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 …

European stocks rose on Friday, on track for their best weekly performance since November, with natural gas futures falling and positive economic data as investors await inflation data in the eurozone. The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 0.1% by 0815 GMT, bringing its weekly gain to 3.4% so far. All …

Japan’s Nikkei index recovered early losses to close higher on Friday as investors bought back falling stocks and the yen fell against the dollar. The Nikkei index closed up 0.59 percent at 25,973.85 points, after it started trading on a lower note, affected by the decline on Wall Street at …

Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Friday, extending gains from the previous session, after data showed a decline in fuel stocks in the wake of the winter storm that swept the United States at the end of last year. And by 0203 GMT, Brent crude futures rose 79 cents, …

Oil, Crude, trading

Negative trading dominated the movements of the Dow Jones industrial index on Wall Street, after it failed to maintain positive stability above 33,030, explaining that the infiltration below 33,030 puts the index under strong negative pressure to target 32,840, recording its lowest level at 32,806. Technically, the simple moving averages …

Oil, Crude, trading

Mixed trading tended to limited positivity, dominating the prices of US crude oil futures contracts, trying to compensate for part of its losses, recording a high of 74.88. Technically, upon closer look at the chart, the simple moving averages continue to exert negative pressure on the price from above. Still, …

Gold prices came under negative pressure during the previous trading session, recording a low of $1825 per ounce, stable below the support of the bullish channel. Technically, and despite the decline witnessed by gold prices, it is still stable above the main support floor published during the previous analysis, at …

We remained neutral during the previous report, for the second session in a row, due to a contradiction between the technical signals, as the movements of the Euro-dollar pair witnessed a downward trend, recording its lowest level at 1.0520. On the technical side, we previously indicated that the support level …