The European Commission proposed that Member States ease the current restrictions on non-essential travel into the block for those who have been vaccinated. The travel ban has been in place for over a year amid the continuous surge in COVID-19 cases. The announcement raised prospects for the gradual reopening of …
Read More »Reuters: Liquefied Natural Gas Shipments Diverted From India as The Pace of Coronavirus Cases Accelerates
Commercial and shipping sources said today that LNG shipments are being diverted away from ports in India, as the acceleration of coronavirus infections there undermines domestic demand for gas, according to Reuters. Last week, at least four LNG shipments from India were diverted to other locations in Asia instead, the …
Read More »German Retail Sales Jump in March as Isolation Eases
Data on Monday showed that German retail sales in March recorded the largest year-on-year increase since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with some isolation measures eased, raising purchases of clothing and shoes. The Federal Statistical Office said that retail sales jumped 11% compared with the same period a year …
Read More »Oil Prices Fall as The Pandemic Scatters Fuel Sales in India
Oil prices plunged on Monday, as a catastrophic second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic in India undermined a recovery in fuel demand there, overshadowing optimism about a strong recovery in fuel demand in developed countries and China in the second half of the year. Brent crude for July delivery fell …
Read More »Cryptocurrency Ethereum Rises Above $3,100 Levels For The First Time in Its History
Cryptocurrency Ethereum is rising about 5%, breaching $3100 levels for the first time in its history The currency has recorded gains of about 323% since the beginning of this year, bringing its market value to about $354 billion
Read More »Inflation in Turkey Exceeds 17%, Reaching Its Highest Level Since Mid-2019
Today’s data showed that Turkey’s inflation rate rose to 17.14% year-on-year in April, touching its highest level since mid-2019, and continuing pressure on the central bank to maintain a hard-line policy. On a monthly basis, the Turkish Statistics Institute said consumer prices rose 1.68%, compared to a Reuters poll forecast …
Read More »European Stocks Rising Thanks to Optimism About Earnings And Hopes For a Recovery
European stocks rose on Monday amid slight trading due to a bank holiday in Britain, while sentiment remained positive on hopes of a quick economic recovery and a strong earnings season. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.2% on its first trading day in May. The benchmark index closed up …
Read More »Bitcoin Waiting For Pending Orders
The positive moves returned to control Bitcoin prices, nullifying the positive outlook, as we expected, and to remind us, we indicated during the previous analysis that the return of stability in trading again above 54,240 leads Bitcoin prices to rise again, with a target of 54,720, and then 55,690 to …
Read More »Germany’s Dax Faces Negative Pressure
Negative trading dominated the German DAX index within the expected bearish context in the previous analysis, recording its lowest level at 15,104. On the technical side today, with trading remaining below the pivotal support level converted to the 15,200/15,210 resistance level accompanied by the negative pressure of the 50-day moving …
Read More »Dow Jones Tries to Hold on to Support
The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to build a base on the support level of 33,660, which forced it to rebound again, to re-test 33,920. Technically, we are biased towards the positivity depending on the RSI’s continued defense of the bullish bias and its stability above the 50 midline. Thus, …
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