Over the ending week, the market continued to be supported by positive news about Coronavirus vaccines, after both Moderna and Pfizer announced high success rates for their vaccine candidates. Meanwhile, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, is yet to concede the past elections, in which his lost to …
Read More »Canada: Retail Sales Increase by 1.1% in September
Retail Sales in Canada rose by 1.1% on a monthly basis in October to $ 53.9 billion, the data published by Statistics Canada showed on Friday. This reading followed August’s increase of 0.4% and came in slightly lower than the market expectation of 1%. “Rounding out the third quarter, retail …
Read More »Pfizer And BioNTech to Submit Emergency Use Authorization Request to FDA For COVID-19 Vaccine
Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Friday that they will be submitting an emergency use authorization request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday. The shares of BioNTech and Pfizer increased by 6.3% and 1.5%, respectively, in the pre-opening trade on Wall Street. Today’s announcement came two days …
Read More »Dollar Rises After Suspension of Some Emergency Program
The dollar rose today, Friday, against a basket of currencies in early trade in London, reversing its downward trend when US Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin called for an end to some emergency lending by the Federal Reserve (US Central Bank). Mnuchin’s move reallocates about $ 455 billion directed to the …
Read More »European Stocks Supported by Gains in Retail And Oil Sectors
European stocks rose on Friday, as gains in the retail and oil sectors erased concerns about the political situation in the United States and an impasse over new stimulus measures to support the global economy, which has been ravaged by the pandemic. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.2% and …
Read More »Turkish Consumer Confidence Declined in November
The Turkish consumer confidence index fell 2.2% to 80.1 points in November from 81.9 the previous month, indicating a state of caution after a brief improvement in light of the worsening outbreak of the Coronavirus, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute. The pandemic control measures brought the economy …
Read More »Gold to Continue Its Weekly Decline Due to Stimulus Concerns And Vaccine Optimism
Gold prices are heading today, Friday, to record a decline for the second week in a row, as the attractiveness of the yellow metal is under pressure from promising tests for a Covid-19 vaccine and news that the US Treasury is ending emergency loan programs. Gold fell in immediate transactions …
Read More »PAJ President: Expects to Postpone OPEC+ Plan to Increase Production in January
President of Petroleum Association of Japan, Tsutomu Sugimori expected Friday that OPEC and its allies, the group known as OPEC+, will likely delay a plan to increase production in January and stick to existing cuts of 7.7 million barrels per day. He also said that demand in Japan for gasoline …
Read More »Japan Shares Drop as Sentiment Hurt by a New Wave of COVID-19
Japanese shares fell on Friday for the third straight session, as a rise in new cases with the Coronavirus inside the country to record levels fueled fears that officials will introduce new restrictions on business activities. The Nikkei index fell 0.42% to close at 25,527.37 points. The broader TOPIX index …
Read More »German Dax, Virtually Unchanged
The technical outlook remains unchanged, as the German DAX maintains positive side. Technically speaking, the index managed to build a base on support floor of 13035/13030, which was accompanied by the positive motive of the 50-day moving average. It encourages us to maintain our positive view, as long as the …
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