Markets

The dollar was flat on Friday but set for a fifth consecutive week of gains in its longest winning streak for 15 months, buoyed by demand for safer assets on worries over China's economy and bets that U.S. interest rates will stay high.

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set a...

Oil prices rose about 1% on Friday on signs of slowing U.S. output, but both crude benchmarks also ended their longest weekly rally of 2023 on mounting concerns about global demand growth.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 86 cents, or 1.1%, to settle at $81.25 a barrel, and Brent...

Dutch and British wholesale prompt contracts gained on Friday morning due to lower wind power generation, but prices along the curve eased amid uncertainty over the impact of potential strikes at Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities.

The British day-ahead contract rose by 3.00 pence to 83.00 p/therm at 0937 GMT,...

Gold gained on Friday as the dollar and bond yields eased but remained on course for a third straight weekly dip as strong U.S. economic data reinforced bets that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates elevated.

Spot gold was up 0.2% at $1,893.10 per ounce by 1208 GMT, after touching...

The dollar rose on Friday after a slightly bigger increase in U.S. producer prices in July lifted Treasury yields higher even as speculation grows that the Federal Reserve is at the end of hiking interest rates.

Rebounding cost of services at the fastest pace in nearly a year pushed the...