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WTI Oil WTI oil edged higher on Thursday and recovered part of losses of previous day (down 2.4% for the day) after OPEC signaled further output increase from June. Limited recovery remains weighed by signals of further supply increase and with still unclear situation with tariffs, after calmer tone

Silver regains positive traction at the start of a new week following Friday’s modest slide.The technical setup seems tilted in favor of bulls and supports prospects for further gains.Any corrective pullback towards the $32.00 mark could be seen as a buying opportunity. Silver (XAG/USD) attracts som

In focus today In the euro area, focus turns to the Sentix investor confidence indicator for April and retail sales for February. Investor confidence rose sharply in March on the back of the German spending package. Following Trump's "Liberation Day" sentiment is expected to take a hit, although it

Summary The ISM services report tells us that activity is holding up, but firms are no longer hiring, orders have slowed to a crawl, backlogged orders are falling and businesses are having trouble getting their hands on supplies. Download the Full Report! Share: Analysis feed

GBP/USD treaded water near 1.2900 on Tuesday. Investors are broadly pulling volume out of the market as they await Trump tariffs. President Trump is slated to finally announce his tariff packages on Wednesday. GBP/USD flatlined on Tuesday, churning just above the 1.2900 handle as investors buckle do

We expect early April labour market data to continue signalling cooling, but still steady growth. Federal layoffs and sharply cooling immigration are set to weigh on employment growth over coming months, but the low number of jobless claims on the private sector suggests overall conditions remain st

Market The build‐up to US President Trump’s “Liberation Day” is leaving very nasty scars on financial markets. Last Friday’s trading session was full risk‐off with European stock markets losing around 1% and key US gauges dropping 1.7% to 2.7%. US indices are ready for/into a new fierce sell‐off wav

The PMI reports showed contrasting trends between the US and the euro area in March. In the euro area, manufacturing PMI rose more than expected to 48.7 from 47.6, while the US index declined to 49.8 from 52.7. March marked the first time with the US index below 50 since last year, while the euro ar