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Share: Gold Price picks up bids to refresh intraday high, prints three-day uptrend despite mild weekly gains. Bullish chart formation, downbeat US Dollar allow XAU/USD bulls to keep the reins during sluggish session. US Dollar moves, risk catalysts and mid-tier China data eyed for immediate directions. Gold Price (XAU/USD) prints a three-day winning streak near $1,965 as the US Dollar remains depressed during early Wednesday. In doing so, the precious metal also cheers hopes of China’s more stimulus and the cautious optimism in the markets amid an absence of Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers’ speeches due to the pre-FOMC…

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tifonimages/iStock via Getty Images Consolidated Water (NASDAQ:CWCO) +6.7% post-market Tuesday after saying it signed a definitive agreement with the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to build and operate a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant. The plant will be capable of producing potable water from saline source water derived from seawater wells, and it has guaranteed to deliver 1.7M gal/day of potable water to BWS’ water system on a 24/7 basis. The company said it expects revenue generated over the 24-year base term of the contract to total ~$204M in current dollars, including nearly $150M to be generated during the development,…

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: TC Energy’s logo is pictured on a smartphone in this illustration taken, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Canada’s TC Energy (NYSE:) is cutting some jobs to “optimize value” a company spokesperson said on Tuesday, without giving details of how many positions have been impacted. News of the job cuts at TC Energy comes a week after Suncor Energy (NYSE:) told employees it would eliminate 1,500 jobs. Earlier this year, Imperial Oil (NYSE:) cut the number of contractors working at its Kearl oil sands project. A Calgary-based industry source said the number of…

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GOLD PRICES OUTLOOK:Gold prices extend their rebound after encountering support at the lower limit of a medium-term ascending channelGold’s technical profile remains constructive, but the fundamental outlook is becoming less benignThis article looks at XAU/USD’s key levels to watch in the coming trading sessions Recommended by Diego Colman Get Your Free Gold Forecast Most Read: Gold Price Forecast – Dreams of Fresh Record Shattered for Now as Bears PounceGold prices extended their recovery on Tuesday, up about 0.1% to $1,963, rising for a second consecutive session after a sharp sell-off last Friday, but gains were limited as deep-pocket traders continued…

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Bitcoin 10 minsBitcoin has nearly erased the rout from yesterday’s SEC charges against Binance and today’s suit against Coindesk.It’s an impressive turnaround after some troubling news, particularly accusations that Binance was wash trading.What’s happening here? Three theories:1) The crypto market was discounting actionIt’s no surprise that the SEC has changed its tune on crypto since the FTX fiasco and there have been plenty of hints this was coming. The selling of the rumour has happened over many months and now we’re seeing the ‘buy the fact’2) Not so bad for CoindeskI didn’t like what I heard about Binance but the…

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Share: Gold’s rise was capped by US bond yields despite concerns for a gloomy economic outlook in the US sparked by weakness in business activity. The US Federal Reserve is expected to maintain interest rates unchanged at the June reunion, but recent central bank decisions worldwide suggest tightening monetary conditions loom. Technical analysis of XAU/USD suggests a potential inverse head-and-shoulders pattern, with a crucial resistance confluence of the 50 and 20-day EMAs to validate it. Gold price retreats after hitting a daily high of $1966.34 as US bond yields edge higher, a headwind for the yellow metal. Investors…

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This continues from the story earlier here as China is doubling down on banks, this time wanting to encourage more flows into the yuan currency instead.The Chinese self-regulatory body overseen by the central bank has reportedly asked major state-owned banks to lower their dollar deposit interest rates, with the cap now being at 4.3% (previously 5.3%) for dollar deposits of $50,000 and above.This is largely to try and encourage Chinese firms, particularly exporters, to settle their FX receipts in the yuan – after the currency has fallen considerably over the past few weeks against the dollar. Source link

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Share: USD/CHF has shown a solid recovery from below 0.9040 following the footprints of the USD Index. The appeal for the USD Index has improved amid the risk-off market mood. USD/CHF is marching towards the downward-sloping trendline of the Descending Triangle pattern plotted from 0.9148. The USD/CHF pair has paused for a while after a solid recovery from below 0.9040 in the European session. The Swiss Franc asset is expected to extend its recovery move above the immediate resistance of 0.9070. The major is following the footprints of the US Dollar Index (DXY) which has refreshed its day’s high…

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