The German ZEW headline numbers for August showed that the Economic Sentiment Index dropped more than expected to 40.4 from 63.3 previous while missing estimates of 56.7. Meanwhile, the Current Conditions sub-index slipped to 29.3. in August as against 21.9 recorded in the previous month and 30.0 expectations.

European shares hit a record high Tuesday, August 10, extending gains for the seventh consecutive session, boosted by travel and leisure companies as investors welcomed reports of strong results. The STOXX 600 index of European shares rose 0.2%, hitting an all-time high of 471.67 points. The travel and entertainment sector …

Japanese stocks closed higher as corporate results continued to have a positive effect, but gains were limited by fears of a fast-spreading delta strain. The Nikkei index closed up 0.24% at 27,888.15 points, after hitting a mid-July peak of 28,128.61 points earlier. The broader Topix index rose 0.36% to 1936.28 …

Oil, Crude, trading

Negative trading dominates the movements of the pound against the Japanese yen, and the pair still finds it difficult to surpass the rise to the resistance level of 153.00/153.10. On the technical side today, and with a closer look on the chart, we find Stochastic is giving negative signals. From …

The technical outlook is unchanged and the pair’s movements did not change much, maintaining stability above the 1.2500 support level. Technically, we tend to be positive, relying on stability above the psychological support floor of 1.2500, accompanied by the RSI’s attempts to obtain bullish momentum, coinciding with the positive motive …

Oil, Crude, trading

Oil, Crude, trading

Gold prices experienced a strong decline during the previous trading session, exceeding the official station that is required to be touched, located at the price of 1722, to record its lowest level of 1677. Technically, gold prices tried to compensate for the losses within a temporary bullish path, and with …

Negative moves still dominate the EUR/USD pair for the second consecutive session, within the expected bearish track during the previous analysis, recording its lowest level at 1.1735. Technically speaking, we maintain our negative expectations, relying on the negativity of the stochastic indicator, with the continuation of the negative pressure of …