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There were 204,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending December 31, the weekly data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week’s print of 223,000 and came in better than the market expectation of 225,000. Further details of the publication …

European stocks fell on Thursday ahead of the release of inflation data in the eurozone and after the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting in December, which showed the US central bank’s commitment to curbing inflation. The pan-European STOXX was down 0.3% by 0810 GMT, after rising …

The American Petroleum Institute said that crude oil inventories rose by 3.3 million barrels in the week ending on the 30th of last December. In its weekly report, the American Institute stated that gasoline stocks rose by 1.2 million barrels, while distillate stocks decreased by 2.4 million barrels. Today, Thursday, …

The dollar struggled to rally on Thursday even though policymakers at the US Federal Reserve reaffirmed their commitment to fighting inflation, while the Australian dollar jumped after China eased restrictions on coal imports from Australia. The minutes of the Federal Reserve’s December monetary policy meeting, released last night, showed that …

Gold prices retreated on Thursday from their highest level in nearly seven months as the dollar strengthened and investors shied ahead of closely watched US jobs data, which could affect the path of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike. Spot gold fell 0.3 percent to $1,848.59 an ounce by 0924 …

Japan’s Nikkei index recovered on Thursday from its lowest level in three months as shares of chip-related companies rose, tracking their US counterparts, but expectations of the world’s major central banks continuing to pursue monetary tightening limited gains. The Nikkei ended the session up by 0.4 percent, recording 25,820.80 points, …

Oil, Crude, trading

The Canadian dollar failed to surpass the pivotal resistance level published in the previous report at 1.3.680, explaining that it represents the key to protecting the bearish trend, which forced it to trade with noticeable negativity to break the support level of the psychological barrier of 1.3600, heading to visit …

Oil, Crude, trading

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 …