Turkey’s Trade Ministry said on Thursday that the country’s trade deficit jumped 157 percent year-on-year in May to $10.68 billion, as energy import costs continued to rise. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent global commodity prices soaring, jeopardizing Ankara’s New Economic Program that aims to tackle high inflation by running …

Japan’s Nikkei gave up most of its gains to close flat on Tuesday, as worries about inflation and higher interest rates in the United States outweighed the rise of automakers and energy-related stocks. The index rose 0.1 percent to 27,943.95 points, after exceeding 28,000 points for the first time since …

Oil, Crude, trading

The British pound touched the bullish target required during the last analysis, at 163.10, recording a high of 163.32. On the technical side, the pair failed to stabilize for a long time above the psychological barrier resistance level 163.00, which forced it to trade negatively significantly to retest 162.00. With …

Tight sideways trading dominated the Canadian dollar’s movements yesterday, touching the strong support floor at 1.2600 and below the resistance level of 1.2690. Technically and carefully looking at the 60-minute chart, we find that the RSI is trying to gain more bullish momentum; this comes in conjunction with the positivity …

Oil, Crude, trading

Sideways trading without a clear direction dominated gold prices during the previous trading session to retest the 1850 resistance, unable to consolidate above it. Technically, and by looking at the 4-hour chart, we find gold stable below 1850, the previously broken support and now converted into a resistance level accompanied …

The single European currency declined during the previous session’s trading within the expected bearish path during the last analysis, in which we relied on breaking 1.0670, heading towards touching the first required target at 1.0625, recording its lowest level at 1.0627. Technically, and by looking at the 4-hour chart, we …

The Bank of Canada (BoC) lifted interest rates by 50 bps from 1.0% to 1.50% on Wednesday, a move that had been expected by most analysts, with a minority calling for a larger 75 bps hike.

Ukraine’s wheat harvest in 2022 is likely to fall to 19.2 million tons from 33 million tons in 2021, but lower exports will push stocks to record highs, the Ukrainian Grain Traders Union (UGA) said on Wednesday. Ukrainian officials and analysts said that hostilities in many areas may make harvesting …