European shares rose on Thursday following strong results for several companies, while the focus is on the Bank of England, which is expected to raise interest rates by the most since 1995. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.1 percent, following the path of Asian stocks, which rose 0.4 percent, …
Read More »Gold rises as US Treasury yields fall
Gold prices rose on Thursday, supported by lower US Treasury yields, as cautious investors awaited the US non-farm payrolls report due this week for more clues on the Federal Reserve’s stance on raising interest rates. By 0628 GMT, spot gold rose 0.3 percent to $1,769.74 an ounce. US futures also …
Read More »State media: Chinese military begins “strategic” exercises on Taiwan
The People’s Republic of China decided to impose trade sanctions against Taiwan – as it had done against Australia – and targeted the island’s industrial sector, which enjoys political independence despite being a part of China. The General Administration of Customs of China suddenly announced the suspension of imports of …
Read More »Dow Jones builds on support 4/8/2022
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Read More »GBP/JPY: the decline continues 4/8/2022
Positive trading dominated the movements of GBP/JPY, cancelling the expected negative outlook during the previous report, in which we relied on the price stability below 162.00. The consolidation above the mentioned level leads the pair to recover temporarily, with a target of 162.90 to record its highest level at 163.06, …
Read More »CAD faces strong resistance 4/8/2022
For the third session in a row, the Canadian dollar hits the strong resistance level published during the week at 1.2885, which forced it to trade negatively, maintaining the bearish context as we expected. Technically, we tend to the negativity, relying on the support of the 50-day simple moving average …
Read More »GBP trades cautiously ahead of BoE decision 4/8/2022
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Read More »Gold is looking for momentum 4/8/2022
The yellow metal did not show much change during the last trading session within a sideways range, through which it succeeded in intraday stability above the 1760 support level and in general, above 1750; the price is now hovering near its highest level during the morning trading around 1770. Technically, …
Read More »Euro is looking for a destination 4/8/2022
We adhered to intraday neutrality during the previous analysis due to the conflicting technical signals, in addition to the limited trading between the daily trend keys published yesterday, explaining that activating the short positions as soon as 1.0150 is broken, targeting 1.0120, to record the pair’s lowest level at 1.0118. …
Read More »Reuters: OPEC+ agrees to raise September output by 100K bpd
Citing a source familiar with the matter, Reuters reported on Wednesday that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies, collectively known as OPEC+, have agreed to raise the oil output by 100,000 barrels per day in September. In a statement published following its meeting, OPEC said that …
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