The seasonally adjusted Unemployment Rate in the euro area declined to 8.3% in November from 8.4% in October, the data published by the Eurostat showed on Friday. This reading came in better than the market expectation of 8.5%.
Read More »Oil Near an 11-Month Peak, Thanks to a Saudi Pledge to Cut Production
Oil prices held near an 11-month high on Friday (January 8th) and is on track for strong weekly gains as Saudi Arabia’s pledge to cut production continued to support market sentiment. Brent crude rose 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $ 54.51 a barrel. The global benchmark touched $54.90 on Thursday, …
Read More »Gold Falls as Bond Yields Rise And Pressure From a Rising Dollar
Gold fell on Friday, January 8th, as the dollar and US Treasury yields rose, but hopes for additional stimulus in the world’s largest economy kept the yellow metal on track for gains for the second week in a row. Spot gold fell 0.3% to 1,907.66 dollars but it has risen …
Read More »Nonfarm Payrolls Preview: US Employment Sector to Keep on Suffering
With the tumultuous start of the new year, the US is due to publish its monthly employment report (NFP) today, Friday. The US Nonfarm Payrolls report for December is expected to show only 71,000 new jobs added, despite the unemployment rate to remain at 6.7% with an hourly wage expected …
Read More »Bitcoin at Record High
Bitcoin continued to achieve new record highs, to surpass the 40,00 marks recording its highest level at 40,383. Technically, we tend to be positive, but with caution. Intraday trading is witnessing a slight bearish tendency after it failed to stabilize for a long time above the 40,000 barrier. There are …
Read More »DAX Re-test Support
The German DAX index was able to touch the first target to be achieved, which is located at 13,970 and is close by a few points from the second goal 14,110, recording its highest level of 13,994. On the technical side, the current movements of German DAX are witnessing a …
Read More »Dow Jones Achieves Record Figure Ahead of Employment Data
The Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to achieve records as we expected, heading to touch the first official target required to be touched during the previous trading session at 31,130, recording its highest level of 13,147 during early trading for the current session. On the technical side, and with the …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Maintains Gains
Positive trading dominated the movements of the pound against the Japanese yen, touching the second official target to be achieved at 141.00. Technically, we tend to be positive in our trades, but cautiously, relying on trading stability above the support level of 140.30 and the most important 140.00, in addition …
Read More »The Canadian Dollar Reiterating Its Upside Chances
The technical outlook is unchanged, and the Canadian dollar’s moves have not changed little, as part of the continued attempts to rise and stabilize above 1.2620. Technically, and despite the dominance of the general bearish trend over the pair’s movements, we believe that there is a possibility of an upward …
Read More »The Pound May Face a Negative Scenario
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