The dollar was little changed on Thursday as investors digested mixed US economic data, while the British pound rose ahead of the government’s budget plans. The greenback has fallen in the past few weeks as inflation data and comments from Federal Reserve officials suggested the bank could soon slow the …

German stocks led European indices higher at the open on Thursday, supported by data from Siemens, which recorded an optimistic rise in quarterly profits, while investors await the UK budget, which is expected to restore confidence in the British economy. The German DAX rose 0.9%, while the pan-continental Stoxx 600 …

Gold prices stabilized on Thursday as demand for the precious metal declined due to the latest geopolitical concerns, while hopes that the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) would be less aggressive in raising interest rates in the coming months boosted the markets. And by 0103 GMT, there was little …

Japan’s Nikkei closed lower on Thursday, as Tokyo Electron and Advantest led chip-related stock losses after Micron Technology cut memory chip supplies and capital spending, while travel stocks jumped thanks to an increase in foreign tourists. Micron was the first major chip maker to sound the alarm about falling demand …

Oil, Crude, trading

After the Consumer Price Index data release, the Canadian dollar reversed the expected bearish trend during the previous report to rebound to the upside, recording its highest level during yesterday’s trading at 1.3362. Technically, and by looking at the 4-hour chart, we find that the stochastic started entering the overbought …

Oil, Crude, trading

The bearish trend has regained control over the movements of US crude oil futures prices within the bearish technical path, as we expected, approaching by a few pips from the official target of 84.00, recording its lowest level at 84.221. Technically, with the continuation of the negative pressure coming from …

For the second session in a row, gold prices collide with the pivotal resistance level published during all reports of this week at 1787, explaining the importance of this level to the general trend in the short term, which forced gold to trade negatively and now hovering around its lowest …

The technical outlook is unchanged, and the euro’s movements did not change significantly, maintaining positive stability against the US dollar, stable above the strong demand area of 1.0280. On the technical side today, we find the Simple Moving Averages still supporting the upward curve of prices, motivated by the continuation …