Turkey’s central bank raised its base interest rate by 650 basis points to 15 percent on Thursday, reversing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policy of cutting interest rates, but the move towards post-election tightening still fell short of expectations. In its first meeting after the appointment of Hafiza Ghaya Arkan as …

The Bank of England hiked interest rates by a half-point more than predicted on Thursday, citing “significant” data indicating that British inflation will take longer to decline. The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 7-2 to raise its main interest rate to 5% from 4.5%, the highest since …

The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani will discuss maintaining fair prices in global energy markets when they meet on Thursday in Moscow at 1100 GMT.

European stocks opened lower on Thursday on fears of continued monetary tightening, and with the London Stock Exchange slipping amid uncertainty over the extent to which the Bank of England will raise interest rates later in the day. And by 0716 GMT, the European Stoxx 600 index fell 1.2 percent, …

On Thursday, the dollar approached its lowest level in a month against a basket of currencies, after Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, stuck to his usual messages in his semi-annual testimony, which did not include any surprises. Sterling rose to near a one-year high ahead of the Bank …

Oil prices maintained most of the gains achieved on Wednesday in early trading on Thursday, while markets assessed a sudden drop in US crude stocks against the possibility of weak demand after the Federal Reserve Chairman hinted at the possibility of further interest rate hikes. And by 0015 GMT, Brent …

Oil, Crude, trading

The Canadian dollar continues its negative trading within the expected bearish context, in which we relied on trading stability in general, below the pivotal resistance of 1.3260, touching the first official target of 1.3180, and gradually approaching the second target of 1.3130, recording its lowest level during the trading of …

Oil, Crude, trading

We adhered to intraday neutrality during the last report due to conflicting technical signals, explaining that the price’s consolidation above the primary resistance of the current trading levels located at 71.55 is leading oil to record gains, starting at 72.60, to succeed in touching the target, recording its highest level …