Markets are awaiting today, Thursday, the Bank of England interest rate decision, amid expectations that it will raise rates for the fifth time in a row since last December, which represents the largest rate hike in 25 years and is expected to continue with inflation heading towards recording double digits. …

Oil, Crude, trading

Mixed trades dominated the movements of GBP/JPY during the previous trading session, within attempts to provide a positive bias, building on stability above the support floor 162.30. Technically, and carefully looking at the 60-minute chart, we find the 50-day simple moving average trying to push the price to the upside …

The Canadian dollar found a pivotal resistance level at the psychological barrier of 1.3000, which forced it to trade with limited negativity towards retesting the 1.2885 support level, which hovers around the pair’s current trading. Technically, the daily trend is still bullish, but we may witness a bearish bias in …

Oil, Crude, trading

Mixed trading dominated gold’s movements during yesterday’s trading session, affected by the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates by 75 basis points, recording the highest at 1841 and the lowest around 1807. On the technical side, today, the current moves are witnessing stability below the resistance level of 1842, …

The European currency witnessed typical trading during the previous trading session to test the bullish target of 1.0485, recording the highest level at 1.0510, and returning to the main bearish trend again, approaching a few points from the official descending station at 1.0350, recording its lowest level at 1.0360. Technically …

Retail Sales in the US fell by 0.3% MoM in May, versus expectations for a 0.2% rise and following a 0.7% MoM gain in April (revised down from 0.9%), data released by the US Census Bureau on Wednesday showed. Meanwhile, Core Retail Sales rose by 0.5% MoM, below the expected …

Oil prices fell on Wednesday amid concerns about fuel demand and global economic growth ahead of an expected big hike in interest rates by the Federal Reserve. Brent crude futures fell $1.27, or 1 percent, to $119.90 a barrel by 1001 GMT. The price of US West Texas Intermediate crude …

Gold prices rose more than 1% on Wednesday, supported by a weak dollar, as investors braced for a possible sharp interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve. Spot gold rose 1.2 percent to $1,829.99 an ounce by 1225 GMT, while US gold futures rose 1.1 percent to $1,832.70. The dollar …