Eurozone retail sales were stronger than expected in February, data revealed, as some countries eased restrictions on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic that month before re-tightening them in March. The European Union statistics office Eurostat said that retail sales in the 19 countries that use the euro rose 13% from the …
Read More »India Overtakes Brazil to Become The Second Largest Country in Terms of Cases
Data from the Indian Ministry of Health, Monday, April 12, showed that 168,912 new cases of coronavirus were recorded within 24 hours, which pushes the Asian country to overtake Brazil and occupy second place in the world in the number of coronavirus cases infections. According to Reuters data, the total …
Read More »The US Yields Settled With Bullish Bias
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond settled at 1.65% during early trading on Monday, remaining stable below its 14-month high of 1.78% recorded last month. Investors are awaiting a batch of new US economic data during the week, including inflation, export and import prices to take any hint …
Read More »Germany’s BDI Lowers 2021 GDP Forecast to 3.0%
Germany’s Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI), a powerful industry association, slashes the economic growth forecasts for this year to 3% from 3.5% due to ongoing lockdown measures in Europe’s biggest economy. BDI stated that its expectation assumes that the measures imposed to curb the spread of the new Corona virus …
Read More »The Dollar Falling Due to Falling US Bond Yields and Focus on Inflation Data
The dollar fell to near its lowest level in two and a half weeks against the major counterpart currencies on Monday, April 12th, as a decline in US Treasury yields pressed the currency. The British pound fell, heading towards its lowest level in two months, and continued its retreat from …
Read More »Oil Prices Falling With The Increase in Coronavirus Cases
Oil prices fell on Monday, April 12 in thin trading, with the increase in the number of cases of Covid-19 in some regions of the world, which curbed prices, even as the US Central Bank indicated that the US economy may recover quickly with the acceleration of the immunization campaigns …
Read More »GBP/USD Jumps Back Above 1.3700 Mark
The GBP/USD pair gained more than 50 points and rose from two-month lows to reach new highs in the 1.3720-25 areat the start of the European session. The weaker tone surrounding the US Treasury yields limited the strong gains for the US dollar, which helped the GBP/USD pair to bounce …
Read More »Italy Records 331 Deaths From The Coronavirus
The Ministry of Health said that Italy recorded 331 deaths related to the Coronavirus today, Sunday, compared to 344 the previous day, while the number of daily infections decreased to 15 thousand and 746 after it was 17,567 the previous day. Italy has recorded 114,254 deaths related to Covid-19 since …
Read More »Gold Falling as Bond Yields And Dollar Rise in on Inflation
Gold prices fell on Monday, April 12th, under pressure from rising US Treasury bond yields and the dollar, after better-than-expected US economic data increased the possibility of a rise in the rate of inflation. This fell in the spot market 0.4% to 1735.90 dollars an ounce. And gold fell in …
Read More »Dax Settled Above Support
The German DAX index maintained positive stability, to start its weekly trading on a bullish tone, benefiting from stability above 15130. Technically, with the intraday trading remaining above the support level of 15,210, accompanied by the positive motivation of the 50-day moving average, in addition to the positive signs of …
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