Oil, Crude, trading
Read More »Oil touches targets and the negativity remains 5/1/2023
As we expected during the previous technical report, big losses were incurred by the prices of US crude oil futures contracts, touching the official target to be achieved at 73.40, recording its lowest trading for yesterday’s session at 72.80. Technically, with the continuation of the negative pressure coming from the …
Read More »Gold continues to advance and may reach new highs 5/1/2023
Gold’s movements showed an upward trend within the expected technical path in the previous report, touching the first official target station at the price of 1865, recording its highest level at 1865. Technically, the daily trend is still bullish, with the simple moving averages continuing to provide a positive impulse, …
Read More »Euro is waiting for a new directional signal 5/1/2023
We adhered to our intraday neutrality during the previous report, due to conflicting technical signals, to find the EUR/USD pair moving in a narrow path confined from below above the support level of 1.0520, and from above below the resistance level of 1.0630. On the technical side today, we find …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 04/01/2023
On Wednesday, the dollar sharply edged lower across the board. However, losses were uneven, with the Australian dollar among the best performers and the Euro at the bottom of the list. The International Monetary Fund’s managing director said a third of the world’s economies could slide into a recession in …
Read More »US stocks swing as investors digest economic data, FOMC minutes
The S&P 500 was up a modest 0.1% in the afternoon, falling from a session high of more than 1% after minutes came in more hawkish than anticipated. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%, and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite was roughly flat.US stocks wobbled in back-and-forth trading Wednesday as …
Read More »Gold reacts to hawkish FOMC minutes by hovering around $1,850
Gold reacted downwards towards the low $1,840s on the release of the awaited FOMC minutes as US monetary policymakers seem not to expect to cut rates in 2023, Policymakers did not express the size for further rate hikes, either. Gold price clings to gains around $1850 following the release of …
Read More »Could FOMC minutes signal rate hiking endgame?
All the Fed’s policymakers during December 13-14 policy meeting agreed the US central bank should slow the pace of its hawkish interest rate hikes. This was meant to allow policymakers the opportunity to continue increasing the cost of credit with the aim to control inflation but in a gradual manner …
Read More »FOMC Minutes: Fed’s policymakers uncomfortable with inflation levels
The Federal Open Market Committee released the Minutes of the December 14-15 Meeting, spurring little action across the major assets. The US Dollar was little changed with the news, although US short-term interest-rate futures dropped. Key Quotes Most participants welcomed inflation easing in October and November but agreed it would …
Read More »Ahead of FOMC minutes, EUR/USD advances on mixed US data
The Euro is retracing against the US dollar after hitting daily highs of 1.0635 and is dropping after the release of mixed US economic data, slightly boosted the US Dollar and shifting sentiment sour. At the time of writing, the EUR/USD is trading at 1.0610, above its opening price by …
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