European shares fell 1.7 percent on Thursday after heavy selling on Wall Street, as weak results from retail companies highlighted the impact of high inflation on the world’s largest economy. European retail stocks fell, following in the footsteps of their American counterparts, by 2.4 percent and was the biggest loser …
Read More »The euro is recovering a little and the focus is on the ECB’s policy
The euro rebounded somewhat on Thursday after investors digested the possibility that the European Central Bank would tighten monetary policy aggressively in the near term, while the safe-haven dollar picked up a breath after making big gains in previous sessions. Financial markets are currently expecting a 106 basis point hike …
Read More »Japan says it will double financial support to Ukraine to 600 million dollars
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters on Thursday that his country will double its financial aid to Ukraine to $600 million in a coordinated move with the World Bank to support the near-term financial necessities of the Russian-invaded country. “Our country stands by Ukraine,” Kishida said, adding that Japan …
Read More »Dow Jones incurs heavy losses 19/5/2022
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Read More »GBP/JPY: Building on Support 19/5/2022
The British pound declined noticeably yesterday, within the scenario of retesting the support, as we expected, touching the official target station at 159.20, recording its lowest level at 157.90. Technically, and with careful consideration of the 4-hour chart, the pair found a strong support floor around 158.50, which forced it …
Read More »CAD is facing negative pressure 19/5/2022
Mixed trades dominated the movements of the Canadian dollar during the last session’s trading to succeed in retesting the resistance level required to be touched during the previous analysis at 1.2895, recording its highest level at 1.2895. Technically, the 50-day simple moving average started to pressure the price from above, …
Read More »GBP in favor of the downtrend 19/5/2022
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Read More »Gold maintains negative technical conditions 19/5/2022
Gold prices maintained negative stability within the expected bearish context during the previous analysis after finding a strong resistance level around 1827, which forced the price to trade negatively again, maintaining the same technical conditions of the last report. On the technical side, the current moves of gold are witnessing …
Read More »The euro is waiting for a price destination to be determined 19/5/2022
The support levels published during the previous report at 1.0460, managed to limit the bearish bias, as the euro successfully retested the mentioned level, trying to maintain stability above the resistance level of the psychological barrier of 1.0500. Technically today, and by carefully looking at the 240-minutes, we notice the …
Read More »US: Housing starts fell by 0.2% in April, Building Permits fell by 3.2%
Housing Starts in the US fell 0.2% in April to 1.724M, below last month’s 1.728M and expectations for a rise to 1.765M. Building Permits, meanwhile, fell from 1.879M in March to 1.819M in April, a drop of 3.2%. That was above the expected drop to 1.812M.
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