The yen fell on Friday as the Bank of Japan stuck to its accommodative policy, while the dollar attempted to recover from losses at the weekend on expectations that the Federal Reserve would signal a slowdown in interest rate hikes. The dollar was last up 0.8 percent against the yen …

The Japanese government on Friday unveiled a new stimulus spending package worth 39 trillion yen ($265 billion) that it said would boost gross domestic product by about 4.6 percent. The government said it would provide an additional budget for the current fiscal year of 29.6 trillion yen to fund the …

Japan’s Nikkei fell on Friday, as weak Wall Street and some weak results from local companies weighed on sentiment, although the benchmark index maintained its first weekly gain in three weeks. The Nikkei fell 0.88 percent to 27,105.30 points, but remained significantly higher than the important 27,000 points barrier. The …

European shares fell on Friday, dragged down by weak commodity prices and mixed corporate earnings, as investors weighed the path to tighten monetary policy amid a slowdown in economic growth. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.9 percent by 0719 GMT; miners led losses with commodity prices tumbling amid concerns …

Gold prices settled in a narrow range on Friday after caution prevailed ahead of next week’s much-watched Federal Reserve meeting for any signs of a slowing in interest rate hikes. Gold prices did not witness little change in spot transactions and amounted to $ 1663.62 an ounce by 0521 GMT, …

Oil, Crude, trading

The technical outlook is unchanged, and the movements of the Canadian dollar did not change, maintaining the expected bearish context and the regular movements within the descending channel. Technically and carefully considering the 4-hour chart, we find the simple moving averages continuing their negative pressure on the price from above, …

Oil, Crude, trading

A weak bullish trend dominated the movements of US crude oil futures yesterday, within the expected bullish context, touching the first target required to be achieved at 89.60, recording the highest level at 89.80. Technically, we tend in our trading to the positive, but cautiously, relying on the positive stimulus …

Narrow sideways trading tended to the negativity that dominated gold’s movements during the previous session, under pressure from the rise of the US dollar, reaching the lowest of 1654, after it failed to cross upwards to the resistance level of 1670. Technically, the 50-day simple moving average is trying to …