Oil prices hovered near a two-month low on Monday as supply concerns eased while worries about fuel demand in China and rising interest rates overshadowed prices. Brent crude futures for January fell 28 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $87.34 a barrel by 0103 GMT, after settling at their lowest since …
Read More »ECB President: The central bank may have to restrict growth to control inflation
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said the central bank will continue to raise interest rates and may even need to restrict economic activity to control inflation. The European Central Bank raised interest rates by an unprecedented 200 basis points since July to tackle inflation, and said further policy tightening …
Read More »UK Retail Sales jump 0.6% MoM in October
The UK retail sales arrived at 0.6% over the month in October vs. 0% expected and -1.5% previous. The core retail sales, stripping the auto motor fuel sales, rose 0.3% MoM vs. 0.6% expected and -1.5% previous. On an annualized basis, the UK retail sales plunged 6.1% in October versus …
Read More »European stocks open higher as investors flock to energy stocks
European stocks opened higher on Friday after falling for two straight days as investors snapped up falling energy stocks, although hawkish comments from more Federal Reserve officials capped gains. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was up 0.4% by 0813 GMT, with basic resources stocks rising 1.1%, after falling more than …
Read More »Dollar is on its way to achieve weekly gains
The dollar is heading for its best week in a month on Friday, as comments from Federal Reserve officials and stronger-than-expected retail sales data curbed the US currency’s slide after signs of easing inflation. It was also helped by Thursday’s 0.4 percent decline in the British pound after a British …
Read More »Annual inflation in Japan is at the highest level since 1991
Annual inflation in Japan rose in October to 3.7%, after it had recorded 3% in September, bringing it to the highest level since January 1991, in light of the rise in commodity prices and raw materials coinciding with the weakness of the yen. The biggest pressure came from food costs, …
Read More »Oil rises as the dollar declines, but the demand outlook casts a shadow
Oil prices rose Friday, November 18, with the decline of the dollar, but they are heading towards incurring weekly losses due to expectations that the pace of the sharp rise in US interest rates will not ease, as well as expectations of weak demand from China, the largest importer of …
Read More »Gold is rising, but it is still heading towards a weekly loss
Gold prices rose on Friday, November 18, due to the decline in the US dollar, but it is still heading towards its first weekly loss in 3 weeks, affected by indications from US Federal Reserve officials that more interest rate hikes are on the way. By 04:33 GMT, spot gold …
Read More »Dow Jones: Selling pressure remains 18/11/2022
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Read More »CAD: to be watched closely 18/11/2022
The resistance levels published in the previous analysis at 1.3400 could limit the bullish tendency in the last session’s trading, which forced the pair to trade within the downside path again, recording its lowest level at 1.3305. Technically, negative pressure comes from the simple moving averages, accompanied by clear negative …
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