US crude oil futures prices jumped to achieve noticeable gains within the expected upward path during the previous report, surpassing the required retest target of 76.60, recording a high of $77.55 per barrel. Technically, we continue to suggest the bullish daily direction, relying on the positive impulse coming from the …
Read More »Gold repeating bullish chances 8/2/2023
Limited positive attempts by gold prices to compensate for their recent losses, as yesterday’s movements witnessed an upward variation affected by the speech of the Federal Reserve Chairman, explaining yesterday that we may witness fluctuation in prices at the time of the speech, to record its highest level of 1884 …
Read More »Euro needs to break support to confirm negativity 8/2/2023
Negative trades dominated the pair’s movements within the negative technical outlook, as we expected during the previous technical report, heading towards the first target to be achieved at 1.0660, recording its lowest level at 1.0665. On the technical side, the pair tried to compensate for the losses during the Federal …
Read More »Investors want to hear Powell’s thoughts on the latest employment data
Of particular interest to stock investors, today is what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has to say at an event organized by The Economic Club of Washington DC. But, most importantly, they want to know his thoughts on the latest Labor Department report, which showed US payrolls grew by more …
Read More »US trade deficit widens in 2022 to record on strong imports
The United States international trade deficit in goods and services rose by $6.4 billion to $67.4 billion in December, the data published jointly by the US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed on Tuesday. This reading came in better than the market expectation for a deficit …
Read More »A third wave of strikes in France continues to put pressure on Macron
Public transport, schools and oil refineries were disrupted in France on Tuesday as trade unions led a third wave of a nationwide strike against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to extend the working years for French people before retiring. Strike movements in many sectors and street protests on Tuesday come hours …
Read More »UK house prices stabilise after four-month fall, Halifax says
Halifax reports that after falling for the previous four months, UK home prices were roughly level in January. According to the lender, after significant drops of 1.3% in December and 2.4% in November, average prices were unchanged at £281,684 last month. The rate of annual growth in home prices, however, …
Read More »Gold rises with the fall of USD ahead of Fed Chairman’s speech
Gold prices rose on Tuesday as the dollar weakened, as traders await Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech due later on Tuesday for hints about future interest rate hikes after strong economic data last week. And by 0730 GMT, spot gold rose 0.4 percent to $ 1874.34 an ounce, after …
Read More »European settled and BP lead the energy sector to rise
European stocks witnessed stability during trading on Tuesday, at a time when the prospects for the continuation of the cycle of raising interest rates around the world continue to undermine sentiment, while the oil giant BP led the energy sector to rise. The Stoxx 600 index of European stocks settled …
Read More »RBA raises OCR by 25 bps to 3.35% in February
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board members decided to raise its official cash rate (OCR) by another 25 basis points (bps) from 3.10% to 3.35%, as widely expected, when they met at their February 7 monetary policy meeting, the first of this year. According to the latest Reuters poll, …
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