Retail Sales in Canada fell by 5.7% on a monthly basis in April, the data published by Statistics Canada showed on Wednesday. This reading followed March’s increase of 3.6% and came in worse than the market expectation for a contraction of 5%.
Read More »BoE Preview: Forecasts From Three Major Banks
The Bank of England announces its latest decision at 11:00 GMT on Thursday, June 24 here are the expectations forecast of three major banks. Wells Fargo “We expect policymakers to provide an update on how the economy is evolving and if the renewed spread of COVID-19 is disrupting economic activity. …
Read More »Gold Gains After Powell Calms Interest Rate Fears
Gold prices rose on Wednesday, June 23, after US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pledged to keep interest rates near zero for some time, bringing the dollar to near its lowest level in a week. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $1,782.46 an ounce, and gold futures in the United States …
Read More »Oil Hits More Than Two-Year High Thanks to US Inventories
Oil topped $75 a barrel on Wednesday, hitting its highest since late 2018 after an industry report on crude inventories in the United States bolstered views of tight supplies in the market as travel grew in Europe and North America. Two market sources told Reuters that the American Petroleum Institute …
Read More »Eurozone Business Activity Grows at Fastest Pace in 15 Years Thanks to Demand
A survey showed that business activities in the eurozone grew at the fastest pace in 15 years this month, as the easing of public isolation measures and the release of demand led to a boom in the services sector that dominates the bloc. The preliminary reading of the IHS Markit …
Read More »Nikkei Stable, Chip Gains Offset Pharmaceutical Losses
The Japanese Nikkei index weakened on Wednesday, June 23rd, as gains in chip-related heavyweights, which tracked Wall Street yesterday, offset losses in the pharmaceutical industry. Nikkei rose 0.03% to close at 28,874.89 points, after witnessing the largest increase since 2021 on Tuesday, while the broader Topix index fell 0.53% to …
Read More »German Dax Settled Support Floor
The German DAX index found a strong resistance level around 15,640, which we mentioned during the previous analysis as a basic and important condition for the continuation of the rise. On the technical side today, and carefully looking at the 60-minute chart, we find that the index is stable above …
Read More »Dow Jones Maintains Its Bullish Corrective Slope
The positive trading continues to dominate the movements of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wall Street, within the expected positive outlook, recording its highest level at 33,945. On the technical side, we tend to the positive side, relying on the continuation of the RSI’s bullish momentum, in addition to …
Read More »GBP/JPY:ِ Stabilizes Above Support
Positive movements dominated the movements of the pound against the Japanese yen within the expected bullish context, touching the second official target to be achieved at 154.40, to record its highest level at 154.47. On the technical side today, the bullish bias is still valid, with the stability of trading …
Read More »Canadian Dollar: Faces Temporary Negative Pressure
Negative trading re-dominated the movements of the Canadian dollar during the previous trading session, negates the positive outlook, as we expected, in which we relied on trading stability above 1.2330, to record its lowest level at 1.2301. Technically, and with a closer look at the 4-hour chart, we find that …
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