{"id":171691,"date":"2020-06-05T07:42:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T11:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=171691"},"modified":"2020-06-05T07:42:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T11:42:56","slug":"markets-up-ahead-of-us-nonfarm-payroll-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2020\/06\/markets-up-ahead-of-us-nonfarm-payroll-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Markets up ahead of US nonfarm payroll report"},"content":{"rendered":"
June 5, 2020<\/div>
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By IFCMarkets<\/a><\/p>\n

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Top daily news<\/h2>\n
Global stocks are rising <\/b> today after a mixed session on Thursday ahead of US employment report expected to show nonfarm payrolls fell in May by 8 million jobs after a record 20.54 million plunge in April. Markets’ advance paused Thursday on US Labor department report showing over 43 million Americans have lost their jobs in the last eleven weeks.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Forex news<\/h2>\n
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Currency Pair<\/td>\nChange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EUR USD<\/td>\n+0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GBP USD<\/td>\n+3.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USD JPY<\/td>\n+1.48%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
The Dollar weakening continues today <\/b> ahead of May jobs report expected to show US unemployment rate jumped to 19.8% from 14.7% in April. The live dollar index<\/a> data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar\u2019s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, lost 0.5% Thursday after reports initial jobless claims jumped another 1.9 million last week while trade deficit widened nearly 17% in April to $49.4 billion. Both GBP\/USD<\/a> and EUR\/USD <\/a> continued climbing yesterday as the European Central Bank announced it would expand its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program by \u20ac600 billion, or $674.5 billion and extend the program until June 2021. Both pairs are higher currently. Both AUD\/USD <\/em> and USD\/JPY<\/em> continued advancing yesterday with the dynamics intact for both pairs currently.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Stock Market news<\/h2>\n
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Indices<\/td>\nChange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dow Jones Index<\/td>\n+1.44%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nikkei Index<\/td>\n+1.55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hang Seng Index<\/td>\n+1.56%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australian Stock Index<\/td>\n+0.71%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Futures on three main US stock indexes are in the black <\/b> currently after a mixed performance Thursday. Stock indexes paused yesterday while Dow eked a marginal gain led by 6.4% jump in Boeing on signs of rebound in air travel : the three main US stock indexes recorded daily returns ranging from -0.7% to +0.04%. European stock indexes are retracing higher <\/em> today after ending solidly lower Thursday led by auto stocks. Asian indexes are mostly higher today led by Nikkei <\/em> while thousands in Hong Kong defy ban to mark Tiananmen anniversary.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Commodity Market news<\/h2>\n
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Commodities<\/td>\nChange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brent Crude Oil<\/td>\n+1.92%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WTI Crude<\/td>\n+1.32%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Brent <\/a> is extending gains today. Oil prices rose yesterday on reports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its major allies, including Russia, a group known as OPEC+, achieved a compliance of 89% with the output cut deal reached in April. They have yet to announce a new meeting date. The US oil benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) <\/em> futures ended higher yesterday: July WTI <\/em> gained 0.3% and is higher currently. August Brent <\/em> crude closed 0.5% higher at $39.99 a barrel on Thursday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Gold Market News<\/h2>\n
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Metals<\/td>\nChange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gold<\/td>\n-0.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Gold prices are edging lower today <\/b>. August rose 1.3% to $1727.40 an ounce on Thursday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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