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U.S. natural gas futures climbed to their highest level in more than three months on Monday, with demand for LNG exports rising and soaring temperatures expected to boost cooling demand, especially in Texas.
According to data from S3 Partners, the amount spent by short sellers against US stocks hit $1.02 trillion, as of Friday. Those bets came even as the continued to rally earlier this month, costing short sellers $101 billion.
Oil traders were on a bumpy road last week. Prices hit over one-month low on Monday after Goldman Sachs cut oil price forecasts from $95 to $86 for Brent and from $89 to $81 for WTI.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average has doubled since its pandemic low as investors continue to rush into one of this year’s biggest stock rallies.
The yen has sunk to historic lows against the Swiss franc last month as Japan’s chronic trade deficits diminish its currency’s safe-haven status.
Asset managers joined hedge funds in increasing yen-bearish positions amid speculation the BOJ isn’t likely to rush to adjust its ultra-easy monetary policy.
Sterling hit a 5-1/2 month high against the euro on Wednesday after data showing lower inflation in major European markets.The euro is down around 1.5% against the pound in May, which would be the biggest monthly decline since October.
The Turkish lira sank to a fresh record low Monday as incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured his victory in the 2023 presidential election, extending his rule into a third decade in power.
The Fed signaled that it could pause rate hikes after May’s meeting, so investors become convinced that the dollar is near its tipping point and the Fed will cut rates by the end of this year.
Erdoğan faced his toughest campaign since 2002 as the vote could go to a second round for the first time since Turkey switched to an executive presidency in 2017.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.2618 on Tuesday, close to the 1.2688 it hit on Monday, its highest level since April 2022. EUR/GBP fell to 0.8698, the lowest level since mid-December.
SVB failure is still reverberate across global markets as a big wake-up call for policymakers that have been taking a hard line on inflation.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dropped another bomb in his testimony to Congress on Tuesday, suggesting more hikes than previously anticipated might be needed to combat inflation.
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The BoE delivered more dovish tone than the Fed in saying the U.K. interest rates are around their peak though U.K. inflation looks more sticky and scorching. The latest reading unexpectedly rose to 10.4, breaking 3-month stretch of declines.