06, $92.40, $91.12, and $86.92. Constructive Technical […]
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