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Market week ahead: US indices, Gold Recoup losses after US Inflation Fears

Inflation in the United States remains sticky at both the producer and consumer levels, but US indices appear to be ignoring these price pressures and remain near recent multi-year highs.

This week’s US inflation releases helped push US Treasury yields and the dollar higher this week as financial markets continue to revise expectations for US rate cuts. Both US CPI and PPI data came in above expectations, pushing up the US dollar, while US indices took a hit earlier in the week. The moves were mostly reversed by the end of the week, leaving most markets little changed at Friday’s close.

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US Dollar Index Daily Chart

Mid-week volatility can be clearly seen on the daily VIX chart with a strong post-US CPI rally on Tuesday. Again this movement was reversed during the rest of the week.

VIX Daily Chart

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While US indices remain at or near recent multi-year highs, an index that has underperformed its global rivals, the FTSE 100, had a very strong week thanks to favorable economic data from the UK. The UK 100 also benefited from the slight appreciation of the US dollar, as around 70% of the company’s profits were earned overseas.

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FTSE 100 daily chart

Gold also pared its losses this week, helped in part by the precious metal being heavily oversold, according to a technical indicator.

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