South Africa Gross $Gold & Forex Reserve fell from previous $81.06B to $77.76B in March
South Africa Gross $Gold & Forex Reserve fell from previous $81.06B to $77.76B in March
Germany Trade Balance s.a. came in at €19.8B, above expectations (€18.5B) in February
Germany Imports (MoM) came in at 4.7%, above expectations (4%) in February
Germany Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) below expectations (0.9%) in February: Actual (-0.3%)
Germany Exports (MoM) above forecasts (1%) in February: Actual (3.6%)
Iranian ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam confirms, through a tweet on X during early European trading hours on Thursday, that a team is scheduled to visit Pakistan at night for the first round of talks on the 10-point proposal plan with the United States (US).
Silver price (XAG/USD) trades calmly near $74.00 during the late Asian trading session on Thursday. The white metal struggles for direction amid uncertainty surrounding the first round of talks on a permanent ceasefire between the United States (US) and Iran in Pakistan on Saturday.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price advances after two days of losses, trading around $91.90 per barrel during the Asian hours on Thursday.
Most Asian equities trade in negative territory on Thursday as traders remain cautious about whether a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran would hold.
The USD/JPY pair fails just ahead of the 159.00 mark during the Asian session on Thursday, stalling the previous day's modest recovery from sub-158.00 levels or a nearly three-week low.
Japan Consumer Confidence Index came in at 33.3 below forecasts (38) in March
Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said that real interest rates are clearly negative and keeping the country's financial conditions accommodative, Reuters reported on Thursday.