Corn futures remain elevated near $5.30 per bushel, with December corn recently trading around $5.27-$5.30 after retreating from the September advance. The market remains supported by tightening global supply expectations, with the USDA forecasting global corn consumption to exceed production by nearly 30 million metric tons in 2026/27, potentially creating the largest global production deficit […]
The Japanese yen staged a sharp recovery against the U.S. dollar on Friday, reversing a substantial portion of its earlier losses after reports that Bank of Japan officials had been checking yen prices with market dealers. The move came after the Bank of Japan raised its policy rate from 1.00% to 1.25%, but the yen […]
Gold prices are heading into Monday trading with renewed upside momentum after XAU/USD rebounded 0.89% on Friday and climbed back toward $4,379, recovering from the nearly two-month low of $4,235 reached earlier in the week. The recovery is notable because it comes despite the Federal Reserve delivering a 25-basis-point rate hike, taking its benchmark interest-rate […]
USD/JPY enters Monday trading with the US Dollar firmly supported against the Japanese Yen after the pair surged 0.63% on Friday and reached a daily high of 158.06 before pulling back toward 156.95-156.98. The Japanese Yen weakened despite the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raising its policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%, its highest […]
Silver prices are heading into Monday trading with a constructive near-term bias after XAG/USD advanced on Friday and reached around $66.76, its highest level since September 10. Silver is also on track to finish the week more than 3% higher, although the broader technical picture remains cautious as trend strength continues to show limited conviction. […]
The Australian Dollar (AUD) is heading into Monday trading with positive momentum against the US Dollar after AUD/USD successfully broke above the important 0.7100 level. The pair reached 0.7136 during Friday’s session before settling around 0.7120-0.7124, close to the session highs. The move higher reflects improving risk appetite and growing expectations that the Reserve Bank […]
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) enters Monday trading under renewed pressure against the US Dollar (USD), after NZD/USD reversed sharply from 0.5787 on Friday and closed the week near its daily lows. The pair was last trading around 0.5725, leaving the 0.5700 level as the immediate technical battleground for the new trading week. The reversal […]
Global financial markets enter the week of September 21, 2026 facing several competing macroeconomic forces, with the Middle East war, central-bank policy, US-China trade relations, AI investment and major economic data releases likely to dominate investor attention. Energy prices remain particularly sensitive to developments in the Middle East, with disruptions to oil and gas supply […]
Lithium carbonate prices in China fell below CNY 135,000 per tonne in September, reaching their lowest level of the year as a major upward revision to Chinese stockpiles caused markets to reassess the global supply outlook. The revision came after industry group SMM changed its methodology for compiling inventory data, resulting in a 175,000-ton increase […]
The Mexican peso weakened to around 17.2 per US dollar after reaching a more than two-year high of 16.98 on September 11, as the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates and signaled that another rate increase could still be possible this year. The Fed increased its federal funds target rate by 25 bps to 3.75%-4.00%, […]