ING analysts discuss changes to US Section 232 aluminium tariffs aimed at incentivizing domestic smelting investment. Qualifying projects can import at 25% instead of 50%, but ING stresses this is a long-term industrial…
The Pound Sterling holds firm during the North American session as UK inflation data dipped, easing pressure on the Bank of England to tackle higher prices, while attacks between the US and Iran don’t seem to be ending …
Gold (XAU/USD) climbs to a two-week high on Wednesday as bargain hunters step in near the $4,000 mark, while traders weigh Middle East risks and the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy outlook.
The Euro (EUR) reversed earlier gains against the Japanese Yen (JPY) on Wednesday, following hawkish comments by Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) policymakers. The pair, however, remains a few pips below 186.00 at the time of writ…
Silver (XAG/USD) trades around $59.35 at the time of writing on Wednesday, up 0.94% on the day, as persistent safe-haven demand offsets the negative impact of rising inflation expectations. The white metal remains suppo…
Following the ban on Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models, the conversation around cybersecurity is once again taking centre stage, as one of OpenAI’s agents hacked into the Hugging Face platform.
TD Securities strategists expect modest US Dollar (USD) strength in Q3 2026 as positioning has room to rebuild. However, they see limited sustained upside, with the USD reverting to a traditional safe-haven profile and …
Chris Turner at ING notes EUR/USD has held up relatively well despite energy price gains and wider natural gas prices. Interest rate differentials and expectations of a stronger European Central Bank (ECB) response than…
USD/IDR has recovered its daily losses, trading around 17,950 during the European hours on Wednesday. The pair appreciates as the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) struggles after the Bank Indonesia (BI) decided to hold its bench…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s Elias Haddad notes the British Pound (GBP) remains heavy versus the US Dollar (USD) and Euro (EUR) after a mixed United Kingdom (UK) June Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, with headline inflat…
Derek Halpenny at MUFG explains that US trade tariff uncertainty is set to re-emerge as Section 122 measures expire and are replaced by more targeted Section 301 actions. He expects widespread investigations and tariffs…
Following his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Manila on Wednesday, United States (US) Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that “Iran is in a lot of trouble.”
MUFG’s Derek Halpenny highlights persistent Japanese Yen weakness as USD/JPY trades at levels last seen in 1986, with low volatility undermining the Ministry of Finance’s case for intervention. He notes limited contagio…
Commerzbank’s Antje Praefcke highlights recent confusion in Norway after delayed core inflation data and an unexpected slowdown in both headline and core rates. Despite Norges Bank’s earlier hawkish tilt and a policy ra…
The World Bank warned that the global economy is only "a few months" away from a worst-case scenario in which global growth slows to 1.3% while inflation rises to 4.5%, according to comments by Chief Economist Indermit …
Societe Generale strategists analyze the Hungarian Forint (HUF) after the central bank of Hungary, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) cut its policy rate to 5.75% and signalled more easing. They expect a 5.0% terminal rate by ye…
The EUR/JPY cross attracts some sellers after an intraday move up to a one-month high and drops to the 185.75-185.70 area during the early part of the European session on Wednesday. The supportive fundamental backdrop, …
The Euro’s (EUR) modest upside attempt against the US Dollar (USD) witnessed during Wednesday’s Asian session has been short-lived. The EUR/USD pair was capped below 1.1420, before pulling back to levels a few pips abov…
The Japanese Yen (JPY) attracts significant bids against its major currency peers during the European trading session on Wednesday. The USD/JPY pair falls vertically to near 162.65, but quickly recovers some losses and …
A Discounted Cash Flow model estimates what a company might be worth by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting those cash flows back to today using an appropriate rate. It is essentially asking what all t…
Banco Santander Chile stock, backed by the Chilean subsidiary of the global Santander group (ISIN US05968L1026), is supported by a combination of resilient profitability, solid capital ratios, and a stable market valuat…
Dow Jones futures lose 0.30% to trade around 52,290 during European trading hours on Wednesday. Meanwhile, S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures decline 0.38% and 0.85%, trading near 7,520 and 29,070, respectively.
The AUD/USD pair struggles to capitalize on a modest Asian session uptick and extends its sideways consolidative price move around the 0.7000 psychological mark on Wednesday.
The Indian Rupee (INR) opens lower against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday after a slight relief the previous day. The USD/INR pair rises to near 96.53 as a fresh surge in oil prices due to intensifying fears of furthe…