Negative trading dominated the euro’s movements against the US dollar with the conclusion of last week’s trading, touching our fourth official awaited target at 1.1885, and approaching a few points difference from the next target 1.1830, to record its lowest price at 1.1850. Technically speaking, the current movements are witnessing …
Read More »Canada: Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.4% in January
The Unemployment Rate in Canada rose to 9.4% in January from 8.8% (revised from 8.6%) in December with the Net Change in Employment declining more than 212,000 (vs -47.5K expected), the data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Friday. This reading came in worse than the market expectation of 8.9%.
Read More »US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) Rise by 49,000 in January
Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) in the US increased by 49,000 in January, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Friday. This reading came in largely in line with the market expectation of 50,000. On a negative note, December’s reading got revised down to -227,000 from -140,000.
Read More »Turkish Lira Jumped After The Central Bank Chief Ruled Out a Rate Cut
The Turkish lira reached its strongest level since August, Friday, February 5, and strengthened its position as the best performing currency in the world since the beginning of the year, after the central bank governor told Reuters that it was unlikely to cut interest rates for a “long period”. In …
Read More »US Dollar on The Way to Its Best Weekly Performance in 3 Months
The dollar is heading towards recording its best weekly performance in three months Friday, February 5th, driven by growing confidence that the US economic recovery will surpass its global peers. The dollar index touched its highest level in two months in Asian trading in light of indications of the strength …
Read More »Robinhood Lifts Trading Restrictions on Gamestop and AMC Stocks
Robinhood said it has removed trading restrictions on GameStop and AMC stocks, which have been the basis of the battle between the small traders who organized on Reddit and short sellers, according to an update on the trading platform’s support page. Robinhood’s move comes one day after it increased restrictions …
Read More »Nonfarm Payrolls Preview: Forecast From 6 Major Banks
The US jobs report for January is due out at 13:30 GMT. here are the forecasts of economists and researchers of 10 major banks regarding the upcoming employment data. Deutsche Bank “Our US economists are now forecasting a +200K increase in nonfarm payrolls after total jobless claims fell by 1.73 …
Read More »European Stocks Rise in Early Trading
European stocks rallied Friday (February 5th), tracking optimistic sentiment on Wall Street thanks to hopes for a faster global economic recovery, while stocks in Frankfurt lagged in performance after data showed a decline in industrial orders. The European Stoxx600 index gained 0.2% and is on track to post its longest …
Read More »German Factory Orders Fall More Than Expected in December
Data revealed that German factory orders decreased more than expected on a monthly basis in December, as the impact of restrictions imposed to combat the Coronavirus reduced demand from the rest of the euro area. The data published by the Federal Statistics Office showed that orders for the supply of …
Read More »Bitcoin May See a Downward Trend
Bitcoin touched the first required target during the previous analysis at 38,190 and approached the second target of 38,760, recording its highest price of 38,680. Today, we tend to be negative on short time frames, relying on Bitcoin getting negative pressure from the 50-day moving average in addition to the …
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