The annualized Eurozone Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) comes in a tad softer at 8.5% in February vs. January’s 8.6%, the latest data published by Eurostat showed on Thursday. The market expected the inflation gauge to ease to 8.2% in the reported period. The core HICP climbs to 5.6% YoY in February …
Read More »Turkey’s trade deficit rises 52.8% in February following the earthquakes
Data from the Turkish Ministry of Trade showed today, Thursday, that the foreign trade deficit amounted to 12.9 billion dollars in February, an annual increase of 52.8%, which highlights the impact of the earthquakes that occurred last month on the trade balance. The data showed that exports fell 6.4% to …
Read More »European stocks decline at the open ahead of the announcement of inflation data
European stocks fell at the open on Thursday, dragged down by declines in interest rate-sensitive travel and technology stocks, as investors were cautious ahead of today’s important inflation data. A Reuters poll revealed that inflation in the 20 countries using the euro was 8.2 percent in the 12 months to …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei index closed higher as sentiment improved on Chinese data
Japanese stocks ended flat on Thursday after a disappointing investor day for Tesla Inc and fears of a tighter US central bank monetary policy outweighed the yen’s decline. The Nikkei index gave up gains made earlier in the session to end the transactions at 27,498.87 points, although it has been …
Read More »Gold is falling as investors are increasingly concerned about rising interest rates
Gold prices fell on Thursday as the dollar rose as a fresh batch of global economic data reinforced investor concerns about interest rates remaining higher for longer than expected. By 0315 GMT, spot gold fell 0.2 percent to $1,833.57 an ounce, after reaching a one-week high on Wednesday. US gold …
Read More »Dow Jones may continue to decline 3/2/2023
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Read More »CAD sticks to the positivity 2/3/2023
The Canadian dollar’s movements tended to be positive during the previous trading session, recording a high of 1.3660 after achieving a significant build-up above the support level of 1.3575. Technically, expectations indicate the possibility of achieving more gains based on the positive motif from the 50-day simple moving average, which …
Read More »GBP is losing momentum 2/3/2023
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Read More »Oil achieves additional heights 2/3/2023
Positive movements dominated the prices of US crude oil futures contracts, recording additional gains that extended to the level of $77.80 per barrel. Technically, oil prices surpassed the resistance level of 76.60, which has now turned into a support level, which supports the possibility of an increase, in addition to …
Read More »Gold makes an initial breakout of resistance 2/3/2023
Gold’s positive attempts achieved remarkable gains yesterday, recording its highest level of $1844 per ounce. Technically, we notice an initial breach above the resistance level of 1828. Furthermore, we note that gold prices continue to receive a positive incentive from the simple moving averages, which support the possibility of an …
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