Gold traded within a narrow range on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week to assess the bank’s monetary policy stance. And gold in instant transactions witnessed a slight change to $ 1772 an ounce by 0650 GMT. US gold futures rose 0.1 percent to $1,783.90. A …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei index is at a 4-week low
Japan’s Nikkei average touched a four-week low on Wednesday, tracking a sell-off in technology stocks on Wall Street overnight, but gains in auto stocks helped limit losses. The Nikkei closed down 0.72% at 27,686.40, after dropping earlier to 27,646.78 for the first time since November 10. Tokyo Electron, which specializes …
Read More »Russia may ban oil sales and set a maximum discount in response to the price ceiling
Vedomosti newspaper reported on Wednesday that Russia is considering three options, including banning oil sales to some countries and setting a maximum discount at which it will sell its crude, in order to counter the price cap imposed by Western powers on Russian oil. The $60 per barrel price cap, …
Read More »China’s exports and imports contracted at a sharper pace in November
The General Administration of Customs said on Wednesday, December 7, that dollar exports fell 8.7% in November compared to the previous year to $296 billion, which is the lowest level since April, when Corona restrictions led to the closure of Shanghai factories and roads and prevented companies from placing goods …
Read More »CAD continues to climb, eyes on BoC 7/12/2022
Positive trades dominated the movements of the Canadian dollar within the expected bullish path in the last analysis, touching the first target at 1.3665, recording its highest level at 1.3676. Technically, the 50-day simple moving average continues to hold the price from below, and this comes in conjunction with the …
Read More »GBP starting to press support 7/12/2022
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Read More »Oil touches targets, negative pressure remains 7/12/2022
The prices of US crude oil futures contracts incurred significant losses during the previous trading session, within the downward track, as we expected in the last report, touching the required target at 75.20, recording its lowest level at $73.44 per barrel. Technically, looking at the 240-minute chart, with regular movement …
Read More »Gold is waiting for a stronger trend 7/12/2022
The support levels published during the previous technical report, at 1764, were able to limit the bearish slope that occurred with the first trading sessions of this week and forced gold prices to rebound, limitedly to retest 1780 during the previous trading session. Technically, with a closer look at the …
Read More »Euro in a sideways, await pending orders 7/12/2022
The pair was trading in a narrow range, and the EUR/USD pair did not show any significant change and was stable from above or below the resistance level of 1.0510 and below the support level of 1.0460. Technically, and with careful consideration, we notice the continuation of the conflicting technical …
Read More »Will the BoC raise rates?
Going into the last BoC meeting short-term interest rate markets were split between a 50 and 75 bps rate hike. In the end, the BoC hiked by only 50bps and flagged some concerns about slowing growth which weighed on the CAD in the immediate aftermath. The Bank of Canada flagged …
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