Prominent economic institutes said that the German economy may shrink 1.8% on a quarterly basis in the first three months of this year due to the restrictions of Covid-19, a revision of their joint forecast of growth in Europe’s largest economy. Institutes now expect GDP growth of 3.7% this year, …

Saudi Aramco will reduce its shipments of medium and heavy crude for August to at least six Asian buyers, sources familiar with the matter said. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the largest oil producer and exporter in OPEC, to cut production and exports in compliance with the OPEC agreement, reducing …

Gold prices rose Thursday, April 15th, supported by the weak dollar and declining US bond yields, while investors awaited the weekly US jobless claims report and March retail sales data for more clarity on the recovery of the world’s largest economy. Spot gold rose 0.5% to $1744.60 an ounce. US …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …