EUR/USD
1.16502
-0.016%
Gold
4604.65
0.221%
Oil
83.033
1.966%
USD/JPY
159.404
0.069%
GBP/USD
1.35892
-0.051%
GBP/JPY
216.603
0.007%
Real-time News
August 28th - U.S. stocks closed Thursday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.2%, the S&P 500 up 0.7%, and the Nasdaq Composite up 1.57%. SK Hynix (SKHY.O) rose 2%, Tesla (TSLA.O) rose 2.6%, Nvidia (NVDA.O) rose 8.7%, and Broadcom (AVGO.O) rose 4%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 0.74%, Baidu (BIDU.O) rose 4%, and Alibaba (BABA.N) fell 3%.According to the Financial Times, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will release a new set of rules on Thursday.August 28th - According to sources, US President Trump is expected to meet with US refiners and fuel retailers next week to discuss measures to lower gasoline prices. With the November midterm elections approaching, the Trump administration is seeking to alleviate the pressure on consumers caused by the Iran war. Companies expected to attend include refiners such as Valero Energy, Marathon Oil, and PBF Energy, as well as major fuel retailers. Republicans are trying to maintain their slim majority in Congress in the November elections. Currently, the price of regular gasoline in the US remains above $4 per gallon, about $1 higher than a year ago. The Iran war has disrupted global energy markets and led to tighter supplies of gasoline and other refined products. Major US oil companies and refiners reported strong second-quarter results. These results have drawn criticism from Trump, who believes that oil companies benefiting from price increases should do more to reduce costs for consumers. He has publicly pressured major oil producers and refiners to lower prices.On August 28th, it was learned that a U.S. federal judge lifted a nationwide injunction on August 26th against new rules for mail-in ballots issued by the U.S. Postal Service. The new rules required states to redesign ballot envelopes and upload voter lists to the Postal Service; if these requirements were not met, the Postal Service could refuse to mail the ballots. It is understood that the U.S. government had repeatedly proposed deploying federal law enforcement officers or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel near polling stations, and the Department of Justice was also preparing to deploy approximately 1,000 election watchdogs. However, many of these measures still face legal and political obstacles.U.S. Treasury Department: The United States has granted Venezuela general licenses related to the oil and gas industry, gold, Venezuelan minerals, mining operations, and PDVSA (petroleum company).
