A bearish trend, as we expected, dominated gold prices, touching the first target to be achieved at the price of 1838, and approaching by a few points from the official target station 1828, recording its lowest level at 1830. Technically, by looking at the 240-minute chart, the stochastic is trying …
Read More »Euro touches the first target and retests the resistance 16/2/2023
The single European currency declined significantly against the US dollar, within the downside track, as we expected during the previous technical report, touching the first target to be achieved at 1.0680, to record its lowest level at 1.0660. On the technical side today, we find the EUR/USD pair achieved some …
Read More »Australian Employment Preview: Forecasts by major banks
Australia is set to report its January employment figures on Thursday, February 16 at 00:30 GMT and as we get closer to the release time, here are forecasts from economists and researchers at five major banks regarding the upcoming employment data. Australia is expected to have added 20K jobs vs. …
Read More »US: Retail Sales rise by 3% in January vs. 1.8% expected
Retail Sales in the United States rose by 3% to $697 billion in January, the US Census Bureau reported on Wednesday. This reading followed December’s decrease of 1.1% and came in better than the market expectation for an increase of 1.8%. Retail Sales ex-Autos expanded by 2.3% in the same …
Read More »Britain and European allies send military equipment to Ukraine
Britain announced on Wednesday that it and other European countries will provide Ukraine with military equipment, including spare parts for tanks and ammunition for artillery. The British Ministry of Defense said Britain had agreed with the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Lithuania to send an initial support package to …
Read More »US Dollar rose after US inflation data and firm statements from the Federal Reserve
The dollar rose on Wednesday following data showing rising inflation in the United States and firm statements on interest rates from Federal Reserve officials. U.S. consumer price inflation accelerated month-on-month in January and rose 0.5 percent, as expected. This is due, among other things, to the high costs of rent …
Read More »China ponders downgrading Covid status
China said today that US high altitude balloons flew over its Xinjiang and Tibet regions, and it will take measures against US entities that undermine Chinese sovereignty as a diplomatic dispute festered. China said earlier this week that US balloons had flown over its airspace without permission more than 10 …
Read More »Glencore announces £5.8bn payout to shareholders after record profit
Glencore has announced a £5.8bn ($7.1bn) payout to shareholders after posting “record profits” in its full-year 2022 results, powered by its coal and trading divisions. Revenue for the Swiss-based mining multinational came in at $255.9bn in 2022, a surge of 26% from the previous year. The miner will now hand …
Read More »Barclays shares tumble 9% as profit disappoints
Barclays reported a 14% fall in full-year pretax profit on Wednesday as earnings were poleaxed by surging costs, a collapse in deal fees and multi-million dollar fines relating to an administrative blunder. Earnings fell short of expectations and came as rising interest rates should be boosting returns, sending shares in …
Read More »European shares opened lower, with shares of Barclays and Craing falling
European stocks opened lower on Wednesday, with British bank Barclays falling after it reported disappointing earnings and French luxury group Kering falling after revenue from its Gucci brand slumped. The Stoxx Europe 600 index fell 0.3 percent, while Barclays fell 8.1 percent to the bottom of the index. The banking …
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