Oil prices rose on Monday, a day after an influx of travellers into China following the reopening of borders raised expectations for fuel demand and partially offset fears of a global recession. Brent crude futures rose 90 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $79.47 a barrel by 0520 GMT, while US …
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Oil, Crude, trading
Read More »CAD continues to achieve negative targets 9/1/2023
The Canadian dollar followed the negative outlook during the previous technical report, heading to touch the official bearish station on friday at 1.3420, recording its lowest level during the morning trading of today’s session at 1.3400. Technically, and by looking closely at the 4-hour chart, we find that the pair …
Read More »GBP: Breaks through resistance 9/1/2023
Oil, Crude, trading
Read More »Oil is retesting resistance 9/1/2023
Trading tended to be positive and dominated the movements of the US crude oil futures contracts within the idea of retesting the resistance level of 75.40, as we mentioned last Friday, recording its highest level at $75.44 per barrel. Technically, the stochastic started to gradually lose bullish momentum in the …
Read More »Gold touches targets and extends its gains 9/1/2023
Gold prices achieved substantial gains, taking advantage of the USD decline within the positive outlook, as we expected during last week’s trading, touching the official target station at $1880 per ounce. Technically, and by looking at the 4-hour chart, we note the stability of the price above the 50-day simple …
Read More »Euro is breaching resistance, positivity remains 9/1/2023
EURUSD pair jumped to achieve strong gains at the end of the trading week last Friday after it managed to exit from the sideways track, as we indicated during all trading reports of the past week, explaining that the price’s consolidation above the resistance level of the psychological barrier 1.0600 …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, January 2-5
Wall Street’s major indices closed higher on Friday, supported by reports that although jobs increased in the United States more than expected, wage increases slowed and services activity contracted, easing concerns about the path of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The data published by Automatic Data Processing (ADP) …
Read More »US Nonfarm Payrolls rise by 223,000 in December vs. 200,000 expected
Nonfarm Payrolls in the US rose by 223,000 in December, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed on Friday. This reading came in much higher than the market expectation of 200,000 and followed November’s increase of 256,000 (revised from 263,000). Further details of the publication revealed …
Read More »Annual HICP in euro area drops to 9.2% in December
Inflation in the euro area, as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), declined to 9.2% on a yearly basis in December from 10.1% in November, Eurostat announced on Friday. This reading came in below the market expectation of 9.7%. The annual Core HICP rose to 5.2% from …
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