Chancellor Olaf Scholz doubled down on his government’s promise to end Germany’s “one-sided dependence” on Russia and China for energy and trade, part of a sweeping rethink of the nation’s commercial ties triggered by the war on Ukraine. “The price of sitting on our hands would be incomparably higher,” Scholz …

The US dollar held steady on Wednesday ahead of the highly anticipated release of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting, while the New Zealand dollar was boosted by a record interest rate hike to curb inflation. The US dollar index, which measures the dollar’s performance against six major currencies, settled …

European stocks hovered near three-month highs on Wednesday as a rally in commodities stocks offset a decline in Credit Suisse after issuing a profit warning, while investors awaited corporate activity data for clues to the strength of the eurozone economy. By 0805 GMT, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index was flat …

Oil prices rose slightly on Wednesday, after data showing a larger-than-expected decline in US crude inventories last week offset fears that China’s fuel demand will decline amid tightening COVID-19 restrictions. Brent crude futures rose 27 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $88.63 a barrel at 0719 GMT, while West Texas Intermediate …

Gold moved in a limited trading range on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting statement that could provide clues about further interest rate hikes. And by 0647 GMT gold prices in spot transactions fell 0.1 percent to 1737.79 dollars an ounce, while there was little change …

Oil, Crude, trading

Mixed trading dominated the movements of the Canadian dollar within a bearish slant to the downside after finding a solid resistance level of around 1.3460 to end the previous session’s trading at 1.3372. Technically, and by looking closely at the 240-minute chart, we find that the simple moving average started …

Oil, Crude, trading

We remained neutral during the last analysis due to the high-risk rate and the conflicting technical signals. However, yesterday’s trading session witnessed attempts by oil prices to compensate for the previous losses, recording a high of 82.35. Technically, by looking at the 240-minute chart, we find the stochastic around the …

Negative pressure still dominates gold prices after it failed to maintain the intraday positive stability above 1746 level, within a gradual decline to the downside, recording its lowest level near the strong support level 1734. On the technical side today, the simple moving averages continue the negative pressure on the …