European stocks fell on Thursday ahead of the release of inflation data in the eurozone and after the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting in December, which showed the US central bank’s commitment to curbing inflation. The pan-European STOXX was down 0.3% by 0810 GMT, after rising …
Read More »Petroleum Institute: US oil stocks rose by 3.3 million barrels
The American Petroleum Institute said that crude oil inventories rose by 3.3 million barrels in the week ending on the 30th of last December. In its weekly report, the American Institute stated that gasoline stocks rose by 1.2 million barrels, while distillate stocks decreased by 2.4 million barrels. Today, Thursday, …
Read More »The aggressive US central bank speech fails to support USD
The dollar struggled to rally on Thursday even though policymakers at the US Federal Reserve reaffirmed their commitment to fighting inflation, while the Australian dollar jumped after China eased restrictions on coal imports from Australia. The minutes of the Federal Reserve’s December monetary policy meeting, released last night, showed that …
Read More »Gold retreats as caution prevails ahead of the release of US jobs data
Gold prices retreated on Thursday from their highest level in nearly seven months as the dollar strengthened and investors shied ahead of closely watched US jobs data, which could affect the path of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike. Spot gold fell 0.3 percent to $1,848.59 an ounce by 0924 …
Read More »Nikkei closed higher but monetary policy concerns limited gains
Japan’s Nikkei index recovered on Thursday from its lowest level in three months as shares of chip-related companies rose, tracking their US counterparts, but expectations of the world’s major central banks continuing to pursue monetary tightening limited gains. The Nikkei ended the session up by 0.4 percent, recording 25,820.80 points, …
Read More »Dow Jones is trying to maintain positive stability 5/1/2023
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Read More »CAD returns to the downside path 5/1/2023
The Canadian dollar failed to surpass the pivotal resistance level published in the previous report at 1.3.680, explaining that it represents the key to protecting the bearish trend, which forced it to trade with noticeable negativity to break the support level of the psychological barrier of 1.3600, heading to visit …
Read More »GBP: Facing strong resistance 5/1/2023
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Read More »Oil touches targets and the negativity remains 5/1/2023
As we expected during the previous technical report, big losses were incurred by the prices of US crude oil futures contracts, touching the official target to be achieved at 73.40, recording its lowest trading for yesterday’s session at 72.80. Technically, with the continuation of the negative pressure coming from the …
Read More »Gold continues to advance and may reach new highs 5/1/2023
Gold’s movements showed an upward trend within the expected technical path in the previous report, touching the first official target station at the price of 1865, recording its highest level at 1865. Technically, the daily trend is still bullish, with the simple moving averages continuing to provide a positive impulse, …
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