Employment in the US’ private sector increased by 174,000 in January, the monthly data published by the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research Institue revealed on Wednesday. This reading beat the market expectation of 49,000 by a wide margin. Furthermore, December’s reading got revised up to -78,000 from -123,000.

Inflation in the Eurozone rose well above expectations last month, driven by rising energy costs and a tax increase in Germany, to pose a potential challenge to the European Central Bank. Inflation has been below the European Central’s target of nearly 2% for most of the past 10 years. The …

Amazon announced Tuesday that Jeff Bezos, the CEO, will step down later this year, turning the helm over to Andy Gacy, the company’s cloud chief executive. Bezos will move to take over the position of CEO of the Amazon Board of Directors. Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 and has since …

According to Eurostat’s flash reading of Eurozone CPI report, the annual reading came in at 0.9% in the first month of 2021, above expectations of 0.5% and -0.3% previous. The core figures came in at 1.4% in January when compared to 0.9% expected and 0.2% recorded in December.

The UK services sector activity contracted less-than-expected in January, the final report from IHS Markit confirmed this Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted IHS Markit/CIPS UK Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was revised higher to 39.5 in January versus 38.8 expected and a 38.8 – last month’s flash reading.

Oil prices increased, after reaching their highest levels in nearly a year in the previous session, supported by an unexpected drop in crude and gasoline inventories in the United States, which fueled hopes for a recovery in demand at a time when OPEC+ expects the market to record a deficit …

European stocks rose for the third session in a row on Wednesday, while focus remained on a day filled with earnings announcements, as positive sentiment extends from Asian markets thanks to hopes for a faster global economic recovery. Siemens’ shares rose 1.8% after the German engineering firm raised its forecast …

Japanese shares closed higher on Wednesday, while carrier stocks led the gains, as market sentiment was supported by a rally led by technology companies on Wall Street last night and expectations of strong profits for local companies. The benchmark Nikkei index rose 1% to 28,646.50 points, while the broader Topix …

Bitcoin prices jumped within the expected bullish context during the previous analysis touching our awaited target at 33,990, recording its highest price of 36,875. On the technical side today, we tend to be positive in our trading, but cautiously depending on the stability of trading above the support level of …

The pound’s current moves against the Japanese yen are witnessing a slight bearish bias after finding a strong resistance level near 143.70. On the technical side, the pair started its daily trading by pressing the support level at 143.10 under negative pressure coming from the 50-day simple moving average. We …