🌅 Morning Market Up...from NORDFX Global

🌅 Morning Market Update – 16 April 2025 📉 Wall Street reversed gains yesterday, and the sell-off continues today. Fears of a deepening 🇺🇸🇨🇳 trade war and stalled tariff negotiations with U.S. allies are shaking markets. 💻 Nvidia dropped over 6% after-hours following fresh U.S. export restrictions on China. 📊 US500 futures down 1.5%, US100 slipping over 2%. 📮 Hong Kong halts postal services to the U.S., while President Trump hits Chinese syringes & needles with a 245% tariff 💉🚫, citing overreliance on Chinese production. 🇪🇺 European futures are also in the red: EU50 down nearly 1.5%. 🧠 Dutch chipmaker ASML warns the trade war could dent 2025–2026 results. 🛢️ Oil retreats 1.5%, hovering near $60/barrel. 🔥 NATGAS also down 1%. 🌾 On the upside: Wheat & corn 🌽 gain ~1.5% on CBOT. 🥇 Gold surges almost 3%, nearing $3,300, as safe haven demand grows. 🥈 Silver up 0.5%. Stay tuned & trade smart! 📲📈

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🌅 Morning Update (27.11.2025) 🇺🇸 Wall Street closed firmly in the green yesterday. The Nasdaq 100 jumped 0.87%, powered by Nvidia and other chipmakers. The S&P 500 added 0.69%, and the Dow Jones rose 0.67%. 📉 Growing expectations of a Fed rate cut in December pushed the US dollar lower, boosting Antipodean currencies and the British pound. 🇺🇸 The US market is closed today for Thanksgiving. 🌏 Asia traded mostly higher. 🇯🇵 Nikkei 225 gained 1.1%, 🇭🇰 Hang Seng added 0.34%, and 🇨🇳 Shanghai Composite rose 0.49%, while 🇦🇺 ASX 200 stayed flat. 🏦 RBNZ cut its rate by 25 bp and signalled the end of the easing cycle. 🇯🇵 The yen strengthened early on hopes of a December BoJ hike, but a cautious speech by Board member Noguchi cooled expectations. 🇦🇺 Australian firms delivered the strongest capital investment growth since 2012 – up 6.4% q/q, with record spending on machinery keeping discussions about potential policy tightening alive for 2026. 🇰🇷 The Bank of Korea kept rates unchanged at 2.5%. 🇨🇳 PBoC set the USD/CNY midpoint at 7.0826. Industrial profits rose 1.9% y/y in Jan–Oct, though October alone fell 5.5%, the weakest in five months. 🪙 Commodities: Gold trades near $4,160, silver around $53, supported by Chinese reserves falling to a 10-year low. 💹 Crypto: Market mood is mildly positive ahead of a possible December Fed cut. Bitcoin is back above $90,000, and Ethereum trades above $3,000. ✨ Stay tuned with NordFX – trade smart and make every market move work for you!

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Interest Rate Expectations and Their Impact on Q1 2026 FX Trends 🌍📈 Markets are increasingly pricing in further Fed rate cuts in early 2026 — after an expected December move that could bring policy rates closer to 3.00–3.25%. By contrast, the ECB looks set to keep rates stable near 2.00% as euro-area inflation eases. 💱 What could this mean for FX? • Pressure on the US dollar may persist • EUR/USD has scope to push higher if expectations hold • Some emerging currencies may benefit from a softer dollar ⚡ Q1 could bring stronger volatility and new directional trends as traders reposition around policy shifts. Ready to trade these moves? 🚀 https://my.nordfx.com/en/regis...

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🌅 Morning Update (08.12.2025) Asian markets opened without clear direction — 🇨🇳🇯🇵🇦🇺 equities and forex trade in narrow ranges after a calm weekend. 💱 The U.S. dollar and yen edge down ~0.10%, while the euro and Aussie dollar firm slightly. EUR/USD ticks up around 0.12%. 📆 Traders are focused on Wednesday’s Fed meeting — markets price an 87% chance of another 25 bp cut. 🥇 Gold inches higher by 0.33% to 4,216 USD/oz, while 🛢 WTI rises 0.18% to 60.20 USD/barrel. 🇯🇵 Japan’s Q3 GDP was revised weaker at –2.3% annualised, signalling sluggish momentum despite modest gains in household spending. 🇨🇳 China posted a sizeable 111.7B USD November trade surplus — exports grew 5.9% and rare-earth shipments surged, highlighting Beijing’s export strength despite tariffs. 💼 WSJ says IBM is nearing an acquisition of Confluent worth roughly 11B USD, a 37% premium — CFLT jumped ~20% after hours but remains below IPO levels. 🇫🇷 Macron warned Beijing about possible EU tariff measures, though unity among EU members remains uncertain. 🇺🇸 Trump said ties with PM Carney are “very good” and trade frictions will be resolved, while stressing that Canada produces goods already made in the U.S. 📌 Stay tuned for the Fed decision this week and trade informed with NordFX 🚀

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