The data from the UK showed on Tuesday that the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) Retail Sales Balance in February rose to -45 from -50 in January. This reading came in worse than the market expectation of -38.
Read More »UK Unemployment Rate Rises to Highest in Almost Five Years
U.K. unemployment climbed to its highest rate in almost five years in Q4 as the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount. The number of people looking for work rose 121,000 from Q3, taking the jobless rate to 5.1%, the most since early 2016, the Office for National …
Read More »Eurozone Final CPI Meets Estimates with 0.2% MoM in January
According to Eurostat’s final reading of the Eurozone CPI report for January, the consumer prices came in at 0.9% YoY, meeting the expectation. While the core figures rose by 1.4% vs +1.4% last and +1.4% expected. On a monthly basis, the bloc’s CPI figure for December accelerated by 0.2% versus …
Read More »Cryptocurrencies fell Sharply After Record Highs And Bitcoin Fell Below $47,000
Cryptocurrencies witnessed sharp declines after record high as Bitcoin fell below $ 47,000 More to come…
Read More »Oil Prices Jump by More Than a Dollar as The Resumption of US Production Slows
Oil prices jumped by more than a dollar on Tuesday (February 23rd), as they received support from optimism about the distribution of anti-Covid-19 vaccines and a decrease in production as US supplies slowly return after freezing weather in Texas stopped crude production last week. Sources said that shale oil producers …
Read More »Gold Hits a Week High as The Dollar Weakens And Yields Decline
Gold rose to the peak of the week of Tuesday, February 23rd, supported by the weak dollar and declining US Treasury yields, while the appeal of the yellow metal was boosted by fears of further rising inflation. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $1812.06 an ounce, after hitting its highest level …
Read More »Bitcoin Facing Profit-Taking
Bitcoin prices fell significantly due to its exposure to strong profit-taking, after a series of record gains approaching $60,000. Technically, we are biased towards negativity due to the obvious negativity of Stochastic, in addition to the negativity of the simple moving averages. We await confirmation of breaching 48,350 support, targeting …
Read More »German DAX: Trying to Consolidate
The DAX index continues to maintain its positive side, trying to stabilize for the second session in a row above the support level of 13,810/13,800. Technically we tend to be positive on short intervals, but with caution. The RSI is stable above the 50 midline, which supports the bullish bias. …
Read More »Dow Jones Faces a Temporary Negativity
The Dow Jones Industrial Average succeeded in achieving the negative outlook, as we expected during the last analysis, touching the target of 31,210, recording a low of 31,188. On the technical side today, and with a closer look at the 60-minute chart, we find the RSI continues to get negative …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Built on Support
Good rises were witnessed by the sterling pound against the Japanese yen, benefiting from building on the support floor of 147.50, as the current moves witness stability near the highest level during the morning session 147.90. On the technical side, today, we are positive in our trading, depending on the …
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