The Commerce Ministry said Turkey’s trade deficit decreased 11.4 percent to $21.16 billion in the first half of 2021, and expanded 1.04 percent year on year to $2.89 billion in June, according to the General Trade System. In June, exports amounted to 46.9% to 19.77 billion dollars, after they were …

Despite the dollar’s continued sustained strength over the past few days, bonds have fallen in line with 10-year Treasury yields staying below 1.50%. The next bond movement will be led by the employment data expected to be released today. There is a good argument that if the employment data comes …

Friday, July 2nd, the US dollar hit a three-month high against other major currencies, as traders are betting that strong US labor market data could push the currency higher. And the dollar index is on track to achieve another weekly gain of about 1%. The rise is the fourth in …

Oil prices fell on Friday, July 2 after OPEC + ministers postponed their meeting on production policy, while sources said that the UAE had blocked plans to return two million barrels per day to the market in the second half of the year. Brent crude futures were down 20 cents …

Gold rose Friday, July 2nd, boosted by concerns surrounding the spread of the delta strain of the coronavirus, while investors awaited US non-farm payrolls data as it could influence the timing of the Fed’s policy shift. And gold rose in spot transactions 0.1% to $ 1778.52 an ounce. Gold is …

Non-farm Payrolls is due on Friday, July 2 at 12:30 GMT and as we get closer to the release time, here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of 3 major banks ING “Consensus is paring its expectations down from million-plus figures last month to 700K now. Our house …

Japan’s Nikkei closed higher on Friday, July 2, as gains in export-focused Sony and Toyota Motor Group offset by a weaker yen in chip-related stocks, but the index closed lower for the week on concerns about new infections with the Coronavirus. The Nikkei index rose 0.27% to 28,783.28 points, after …

The German DAX index managed to touch the target published in the previous analysis, at 15695, recording its highest level at 15,692. Today, with a closer look at the 60-minute chart, signs of negativity started appearing on Stochastic, gradually losing the bullish momentum, and this comes in conjunction with the …

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GBP/JPY achieved the expected bullish limited bias we target in the last analysis at 154.00, recording the highest level at 153.97. The pair’s current trading is witnessing price stability above the support level of 153.30, as we find the RSI stable above the mid-line 50. We tend in our trading …