Oil, Crude, trading

As we expected, American crude oil prices incurred heavy losses during the previous trading session, heading to touch the awaited descending official target at 83.00, to record its lowest level at 81.51. Technically, with the negative pressure of the simple moving averages that support the bearish price curve and confirming …

Gold prices found a solid support floor that succeeded in establishing it near 1796, to witness a trading session that tilted to the positive after gold succeeded in confirming the breach of the 1705 resistance level, explaining that consolidation above the mentioned level leads the price to visit our first …

Mixed trading dominated the movements of the euro against the US dollar, to witness a bearish tendency during the middle of the European session, after it succeeded in pressing the support level of 0.9900 to see a decline near 0.9875, taking advantage of the mentioned level that forced it to …

money markets expect the ECB to raise rates by 75 bps – the main lending rate from 0.50% to 1.25% and the deposit rate from 0% to 0.75%. In such a scenario – which is the most likely one – the focus will swiftly shift to the next factors. If …

The growth of Chinese exports slowed down in August to post 7.1% on an annual basis from a growth of 18% recorded in July, compared to expectations of a growth of 12.8%, at a time when the Corona pandemic is still casting a shadow on Chinese cities and factories located …

Oil prices rose on Wednesday on the back of Russian threats to withdraw from energy supply contracts, reversing losses incurred earlier in the session when they fell to their lowest levels since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Brent crude futures rose 85 cents, or 0.92 percent, to $93.68 a barrel by …

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday of a looming global food crisis. He said he would discuss amending a grain export deal with Ukraine to limit countries receiving shipments. Speaking at an economic forum in the eastern city of Vladivostok, Putin said that Moscow had done everything in its …

The Eurozone economy expanded by 0.8% on the quarter in the three months to June of 2022 vs. 0.6% prior, the final revision confirmed on Wednesday. The market consensus was for a reading of 0.6% in the reported period. On an annualized basis, the bloc’s GDP rate rose by 4.1% …

European shares opened lower on Wednesday as mining and energy companies led the losses as investors remained concerned about the outlook for demand in the wake of weak trade data from China. The European oil and gas index was down 2.2 percent by 0720 GMT, while the mining index lost …