United States Durable Goods Orders rise 0.3% in June vs. 1.6% expected

New orders for manufactured Durable Goods in the United States (US) rose by $1.1 billion, or 0.3%, to $334.8 billion in June, the US Census Bureau announced on Monday. This reading followed a 4% decline recorded in May and fell short of the market expectation for an increase of 1.6%. “Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.6 percent,” the press…

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What Is Liquidation in Crypto Trading?

2026.07.27 2026.07.27 What Is Liquidation in Crypto Trading? Maxim Tkachenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/maxim-tkachenko/ Imagine a trader who opens a Bitcoin trade with 1:10 leverage after reading market analyses and listening to yet another “guru.” If the market moves just 10% against the position, the trader’s margin is wiped out, and the exchange automatically closes the trade. This process is called liquidation: the…

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Why Oil Fell 5% Even With the Strait of Hormuz Still Closed

Sunday morning, oil opened down nearly 5%. Brent dropped from roughly $98.75 to around $93.50 within minutes of the session starting. But the physical supply situation hadn’t improved. The Strait of Hormuz was still closed. Iran’s foreign ministry confirmed there had been no change to transit traffic. Meanwhile, the Houthis spent the weekend firing missiles at Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu…

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Extended RBA pause may weigh on AUD – BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad sees above-target Australian inflation keeping Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hike risks alive, with June and Q2 Consumer Price Index (CPI) expected to show firm trimmed mean readings. However, Haddad judges risks skewed toward an extended pause given sub-potential growth and a cash rate near the top of neutral estimates, viewing this as…

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Technical Analysis of US Crude, XAUUSD, and EURUSD for Today (July 27, 2026)

2026.07.27 2026.07.27 Short-Term Analysis for Oil, Gold, and EURUSD for 27.07.2026 Alex Rodionovhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/alex-rodionov/ Welcome, my fellow traders! I have prepared a price forecast for the USCrude, XAUUSD, and EURUSD using a combination of the margin zones method and technical analysis. Based on the market analysis, I suggest entry signals for intraday traders. Short-term forecast for oil, gold, and euro-dollar…

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A case of US-Iran déjà vu for markets?

Hopes for a ceasefire deal is boosting market optimism to start the new week. And we’re seeing oil prices open with a gap down while equities are pushing up alongside precious metals and bond yields and the US dollar falls. Does all that sound familiar? Well, it’s not like we haven’t seen it before. That was the case in…

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Gold price in India: Rates on July 27

Gold prices rose in India on Monday, according to data compiled by FXStreet. The price for Gold stood at 12,658.26 Indian Rupees (INR) per gram, up compared with the INR 12,543.37 it cost on Friday. The price for Gold increased to INR 147,643.80 per tola from INR 146,303.40 per tola on friday. Unit measure Gold Price in INR 1…

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