22:09:45
Spot palladium rose 5% on the day and is now at $1,572.39 an ounce.
22:04:07
Institute of International Finance: Inflows into emerging market equities and bonds were $2.1 billion and $7.7 billion in April, respectively.
22:00:47
Institute of International Finance: Portfolio inflows to emerging markets were $9.8 billion in April.
22:00:29
U.S. wholesale sales recorded a monthly rate of -2.1% in March, the largest decline since April 2020.
21:50:00
U.S. wholesale sales for March will be released in ten minutes.
21:48:49
Iraqi Ministry of Oil: Iraq has resumed exporting crude oil from the Kayala oil field with a production capacity of 33,000 barrels per day.
21:41:30
Spot silver fell by US$0.1 in the short term and is now at US$25.53 per ounce.
21:39:01
Spot gold fell by nearly US$5 in the short term and is now at US$2018.37 per ounce.
21:38:53
Sterling remains the best-performing G10 currency in 2023 and the best-performing currency in Q2 so far. Economists at MUFG do not expect the BoE meeting to weigh on the pound. The UK economy continues to show resilience, with improving terms of trade brought on by energy prices being a key positive development for the pound. Bank of England Chief Economist Peel has spoken of a "positive demand shock". We do not expect the BoE to disrupt the current positive performance of GBP. EUR/GBP could break lower.
21:33:55
The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose 2% on the day to 3.515%.
21:26:54
On May 8, local time, UN Secretary-General Guterres will go to Spain after passing through Doha, Qatar and Africa, and meet with Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez.
21:26:33
WTI crude oil rose 3.00% in the day and is now at $73.43 a barrel.
21:24:36
United Overseas Bank: The Fed’s interest rate hike cycle has been completed. It is expected to suspend interest rate hikes for the rest of 2023, but it is not expected to cut interest rates this year, that is, the federal funds rate (upper limit) will remain at 5.25% this year.
21:23:42
The New Zealand dollar NZD/USD extended its intraday gains to 1% and is now trading at 0.6358.
21:10:45
RBI: The share of gold in foreign exchange reserves increased from about 7.06% at the end of September 2022 to about 7.81% at the end of March 2023.
21:10:08
Reserve Bank of India: As of the end of March 2023, the Reserve Bank of India held 794.64 tons of gold.
21:06:03
Spot palladium rose by US$21 in the short term, up more than 3% within the day, and is now at US$1,544.12 per ounce.
20:42:52
Israel Energy Ministry: Approves plan to increase natural gas exports to Egypt.
20:37:48
Trading platform Binance: Has processed all pending bitcoins to withdraw from trading.
20:32:18
Australian Treasurer Chalmers: The budget is all about spending limits.