Oil, Crude, trading

Mixed trading dominated the prices of US crude oil futures contracts yesterday, touching the official bearish target to be achieved at 77.60, recording its lowest level at $77.65 per barrel. Technically, and looking at the 4-hour chart, prices tried to take advantage of the mentioned support level represented by the …

Limited positive attempts dominated gold’s movements during the previous trading session. Still, it collided with the minor resistance level at 1922, which forced it to trade negatively to the downside. Technically, by looking at the 4-hour chart, the 50-day simple moving average still holds the price from below, supporting the …

The bearish trend continues to control the movements of the Euro-dollar pair within the expected negative technical outlook during the previous technical report, touching the first official stop at 1.0800, heading to visit the official target required for the current descending wave at 1.0775, recording the lowest trading at 1.0777 …

President Jerome Powell is expected to deliver new monetary policy cues later this week, but while many aren’t expecting the Fed chief’s remarks to be laced with the ‘pain’ warning from last year, there are concerns that he may raise the prospect of higher longer-term interest rates. According to Goldman …

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims declined last week, indicating that labour market conditions remained tight despite the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes. The Labour Department said on Thursday that initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 230,000 for the week ending …

The Central Bank of Turkey raised the main interest rate “repo” by 750 basis points to 25%, which shocked the markets that were priced at a hike of only 250 basis points, which pushed borrowing costs to their highest levels since January 2004. The central bank’s decision to raise interest …

Gold prices rose to their highest levels in two weeks on Thursday, as a decline in the dollar and Treasury yields increased the appetite of investors for bullion, as they awaited clues about the path of interest rates during a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole. And by 0629 …

Japan’s Nikkei rose for the fourth straight session on Thursday, posting its longest winning streak since mid-June, after record earnings from US chip designer NVIDIA lifted shares of Japanese technology companies. The Nikkei index increased 0.87 percent to 32,287.21 points at the close, approaching its highest level during the day, …

Oil prices fell on Thursday with the release of disappointing economic data from major economies, while investors await Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech on Friday, looking for any indications on the path of interest rates. And by 0619 GMT, Brent crude fell 19 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $ …