Positive attempts dominated the prices of US crude oil futures contracts, trying to compensate for its recent losses, recording its highest level during yesterday’s trading session, around $71.74 per barrel. Technically, we tend to be negative in our trading, relying on the negative intersection signs of the stochastic indicator, which …
Read More »Gold is facing selling pressure 16/5/2023
Gold prices did not show significant movements at the beginning of this week’s trading, within sideways movements that tended to be negative and stable in an intraday manner below the 2016 resistance level. Technically, and by looking at the 240-minute chart, we find that the simple moving average continues the …
Read More »Euro is below the support line 16/5/2023
Narrow sideways trading dominated the movements of the euro-dollar pair during the first trading of this week, maintaining the negative path and recording its lowest level at 1.0843. On the technical side today, and with a closer look at the 240-minute chart, we find the euro stable below the previously …
Read More »Turkish stocks decline with the direction of the presidential elections towards a run-off
Turkish stocks fell on Monday as the presidential election appeared to be headed for a run-off and incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan advanced. The main index of Turkish stocks fell more than six percent at the open, which led to a halt to trading on the stock exchange before it …
Read More »Turkish lira recorded its lowest level in two months after the elections
The Turkish lira fell to its lowest level in two months as financial markets began trading in the aftermath of the presidential and parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday, amid expectations that the presidential race is heading to a run-off. The lira fell to 19.70 against the dollar, before …
Read More »The rise of European stocks amid investors’ interest in political events and data
European stocks rose on Monday as investors assessed the uncertainty surrounding the US debt ceiling talks and the presidential elections in Turkey and were looking forward to data released this week for clues about the state of the global economy. The European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.4 percent, with personal …
Read More »Asian stocks dip ahead of Chinese data
Most Asian stock markets fell on Monday as investors braced for a spate of Chinese economic data, as well as monetary policy indications from a crop of Federal Reserve speakers later in the week. China’s Shanghai Composite index was the worst performer on the day, down 1.1% as local industrial, …
Read More »Oil fell due to the rise in the dollar and concerns about demand
Oil prices fell on Monday, as concerns about fuel demand in the United States and China, the world’s two largest consumers, outweighed optimism about tight supplies due to any production cuts from the OPEC + group and the United States resuming purchases of its reserves. And by 0130 GMT, Brent …
Read More »Gold is rising as economic risks continue
Gold prices rose on Monday as talks to raise the US debt ceiling stalled and fears of an economic slowdown pushed some traders towards the precious metal, a safe-haven asset. And by 2049 GMT, spot gold rose 0.1 percent to $ 2013.79 an ounce, after falling for three sessions. US …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, May 08-12
The dollar remained close to a peak of more than a week on Friday after a slew of data released overnight indicated a slowdown in the US economy, as investors bet the Federal Reserve would halt interest rate increases. The dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency …
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