{"id":432474,"date":"2026-06-20T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/investinglive-americas-market-news-wrap-israel-and-hezbollah-agree-to-shaky-ceasefire-432474\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T03:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:00:34","slug":"investinglive-americas-market-news-wrap-israel-and-hezbollah-agree-to-shaky-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/investinglive-americas-market-news-wrap-israel-and-hezbollah-agree-to-shaky-ceasefire-432474\/","title":{"rendered":"investingLive Americas market news wrap: Israel and Hezbollah agree to shaky ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/israel-and-hezbollah-have-agreed-to-a-ceasefire-to-start-almost-immediately-20260619\/\">Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire to start almost immediately<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/two-killed-in-drone-strike-in-southern-lebanon-after-ceasefire-20260619\/\">Two killed in drone strike in Southern Lebanon after ceasefire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/canada-april-retail-sales-05-vs-06-expected-20260619\/\">Canada April retail sales +0.5% vs +0.6% expected<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/uk-pm-starmer-to-weigh-future-over-the-weekend-report-20260619\/\">UK PM Starmer to weigh future over the weekend &#8211; report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/multiple-cabinet-ministers-will-tell-starmer-to-set-out-a-timeline-for-leaving-report-20260619\/\">&#8220;Multiple&#8221; cabinet ministers will tell Starmer to set out a timeline for leaving &#8211; report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/iran-foreign-min-says-plans-underway-for-future-meeting-with-us-20260619\/\">Iran foreign min says plans underway for future meeting with US<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Markets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold down $49 to $4160<\/li>\n<li>WTI crude oil up 94-cents to $77.54<\/li>\n<li>US markets closed<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;P 500 futures down 0.2%<\/li>\n<li>JPY leads, CAD lags<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The US was on holiday on Friday and that limited market moves to wrap up the week. There was news though as Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire. The market took at that as good news initially with oil falling more than $1 but those moves slowly unwound as the fighting in Southern Lebanon continued virtually unabated. As of the time of writing there were reports of ongoing shelling so that&#8217;s worth watching over the weekend. Other reports continue to say that Iran isn&#8217;t happy and Trump said in an interview with NBC that Israel needs to give the ceasefire a chance.<\/p>\n<p>In general, the US dollar eased in North American trade but one outliner was the loonie. Friday&#8217;s retail sales number looked fine on the headline but below the surface, core sales were down 0.7% m\/m and all the headline sales increase was on gasoline because of higher prices. USD\/CAD rose to the highest since November.<\/p>\n<p>Gold attempted a bounce early in US trade but after a quick $30 pop it slowly faded before finding a footing at current levels. It will be a space to watch in the week ahead as the bulls struggle to mount a defense.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it was a strange end to the week as the bond market priced in a more-hawkish Fed but most other markets ignored the shift. Perhaps that resolves itself next week or perhaps the excitement in AI continues to carry the day.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire to start almost immediately Two killed in drone strike in Southern Lebanon after ceasefire Canada April retail sales +0.5% vs +0.6% expected UK PM&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}