US crude oil futures prices witnessed a bullish tendency at the end of last Friday’s trading to temporarily reverse the bearish trend, recording its highest level around $90.00 per barrel. Technically, oil prices are currently hovering around the 50-day simple moving average that is trying to push the price to …
Read More »Euro is back in competition 14/11/2022
The euro achieved strong gains against the US dollar at the end of last week’s trading, within the expected positive outlook, surpassing the required official target at 1.0290, recording the highest level at 1.0366. On the technical side, the simple moving averages still support the daily bullish curve in prices, …
Read More »Gold looking for extra momentum 14/11/2022
Gold’s movements did not witness noticeable changes during last Friday’s trading due to the US market holiday, which led to a decline in trading volumes on the yellow meter, recording a high of $1,772 per ounce. Technically, and by looking at the chart with a 240-minute interval, we find signs …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap 6 – 11 November
Britain’s economy contracted in the three months to September at the start of what is likely to be a prolonged recession, adding to the challenges facing Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as he prepares to raise taxes and cut spending. Official data on Friday showed Britain’s economy shrank 0.2 percent in the …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 11/11/2022
Global stocks rallied on Friday for a second day on hopes cooler US inflation would lead to less aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, an outlook that pushed the dollar to its biggest two-day drop in 13 years.Economic DataMSCI’s all-country world index rose 1.91%, lifting it to its …
Read More »Wall Street benefits from softer US dollar
On Wall Street, US stocks surged, Friday, to add to the prior US session’s biggest daily percentage gains for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in more than 2-1/2 years after year-over-year inflation in October fell below 8% for the first time in eight months.The S&P 500 closed out its best …
Read More »What is next after gold’s best week in more than 2 years?
The price action of gold, next week, will look for direction mostly from the US dollar which attains a special standing as the key driver for gold’s ability to continue to this week’s rally.Gold is quickly becoming the asset to watch amid hot inflation as well as when inflation starts …
Read More »Yellen urges markets to read CPI data with caution
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she is not reading too much into October’s inflation report, which showed price pressures narrowing faster than expected and sent markets soaring.While the consumer price index report, which showed annual inflation slowed to 7.7%, was good news, it might not mean that inflation is …
Read More »Treasury’s Yellen to meet China central bank Chair at G20 summit
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that she will meet China’s central bank governor Yi Gang on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali to discuss global economic conditions and China’s property market situation. The expected meeting will coincide with President Joe Biden’s planned Monday meeting with …
Read More »Bitcoin abandons prior recovery on FTX’s bad news
News about FTX, Alameda Research and affiliated companies filing for bankruptcy, is putting additional pressure on crypto assets. Bitcoin is trading at $16700 at the time of writing, down -$843 or 4.75% versus the previous closing price at $17551on a bullish spark ignited early Friday. The cryptocurrency market will likely …
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