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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has set the yuan reference rate at 6.7260 versus Wednesday’s fix at .

FX option expiries for Oct 29 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below. EUR/USD: EUR amounts 1.1700 785m1.1720 718m1.1750 869m1.1770 545m USD/JPY: USD amounts 103.60 1.0bn104.00 1.8bn104.50 385m104.75 523m105.16 424m105.25 1.3bn USD/CAD: USD amounts 1.3325 530m EUR/GBP: EUR amounts 0.9000 484m0.9050 920m0.9110 697m

The German DAX index witnessed huge losses, exceeding the required targets during the previous analysis located at 11790/11800, to hit a low of 11440. Technically, the daily trend is still bearish, but by looking closely at the 60-minute chart, we see that the positive signs have begun to appear on …

The Dow Jones Industrial Average witnessed strong losses within the bearish trend that we expected, touching the third target published in the previous analysis at 26850, posting a low at 26388. Technically, we tend to be negative, given the negative pressure coming from the simple moving averages, in addition consolidating …

Negative trading dominated the pound’s movements against its Japanese counterpart, as we expected, surpassing the second target to be achieved at 135.40, posting a low of 134.87. Technically, the current moves are witnessing a slight upward slope, as the pair benefits from building temporarily above 135.50 in addition to the …