Gold prices witnessed a noticeable decline during the previous session’s trading towards the first official target for the downside wave, as we expected at 1860. Technically, the daily trend is still bearish, given the consolidation of intraday trading below the previous broken support 1882, with the continued negative pressure of …
Read More »Euro Below Support
Negative trading dominated the euro’s movement against the US dollar within the expected bearish path in which we relied on confirming the breach of the 1.1720 support level targeting 1.1620, the pair recorded its lowest price during the previous session at 1.1620. Technically, looking at the 4-hour chart, we find …
Read More »US Economic Activity Rebounds Sharply in Q3
The United States’ Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded at an annual rate of 33.1% in the third quarter, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis’ advance estimate showed on Thursday. This reading came in better than the market expectation of +31% and followed the 31.4% contraction recorded in the second …
Read More »US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Decline to 751K
There were 751,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending October 24th, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed last week’s print of 791,000 (revised from 787,000) and came in slightly better than the market expectation …
Read More »ECB Leaves Key Rates Unchanged in October as Expected
At its monetary policy meeting held on October 29th, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to leave the interest rates on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50%, respectively, as …
Read More »Germany: Annual HICP Drops to -0.4% in September
Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 0.1% (preliminary) in October, the data published by Destatis showed on Thursday. This reading followed September’s print of -0.2% and came in higher than the market expectation of 0%. On a yearly basis, the CPI stayed unchanged at …
Read More »US Consumer Confidence Rebounds
On Thursday, the Bank of Japan trimmed its forecast for the economy and prices in the current fiscal year, but revealed a more optimistic view about the chances of recovery, indicating that the stimulus measures it took are sufficient so far. The central bank warned that the outlook is shrouded …
Read More »Eurozone Consumer Confidence Declines to -15.5 in October as Expected
The Consumer Confidence for the euro area and the EU both declined by 1.6 points in October and arrived at -15.5 and -16.5, respectively, the data published by the European Commission showed on Thursday. Further details of the publication revealed that the Industrial Confidence for the euro area improved modestly …
Read More »Oil Continues Losses Amid Renewed Fears of Coronavirus and a glut of supply
Oil prices continue their losses after losing 5% in the previous session, with governments re-imposing restrictions to contain the second wave of cases with the Coronavirus, and amid indications of a growing global supply glut. By 0743 GMT, US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 8 cents, equivalent to …
Read More »Japan Stocks Decline to Lowest Levels in a Month
Japanese stocks fell to their lowest levels in a month today, Thursday, under the weight of fears about new closures to combat the Coronavirus in Europe, but the optimistic expectations of companies during the results season limited the losses. The benchmark Nikkei index closed 0.37% at 23,331.94 points. The Nikkei …
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