ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: US retail sales beat estimates but the market doesn’t care 0 (0)

Forex news for New York trade on July 16, 2021:
Markets:
– Gold down $18 to $1810
– US 10-year yields down 0.2 bps to 1.295%
– WTI crude oil down 18-cents to $71.41
Retail sales were much stronger than expected and the strength was broad-based but the FX market largely cast the report aside after an initial pop in

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US equities close just above the lows of the week 0 (0)

Closing changes for the main North American indexes
I think the chart to watch is the Russell 2000. It’s been consolidating since late January and this is the worst weekly close in the index since then. The intraday lows narrowly below here are probably what matters though. If those crack, we could be in for a

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