Japanese banking stocks closed higher on Wednesday, helping the Nikkei index end a three-day losing streak, as markets regained some calm after investor fears of spillovers from the Silicon Valley bank collapse subsided. The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s banking index rose 3.3 percent, led by shares of Suruga and Shimane Banks, …

Gold prices fell on Wednesday as the dollar and US bond yields rose as investors assessed the path of US interest rates after a consumer price report showed that inflation remains high. Gold fell in the spot market 0.1 percent to $ 1901.24 an ounce by 0052 GMT, after falling …

The Canadian dollar is facing negative pressure since the beginning of this week’s trading, as the movements of the previous trading session witnessed a bearish trend, recording its lowest level at 1.3650. Technically, we notice the beginning of the negative pressure at the support level of 1.3680, accompanied by the …

Oil, Crude, trading

US crude oil futures prices incurred significant losses during the previous trading session amid intense selling operations, recording a low of $70.83 per barrel. Technically, the simple moving averages continue the negative pressure on the price from above and support the possibility of continuing the bearish gap. This comes with …

Positive movements dominated gold prices, but within a narrow path, recording its highest price at $1914 per ounce, trying to benefit from stability above 1895. Technically, and with a closer look at the 240-minute chart, we find that the price is stable above the 50-day simple moving average, and the …

Narrow sideways trading that tends to be positively dominated the movements of the euro-dollar pair during the previous trading session, trying to breach the pivotal resistance level of 1.0745, recording its highest level at 1.0760, but ended the transactions below the mentioned level. On the technical side today, by looking …

SVB Financial Group, a startup-focused lender, became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis last week, sending shockwaves across the global financial system and pushing authorities to step in to minimise the consequences. Concerns were also voiced that increasing interest rates would expose weaknesses in the global …

Wall Street’s main indexes surged on Tuesday as consumer prices in the world’s largest economy grew in line with expectations, supporting betting on the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by a lower amount at its next meeting. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the United States increased 0.4% in February, …

The dollar nudged higher on Tuesday as consumer price data showed inflation continuing to rise but at a slower pace, in a widely anticipated result that might prompt the Federal Reserve to suspend or possibly halt interest rate hikes next week. The dollar index increased by 0.106%, while the euro …