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Commodity Market: Gold steadies after steepest loss in two weeks as virus spread, US election uncertainty support haven demand

October 29, 2020 10:47 am
After its steepest single-day slump since October 13th on Wednesday, Spot Gold was mostly steady during European trade on Thursday as recent US Dollar rally paused, while accelerating virus spread globally and uncertainty surrounding the US presidential election next week were factors supporting safe haven demand for the precious metal. Recent polls show that Democrat […] Read more

Mastercard shares close lower on Wednesday, third-quarter profit drops 28%, travel spending to remain weak due to pandemic

October 29, 2020 8:33 am
Mastercard Inc (MA) said on Wednesday that overall travel spending would probably not pick up anytime soon, as it reported a sharp drop in its third-quarter earnings. The company also said that cross-border volume recovery would depend on the timing and the availability of coronavirus vaccines. Mastercard shares closed lower for a fourth consecutive trading […] Read more

TikTok to continue international expansion as it plans to hire 3,000 engineers: report

October 28, 2020 10:32 am
According to a Tuesday report by Reuters, ByteDance-owned TikTok intends to hire nearly 3,000 engineers in Singapore, Canada and Europe during the upcoming three years. “To support our rapid global growth, we plan to continue expanding TikTok’s global engineering team, including adding approximately 3,000 engineers in Canada, Europe, Singapore, as well as the U.S., over […] Read more

Forex Market: AUD/USD maintains gains as CPI inflation data adds to RBA policy easing prospects in support of economy

October 28, 2020 8:51 am
AUD/USD remained mostly steady in early European session on Wednesday, while being not far from last Friday’s one-week high of 0.7158, after an official report showed Australian consumer price inflation had come in slightly better than expectations. Consumer prices went up 0.7% year-on-year during the third quarter, while matching a consensus of estimates, following a […] Read more

American Express shares fall the most in a month on Friday, third-quarter profit falls short of estimates

October 26, 2020 10:38 am
American Express Co’s (AXP) third-quarter earnings, reported on Friday, fell short of analyst estimates, since its clients trimmed spending during the coronavirus-induced economic downturn. Shares of American Express Company closed lower for the sixth time in the past ten trading sessions in New York on Friday. It has also been the steepest single-session loss since […] Read more

Forex Market: AUD/USD eases from one-week highs as investors trim risk bets

October 26, 2020 8:40 am
Having touched a one-week high last Friday, AUD/USD eased on Monday, as a combination of factors, including a potentially disputed US presidential election, faint prospects of a coronavirus aid bill prior to the vote and accelerating virus spread across the globe, fueled investor risk aversion, supporting the US Dollar. Markets remained in a risk-off mode, […] Read more