Oil prices rose slightly on Friday, with crude contracts heading towards recording weekly gains as recession fears eased, but uncertainty regarding the outlook for demand limited the gains. By 0736 GMT, Brent crude futures rose 23 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $99.83 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were …

Gold prices stabilized on Friday and headed for the fourth consecutive weekly increase, in light of the general weakness of the US dollar, which was pressured by the increase in the yield on Treasury bonds, as well as expectations of a US interest rate hike. And by 0319, gold prices …

Oil, Crude, trading

Mixed trading dominated the movements of GBP/JPY during the previous trading session to return to the positive range, building on the support level of 161.80. On the technical side, the current moves are witnessing a slight bullish bias as a result of the intraday stability above 161.60, accompanied by the …

The Canadian dollar succeeded in achieving the negative outlook as we expected during the previous analysis, touching the first target to be touched at 1.2720, recording the lowest level at 1.2725. Technically, and with the pair’s success in breaking the support line as shown on the 4-hour chart, the pair’s …

Oil, Crude, trading

The technical outlook is unchanged, and there was no change in the gold’s movements, maintaining positive stability within the gradual bullish slope, recording its highest level around the psychological barrier of $1800 per ounce. Technically, and carefully looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice the price stability above the 50-day …

The positive attempts of the euro against the US dollar continue, and the positivity is still limited, to find the pair unable to consolidate above the strong resistance level at 1.0350, which constitutes the key to protecting the bearish trend. Technically, we are inclined towards a bearish bias in the …

In its monthly report published on Thursday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said that it lowered the 2022 full-year demand growth forecast to 3.1 million barrels per day (bpd) from 3.36 million bpd, as reported by Reuters.

There were 262,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending August 6, the weekly data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week’s print of 248,000 (revised from 260,000) and came in slightly lower than the market expectation of 263,000. Further …