The Japanese Nikkei index closed at its highest level in more than four months on Monday, as investors flocked to stocks of companies that announced strong expectations, while caution ahead of the US consumer price report limited gains. The Nikkei rose 0.26 percent to 28,249.24 points, its highest close since …

Gold prices fell on Monday after strong US jobs data last week boosted the possibility that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates significantly, sending dollar and Treasury yields higher. And the price of gold in spot transactions 0.1 percent to 1771.74 dollars an ounce (an ounce) at 0454 GMT, …

Oil, Crude, trading

Positive trading dominated the movements of the pound sterling against the Japanese yen within the bullish context, as we expected touching the first target to be achieved 162.60 and approached by a few points from the second target of 163.60, recording its highest level at 163.47. On the technical side …

The Canadian dollar showed some bullish bias during the last trading sessions of last week, after several consecutive sessions during which it did not show any movements, to retest the 1.2885 resistance level. Technically, we find the pair succeeded in stabilizing above 1.2885, the previously breached resistance, which is now …

Oil, Crude, trading

The negative performance of gold prices at the end of last week’s trading resulted from the US dollar gaining positive momentum after the US jobs data exceeded expectations, reaching its lowest level at 1765, recording the highest near 1794. Today’s technical vision indicates the possibility of resuming the decline, based …

The single European currency ended its weekly trading with a decline with the rise of the US dollar, which received support from the positive US employment data, as the EUR/USD pair recorded as low as 1.0140. Technically, by carefully looking at the 240-minute chart, we notice the price stability below …

The robust set of job market data seemed to have cleared much concern over the US recession and set the tone for the financial markets. Benchmark treasury yields jumped as traders added bets on Fed continuing with the current pace of tightening beyond neutral. However, despite that, stock markets were …

Nonfarm Payrolls in the US rose by 528,000 in July, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed on Friday. This reading followed June’s increase of 398,000 (revised from 372,000) and came in better than the market expectation of 250,000. The Unemployment Rate edged lower to 3.5%. …