Trump assassination attempt fuels his chances of winning November election | MarketTalk: What’s up today? | Swissquote

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Donald Trump got this close to being assassinated this weekend while he was giving a speech in an election rally. The tragic event boosted the chances that Trump will win the presidential election in November. Bitcoin rallied, gold remains surprisingly unreactive as the US dollar gained and futures point to gains at the open as investors will increasingly focus on earnings. Besides big banks, Netflix and TSM are due to release earnings this week.
In the FX, the euro is set to extend gains against the USD ahead of Thursday’s European Central Bank (ECB) meeting while Cable could see resistance near the 1.30 mark ahead of Wednesday’s CPI update.
In energy, US crude is under pressure following sluggish Chinese growth data as the Chinese Communist Party starts a once-in-five-years meeting to address major issues in the country.
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