Gold prices repeated their attempts to rise again, benefiting from stability above the 1940 support level, rebounding to the upside to retest the previously broken support level that turned into the 1959 resistance level. On the technical side, the 50-day simple moving average is still trying to pressure the price …
Read More »The euro attacks the resistance 21/4/2022
We adhered to intraday neutrality during the previous analysis, explaining that we prefer to monitor the price behavior of the pair around the 1.0770 support level, explaining that the pair’s success in building the level above, in addition to confirming the breach of 1.0840, leads the pair to recover, targeting …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 20 April
Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks on Thursday will be closely monitored and are being flagged as having the potential to reignite the buck’s recent bull run. ECB President Christine Lagarde and BoE Governor Andrew Bailey will both also be speaking, so central bank policy divergence will be an important FX …
Read More »WTI Falls 1.3% Hours Before Asian Session
WTI pressured on Wednesday while futures rose marginally. Political standoff in Libya has highlighted the fragility of oil supply. Crude oil is down in late North American trade by some 1.28% and has fallen from a high of $103.92 to a low of $99.93 into the close. It posted a …
Read More »Dow Ends Higher As Netflix Takes Wall Street By Surprise
Stocks edged mostly higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday but were held back by streaming entertainment giant Netflix, which lost more than a third of its value after reporting its first subscriber loss in more than a decade and predicting more grim times ahead.US stock indexes posted a …
Read More »Tesla’s Revenues Surge 81% From 2021
Tesla has just reported Q1 results, 2022, and beaten analysts’ expectations on top and bottom lines. For the period ending March 31, 2022 Tesla reported $3.22 earnings per share, and revenue of $18.76 billion.Automotive revenue reached $16.86 billion, up 87% from the same period last year. Automotive gross margins jumped …
Read More »Fed’s Beige Book: Hot inflation, supply difficulties weigh on US firms
Supply chain bottlenecks, the highest inflation in decades and a persisting labour shortage are weighing on businesses across the country, according to a new Federal Reserve report. In its region-by-region roundup of anecdotal information known as the Beige Book, the Fed reported that while economic activity increased at a “moderate …
Read More »Gold firming at daily support
The Gold Price fall was capped by falling US Treasury yields amidst a risk-on market mood. US Treasury yields dropped from three-year highs and undermined the US dollar. Bulls start to engage at the start of a demand area, eyes on daily M-formation.Gold Price is higher in the US session, …
Read More »Daly: Case for a 50 bps rate hike in May is now “complete”
San Francisco Fed President and FOMC member Mary Daly on Wednesday said that the case for a 50 bps rate hike in May is now “complete” and that the Fed can also make an announcement on the reduction of its balance sheet at the next meeting, reported Reuters. Daly said …
Read More »AUD/USD clings to strong gains
A combination of factors assisted AUD/USD to gain strong positive traction on Wednesday. Hawkish RBA minutes extended support to the aussie amid a sharp USD corrective pullback. Bets for aggressive Fed rate hikes should limit the USD losses and cap the upside for the pair.The AUD/USD pair maintained its bid …
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