Today’s survey showed that increased demand from China, the United States and Europe pushed the growth of factory activity in Germany to the highest level in more than three years in February, improving expectations for Europe’s largest economy. The final reading of the IHS Market PMI for the manufacturing sector, …
Read More »Reuters: OPEC Oil Output Falls 870,000 bpd in February
According to a recently conducted Reuters survey, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ total oil output in February declined by 870,000 barrels per day (bpd), marking the first monthly decline in eight months. “OPEC oil output fall led by Saudi Arabia; Nigeria posted the biggest increase,” Reuters reported
Read More »UK Final Manufacturing PMI Beats Estimates in Feb
The UK manufacturing sector activity expanded at a faster pace than expected in the month of February. Today’s survey showed that British factories recorded the slowest rate of production growth since May in February, as supply chain disruptions and rising costs linked to Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union and Covid-19 …
Read More »Oil Prices Jump After The US House of Representatives Approved a Huge Stimulus Package
Oil prices rose more than a dollar today, Monday, after the US House of Representatives approved a massive stimulus package, but the slowdown in the growth of factory activities in China limited the gains. Brent crude futures for May delivery increased $ 1.24, equivalent to 1.9%, to $65.66 a barrel. …
Read More »European Stocks Recover as Bond Markets Stabilize
European stocks rose today after heavy losses incurred last week in light of the decline in sales in the bond markets, as well as boosted sentiment optimism about vaccination campaigns to prevent Covid-19 and a US stimulus package. The pan-regional STOXX 600 index rose 1.6%, following strong gains for Asian …
Read More »The Japanese TOPIX Posted Largest Gain in 7 Months on Nasdaq Recovery
The Japanese TOPIX index recorded the largest jump in seven months with the halt in US Treasury bond sales, which supported the Nasdaq index, which is full of technology stocks and led to the rise of shares of local chipmakers. The index jumped 2.04% to 1894.94 points, the biggest gain …
Read More »Gold Rises 1% on Dollar Weakness Amid US Stimulus
Gold rose more than 1% on Monday, recovering from its lowest level in more than eight months touched in the previous session, as the dollar weakened while the United States approved a huge stimulus package worth 1.9 trillion dollars. Gold rose in the spot market 1% to $1750.24 an ounce, …
Read More »Bitcoin Needs Some Caution
Positive trades are dominated Bitcoin, to record its highest price during early trading of the current session at 46,516. On the technical side, there is a conflict between the positive motive coming from the 50-day moving average, and the negativity on the stochastic indicator. We will remain neutral due to …
Read More »German Dax Starts Positive
The German DAX index opened its first weekly trading with a bullish bias, taking advantage of building a base on the support floor 13,710/13,700. On the technical side, and by looking at the 60-minute chart, we see signs of a positive crossover that started appearing on the stochastic indicator. We …
Read More »Dow Jones Recovers
Negative trading dominated the Dow Jones Industrial Average, touching the official target to be achieved last Friday, located at 30,900, recording the lowest price of 30,865. On the technical side, trading has stabilized today above the support level at 30,825, accompanied by the index obtaining positive signs from the RSI. …
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