22:31:18
The U.S. EIA Strategic Petroleum Reserve inventory for the week ending April 5 was 595,000 barrels, compared with 591,000 barrels in the previous week.
22:31:08
EIA report: Commercial crude oil inventories excluding strategic reserves increased by 5.841 million barrels to 457 million barrels, an increase of 1.29%.
22:30:46
The EIA crude oil production-implied demand data for the week ending April 5 in the United States was 18.6996 million barrels per day, compared with 19.259 million barrels per day in the previous week.
22:27:24
According to Hamas-affiliated news agency: Three sons of Hamas leader Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza.
22:22:16
Spot gold has roughly recovered its losses since the release of U.S. CPI data and is now trading at $2,348 an ounce.
22:20:37
Market news: Bahrain Bank has started recruiting to rebuild its private lending business.
22:20:00
The U.S. EIA crude oil inventory and Cushing crude oil inventory for the week ending April 5 will be announced in ten minutes; the Governor of the Bank of Canada will hold a press conference in ten minutes.
22:18:41
According to Interfax: The Russian government expects economic growth of 2.2% in 2024.
22:10:47
Spot gold has gradually rebounded and is now trading at $2,340 an ounce, up more than $20 from its low since the CPI was announced.
22:05:09
The USD/CHF exchange rate rose by 1.00% during the day and is now trading at 0.9125.
22:03:19
The euro/USD pair fell 1.00% during the day and is now trading at 1.0748.
22:02:13
The U.S. five-year yield is higher than the 30-year yield for the first time since September.
22:00:49
Brevan Howard’s cryptocurrency fund gained 34.5% in the first quarter.
22:00:24
U.S. wholesale sales rose 2.3% month-on-month in February, the largest increase since March 2022.
22:00:19
The monthly rate of U.S. wholesale inventories in February was 0.5%, in line with expectations of 0.50% and the previous value of 0.50%.
22:00:02
The monthly rate of wholesale sales in the United States in February was 2.3%, in line with expectations of 0.4% and the previous value of -1.70%.
21:59:52
Sources: The United States and Japan announced a joint partnership to accelerate the development of nuclear fusion.
21:53:20
Bank of Canada: It is expected that the commencement of commercial operations of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project will contribute approximately 0.25 percentage points to GDP growth in the second quarter.
21:52:18
Bank of Canada: Housing services price inflation is expected to ease as mortgage interest cost growth weakens.
21:51:53
Bank of Canada: The output gap in the first quarter is estimated to be between -0.5% and -1.5%; the potential output growth rate is expected to slow from 2.5% in 2024 to an average of around 1.6% in 2025 and 2026.