Following its February policy meeting, the Bank of England (BoE) announced that it raised the policy rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 4% as expected. Economists suggest this move could be the last big rate increase for Britain’s central bank, which has approved 10 consecutive hikes since a post-pandemic surge in …
Read More »Oil rises with the decline of the dollar and OPEC+
Oil prices rebounded on Thursday after falling in the previous session, as dollar weakness restored some appetite for risky assets and OPEC+’s decision to continue production cuts helped quell oversupply fears. By 0353 GMT, Brent crude futures rose 65 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $ 83.49 a barrel, while West …
Read More »BoE Preview: Forecasts from four major banks
The Bank of England (BoE) will announce its interest rate decision on Thursday, February 2 at 12:00 GMT, publishing the Minutes of the meeting and Monetary Policy Report (MPR) alongside. As we get closer to the release time, here are the expectations forecast by the economists and researchers of four …
Read More »Nikkei closed higher, supported by technology stocks
The Japanese Nikkei index closed slightly higher on Thursday, supported by technology stocks, after the Nasdaq index jumped on Wednesday night, while the rise of the yen affected exporters and limited the index’s rise. The Nikkei index rose 0.2 percent to close at 27,402.05 points. Of the stocks listed on …
Read More »CAD resumes downward path 2/2/2023
Negative trades returned to control the movements of the Canadian dollar, after it failed to stabilize for a long time above the strong resistance level at 1.3400, which forced it to trade in negativity. The pair is now hovering around 1.3277. Looking closely at the 240-minute chart, we find that …
Read More »GBP waiting for the BoE signal 2/2/2023
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Read More »Oil continues negative movements 2/2/2023
US crude oil futures prices declined significantly within the expected bearish context during the last technical report, touching the first target of 77.00, and approaching by a few points the second target of 76.00, recording the lowest at $76.10 per barrel. Technically, by looking at the 4-hour chart, we find …
Read More »Gold crushes the US dollar 2/2/2023
Gold prices finished the bearish correction referred to during the last analysis, during which we targeted to touch 1907 levels, to start a bullish rebound, taking advantage of the US currency’s decline after the Federal Reserve’s decision regarding interest rates. On the technical side today, we tend in our trading …
Read More »Euro records significant gains ahead of the European Central Bank 2/2/2023
We adhered to intraday neutrality during the last report due to the conflicting technical signals, explaining that the condition for activating buying deals requires a breach of your psychological barrier 1.0900 for the pair to recover to target 1.0940 & 1.0970, reaching the official station 1.1030, recording its highest level …
Read More »US: ISM Manufacturing PMI declines to 47.4 in January
The economic activity in the US manufacturing sector continued to contract at an accelerating pace in January with the ISM Manufacturing PMI dropping to 47.4 from 48.4 in December. This reading came in below the market expectation of 48. Underlying details of the report revealed that the Employment Index edged …
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