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...The comments came a day after Brent crude hit its highest point since late 2014, just a whisker away from the $75 a barrel milestone....
...“The dollar is showing signs of renewed strength into Monday’s North America session with broad gains versus all of the G10 currencies,” said Shaun Osborne of Scotiabank....
...“Market participants are re-entering consensus trades following recent weeks of positioning-driven turbulence,” said Shaun Osborne, chief FX strategist at Scotiabank....
...Shaun Osborne, chief FX strategist at Scotiabank, picked up the point....
...Brent crude, the international marker, settled at $66.05 a barrel, down 0.2 per cent, with West Texas Intermediate off 0.2 per cent in late trade at $62.19....
...“Higher yields may be providing the dollar with a little support in the short run but the shift in relative yields is not a factor that appears to have much traction with markets recently,” said Shaun Osborne...
...Brent crude rose 1.1 per cent on Friday to $66.87 a barrel for gains of 17 per cent for the year while gold also firmed 0.6 per cent to $1,302 an ounce for an annual jump of 13 per cent....
...Commodities Oil markets remained positive following Brent’s foray above $68 a barrel last week for the first time since 2015....
...greenlighted second-stage talks with the UK after agreeing that London had offered enough in terms of the ‘divorce settlement’ to allow for discussions on the future trade relationship to take place,” said Shaun...
...Brent crude settled at $61.36 a barrel, down 0.8 per cent on the day, and more than 5 per cent below a two-year intraday high hit on November 7....
...“The dollar continues to trade with a soft undertone overall, implying that the corrective bounce that has shaped USD trading since early September is complete,” said Shaun Osborne of Scotiabank....
...Commodities Upbeat sentiment on global growth and lingering concerns over Iranian supplies helped to push crude oil prices to new two-and-a-half-year highs, with global benchmark Brent jumping 2 per cent...
...Commodities Brent oil resumed its downward path for a third day, settling 0.9 per cent lower at $57.41 a barrel....
...Brent dropped as low as $61.08 a barrel on Thursday, marking a slide of 5.5 per cent from a two-year high struck on November 7....
...“The US dollar appears fully valued and we continue to highlight our expectations for medium-term weakness into and through 2018,” said Shaun Osborne of Scotiabank....
...“Markets continue to monitor developments in Washington on tax cuts and global stocks are higher for the most part,” said Shaun Osborne of Scotiabank....
...“Asian stocks slid but European markets are firmer and weakness in US tech stocks was shortlived,” said Shaun Osborne of Scotiabank....
...Commodities Brent oil, which touched a three-week high of $58.54 a barrel on Wednesday, settled at $57.23, down 1.6 per cent on the session....
...International marker Brent crude is 1.4 per cent higher at $56.58 a barrel....
...“The dollar index itself is marginally firmer on the day, mainly reflecting the euro’s drift off the overnight peak,” said Shaun Osborne of Scotiabank....
...Brent crude slipped 0.5 per cent to $55.22 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate, the main US contract, fell below the $50 mark to ease 0.6 per cent to $49.60....
...Shaun Carter, Carillion’s group strategy director, will leave “by the end of the year”....
...Brent crude settled 1.8 per cent lower at $51.78. Gold was flat at $1,268 an ounce, despite the modestly firmer tone of the dollar....
...“We think the broader trend in the US dollar remains weak and modest gains are liable to represent a selling opportunity,” said Shaun Osborne of Scotiabank....
...Brent oil settled at $48.06 a barrel, down 4.1 per cent , as it headed for its lowest close since November....
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