On the US calendar today, the US consumer inflation numbers for December are due at 13:30 GMT. The headline CPI is expected to rise by 0.4% from 0.2% in November and on an annual basis, it is expected to rise to 1.3% versus 1.2% previously. As for the core CPI …

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said that the eurozone economy is still on the verge of recovery this year, provided that the general isolation measures taken to confront the Corona pandemic are lifted at the end of March and the vaccines are distributed. Lagarde adhered to the expectations of …

Industrial Production in the euro area expanded by 2.5% on a monthly basis in November, the data published by the Eurostat showed on Wednesday. This reading followed October’s increase of 2.3% and beat the market expectation of 0.2% by a wide margin. Industrial Production contracted by 0.6% Y-o-Y in November …

The dollar suffered losses on Wednesday, as declining US yields weakened the momentum generated by its recent recovery and investors cautiously resumed bets that it could continue to slide. Against the euro, the dollar recorded its biggest daily decline in more than a month and declined more than 1% against …

European stocks were largely unchanged on Wednesday as the utility sector was hit by a profit warning from Danish wind farm developer Orsted, while French grocery store Carrefour jumped after merger talks. Carrefour gained 10.6% after Canadian store operator Element Couche-Tard said it had contacted Europe’s largest retailer to discuss …

Auto sales in China fell for the third year in a row in 2020 but increased year on year for the ninth consecutive month in December as Beijing continues to lead the global auto sector’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese auto sales fell 1.9% to 25.3 million cars last …

The French central bank said today, Wednesday, that the country’s economy has likely contracted 4% in the last quarter of last year compared to the previous three months, although activity increased in December after the lifting of general isolation measures imposed to combat the spread of the Coronavirus. In light …

Gold rose today, Wednesday, as the dollar and US Treasury yields declined, while the prospect of a massive financial stimulus in the United States boosted the appetite for the yellow metal as a hedge against inflation. Spot gold rose 0.1% to $1,857 an ounce, while US gold futures gained 0.8% …

Negative trading dominated Bitcoin’s moves within the profit-making operations aimed at touching 32,820 levels. On the technical side, today we may witness the completion of a bearish correction with the continuation of the negative pressure of the 50-day moving average, but on condition that we witness a clear break of …

The German DAX index succeeded in achieving the goal of re-testing the support mentioned in the previous analysis at 13,820, recording the lowest price at 13,826. On the technical side, the current trading of the index stabilizes below the 14,000 psychological barriers, accompanied by the negative signs of the RSI …