Russia’s central bank announced on Friday left its policy rate unchanged at 4.25% as expected. The USD/RUB pair extended its daily rally after this announcement and was last seen gaining 1.03% on a daily basis at 74.3750.

German Health Minister Jens Spahn said that a ban on entry to travellers from the Czech Republic and the Austrian region of Tyrol, from February 14, is necessary to prevent the spread of new types of Coronavirus. “They are unavoidable for a certain period of time to prevent the spread …

Bitcoin hovered near record highs on Friday, and is heading for gains of more than 20% in a historic week during which it saw the support of large companies like Elon Musk’s Tesla, while the weak US labor market continued to put pressure on the dollar. The most popular cryptocurrency …

European stocks are lower, but on track for gains for the second week in a row, as investors await more indications of progress in implementing US stimulus measures, while rising ASML and ING shares curbed the decline. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.1%, after gaining nearly 4% since the …

Turkey’s central bank data showed on Friday that the country’s current account balance recorded a deficit of $36.72 billion last year, less than a Reuters poll forecast of a $39 billion deficit and compared to a $6.76 billion surplus the previous year. The data reveals that the deficit in December …

Gold retreated as the dollar and Treasury yields rose, but prices are on the path to achieving the best weekly performance in three weeks, as hopes for more US stimulus support the yellow metal. And gold fell in immediate transactions 0.2% to 1822.69 dollars an ounce. Prices have risen 0.6% …

Oil prices fell for a second session today, Friday, to fall further from its highest level in a year after OPEC cut its demand forecast again, and the International Energy Agency said the market was still experiencing a surplus in supplies. Brent crude fell 39 cents, or 0.6%, to $ …

The Nikkei index of Japanese stocks ended a four-session rise on Friday, falling from its highest level in more than 30 years, which it reached in the previous session, as investors sold shares to take profits, but gains in Toyota Motor shares and chip-related companies restrained losses. The Nikkei index …

Positive trading dominated the movements of Bitcoin during the last session’s trading, as the current moves witnessed stability in the price again above 47,000. Technically, despite the bullish bias, we tend to be negative, depending on the gradual loss of the bullish momentum stochastic, in addition to the price stability …

The German DAX index achieved noticeable gains, cancelling the negative outlook expected during the previous analysis, and as we indicated yesterday that crossing to the upside and rising again above 13,980 will renew the chances of an upside move towards 14,055, to reach a high of 14,042. Technically, we tend …