Is this the start of a sustained shift in market leadership Rather than signalling a wholesale retreat from equities, the latest moves suggest investors are simply broadening their horizons. The DAX’s record high illustrates that leadership within global equity markets is evolving, with European value stocks and traditional industries increasingly sharing the spotlight previously reserved […]
Russia’s services activity deteriorated at the fastest pace in nine months as weak client demand led to sharper declines in output and new orders, survey results from S&P Global showed on Friday. The services purchasing managers’ index, or PMI, dropped to 48.2 in June from 48.7 in May. Any score below 50 suggests contraction in the
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2026.07.03 2026.07.03 Short-Term Analysis for Oil, Gold, and EURUSD for 03.07.2026 Alex Rodionovhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/alex-rodionov/ Welcome, my fellow traders! I have prepared a price forecast for the USCrude, XAUUSD, and EURUSD using a combination of the margin zones method and technical analysis. Based on the market analysis, I suggest entry signals for intraday traders. Oil prices are
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The main highlight in ending the week for US markets was the non-farm payrolls release yesterday. It was a disappointing headline figure, which led to further downside in the dollar. In case you missed it: US June non-farm payrolls +57K vs +110K expected Still, US stocks closed in a more mixed mood amid a big
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Summary points: Asia-Pac equities recovered from an early sell-off, with the Nikkei and KOSPI leading a broad-based bounce back into positive territory Japan’s services PMI rose to 52.2 in June from 50.0, with a stronger yen and softer oil prices driving rotation out of tech into cyclicals and consumer names Gold jumped over 1% as
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The pullback from 54.4 to 54.1 is marginal enough that it shouldn’t shift the broader narrative of resilient Chinese domestic demand, but the acceleration in export orders to a 20-month high is the more interesting signal for markets watching China’s external rebalancing, particularly against the backdrop of elevated foreign equity outflows this year. The return
The headline return to expansion is unlikely to shift RBA rate expectations much given it was driven by staffing rather than demand, with new orders now contracting for a fourth straight month and backlogs being run down rather than rebuilt. The sharpest signal for markets is the confidence collapse to a two-and-a-half-year low, which points
The services sector in Australia moved into expansion territory in June, the latest survey from S&P Global revealed on Friday with a services PMI score of 50.5. That’s up from 48.7 in May and it moves above the boom-or-bust line of 50 that separates expansion from contraction. Some companies reported that rising staffing levels had
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The June employment report highlighted a widening divergence between payroll growth and household employment metrics. While the establishment survey pointed to a cooled hiring landscape, wage growth remained steady, and the underemployment rate improved slightly. Metric Consensus forecast Actual Prior month actual Change in non-farm payrolls 113k 57k 129k (revised) Unemployment rate 4.3% 4.2% 4.3%
American officials were worried that Israel was plotting to kill Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the parliament, during ceasefire negotiations in April. The NYT reports. Fearful that an Israeli assassination effort would doom the negotiations, the United States, according to some of the officials, went so far as
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At first glance, the decline in the unemployment rate to 4.2% appeared positive. However, this is not an unambiguous sign of improvement. The drop in unemployment was accompanied by a marked decline in labor force participation. The participation rate fell to 61.5%, reaching its lowest level in more than five years. This means that some
