Oil, Crude, trading

Mixed trading tended to be positive, dominating the movements of the US crude oil futures contracts during the previous trading session, trying to take advantage of the support base for the psychological barrier of 74.00 within limited attempts to achieve some bullish rebound. Technically, the simple moving averages continue to …

Negative trading dominated gold prices yesterday, explaining that the failure to breach the pivotal resistance level 2006 increases the possibility of the corrective decline to target 1985 and 1971, recording its lowest level at $1972.00 per ounce. Today’s technical vision indicates the possibility of continuing the decline, depending on the …

A limited bearish tendency dominated the movements of the EUR/USD pair during the previous trading session due to the selling pressure around the 1.1060 resistance level, which led the pair to retest the 1.1000 support. On the technical side today, and with a closer look at the 4-hour chart, we …

The major Wall Street indexes started the day higher on Thursday after Meta Platforms, Eli Lilly, and Comcast reported results that were better than expected, outweighing statistics that indicated the U.S. economy slowed down more than predicted in the first quarter. At the start of trading, the Dow Jones Industrial …

According to preliminary figures released by the Commerce Department on Thursday, the United States’ economic growth slowed down more than was anticipated in the first quarter. The largest economy in the world saw real gross domestic product growth decelerate from 2.6% in the final three months of 2022 to 1.1% …

Oil prices stabilized on Thursday, after Wednesday’s decline reflected the supportive impact of a sudden production cut by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries this month. By 1033 GMT, Brent crude was trading at $77.72 a barrel, up three cents, or 0.04 percent. US West Texas Intermediate crude also …

Gold prices rose on Thursday as the dollar weakened as investors prepared for a batch of US economic data to be released ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve (Central Bank) monetary policy meeting. By 0230 GMT, spot gold rose 0.4 percent to $1996.50 an ounce, while US gold futures rose …

Most Japanese stocks rose on Thursday, led by manufacturing companies, on profit optimism, while concerns about the banking sector weighed on financial companies. The Nikkei index rose 0.15 percent to close at 28,457.68 points, recovering from a drop of 0.6 percent at the beginning of the session. The broader Topix …

European stocks fell on Thursday despite positive earnings from a group of companies, as turmoil over First Republic Bank continues to worry investors about the global banking sector. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.1% by 0720 GMT, as media stocks fell 1.6%. Shares in Universal Music Group fell …