February 18, 2026 7:16 am
Key Moments WTI trades near $62.30 during Asian hours on Wednesday, holding modest gains amid elevated Middle East tensions. Iran temporarily and partially closes parts of the Strait of Hormuz for IRGC naval drills, raising worries over crude supply flows. Traders await the American Petroleum Institute crude inventory report later on Wednesday for fresh signals […]
Read moreFebruary 16, 2026 9:54 am
Spot Silver edged lower on Monday amid light trading volumes, with markets in the US and China closed due to local public holidays. Additionally, there has likely been some profit taking after Silver’s 2.7% surge on Friday. US markets remain closed for the Presidents’ Day holiday, while Chinese markets are closed for the Lunar New […]
Read moreFebruary 16, 2026 8:23 am
Spot Gold retreated more than 0.5% on Monday amid light trading volumes, with markets in the US and China closed due to local public holidays. Additionally, there has likely been some profit taking after Gold’s 2.5% surge on Friday. US markets remain closed for the Presidents’ Day holiday, while Chinese markets are closed for the […]
Read moreFebruary 13, 2026 8:31 am
Spot Silver rebounded on Friday, recovering from a one-week low of $74.01/oz. ahead of the key US CPI inflation report due later today, which may provide further clues over the Fed’s monetary easing path. Annual headline consumer inflation in the US probably eased to 2.5% in January from 2.7% in December, according to market consensus. […]
Read moreFebruary 12, 2026 3:27 pm
Key Moments LME nickel traded at $17,835 a tonne as of 6:45 a.m. London time, after briefly touching $17,910. Indonesia set 2024 nickel ore quotas at 260 million to 270 million tonnes, well below the 379 million tonnes targeted for 2025. Weda Bay Nickel’s ore quota was cut to 12 million tonnes for this year […]
Read moreFebruary 12, 2026 3:11 pm
Key Moments LME cash bid for aluminum rose to USD 3,096 per tonne, with the cash offer at USD 3,098 per tonne. 3-month and forward December 27 contracts posted synchronized gains across bid and offer prices. LME opening stocks declined to 485,750 tonnes, while alumina prices eased slightly to USD 308.08 per tonne. Price Action […]
Read moreFebruary 12, 2026 1:18 pm
Key Moments XAU/USD is trading close to the upper end of its weekly band, with buyers constrained just below the $5,100 region. Stronger-than-expected US Nonfarm Payrolls led markets to scale back expectations for imminent Federal Reserve rate cuts, offering limited support to the US Dollar. Gold’s broader uptrend remains in place, though short-term momentum has […]
Read moreFebruary 12, 2026 11:01 am
Key Moments The Kuala Lumpur rubber market closed lower on Thursday, pressured by a stronger ringgit, mixed crude oil prices, and weaker regional rubber futures. The ringgit strengthened to 3.9100/9230 against the US dollar in the morning session, up from Wednesday’s 3.9110/9170 close. Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR) 20 fell nine sen to 764.50 sen per […]
Read moreFebruary 12, 2026 8:49 am
Key Moments Brent and WTI futures inched higher in early Thursday trading as geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Iran fueled supply concerns. Recent gains came even as U.S. crude inventories surged by 8.5 million barrels to 428.8 million barrels, far above expectations for a 793,000-barrel increase. Analysts noted that U.S.-Iran risks, tighter Russian oil […]
Read moreFebruary 12, 2026 8:24 am
Key Moments Silver futures are consolidating around $83.40 within a key VC PMI distribution band that is defining the next major directional move. Tests of Daily Sell-1 at $82.85 and Daily Sell-2 at $85.37 have occurred in an area where the VC PMI framework signals a 90% probability of mean reversion when price becomes stretched. […]
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