European stocks hit a record high Thursday (April 15th) as rising commodity prices lifted mining companies’ shares, while some positive earnings reports dispelled concerns about the pace of immunization from COVID-19 on the continent. The European Stoxx600 index rose 0.3%, gaining for the third session, while mining and travel stocks …
Read More »Oil Settled Near Highest Level in a Month
Oil prices stabilized Thursday, April 15th, to hold near the highest level in a month after jumping about 5% in the previous session after the International Energy Agency and OPEC raised oil demand forecasts as major economies recovered from the pandemic. Brent crude rose 4 cents to 66.62 dollars a …
Read More »Nikkei Closed Almost Unchanged as Technology Stocks Capped Gains
Japanese stocks closed slightly higher Thursday, April 15th, led by cycle-related companies that will benefit from the global economic recovery and banks that have tracked their US counterparts, while a decline in technology shares curbed gains. The Nikkei index rose 0.07% to 29,642.69 points, after briefly retreating after a major …
Read More »Dax Tries to Hold on Above Support
The German DAX index found a strong resistance level around the official target published during the last analysis at 15,310, which forced it to retest the pivotal support level of 15,200. On the technical side, and despite the bearish bias, we find the index is still stable above 15,200 and …
Read More »Dow Jones May Have a Temporary Fall
The Dow Jones Industrial Average touched the first target required to be achieved during the previous analysis, at 33,710, recording a high of 33,797. On the technical side today, we believe that there is a possibility of a negative bias during the coming hours, depending on the negative signs that …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Selling Pressure Continue
The British Pound continues trading negatively against the Japanese Yen within a gradual decline towards the awaited target of 149.45, to settle for the lowest level at 149.58. On the technical side, we will maintain our negative outlook, relying on stability below 150.50/150.60, accompanied by clear negative signs on Stochastic. …
Read More »Canadian Dollar Presses Support
Negative trading dominated the Canadian dollar against its US counterpart, as part of the technique of retesting the support, as we expected, touching the required target of 1.2500. Technically speaking, trading remains below the previously breached support level of 1.2560, supporting the negativity. This comes in conjunction with the negative …
Read More »Pound Fails to Breach
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Read More »Gold Faces Strong Resistance
The yellow metal prices failed to surpass the level of the pivotal resistance published during the previous analysis, located at 1749, which forced gold to trade negatively again, to re-test the 1730 support level. On the technical side, trading remaining below the aforementioned resistance increases the possibility that we will …
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