Standard Chartered Bank said on Thursday it will scale back its activities in Africa and the Middle East, as it seeks to cut costs and focus on more profitable markets. The bank will fully exit from Angola, Cameroon, Gambia, Jordan, Lebanon, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. It will also halt its …

European stock prices stabilized on Thursday after the release of mixed business results for several companies, while investors awaited the decisions of the European Central Bank amid risks to economic growth from rising inflation. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was little changed by 0722 GMT after the strong closing of …

Japan’s Nikkei rose for a second session on Thursday, boosted by technology and travel stocks, tracking gains made by Wall Street Thursday night. The Nikkei ended the session up 1.22 percent to 27,172 points, to close above the 27,000 points level for the first time since the sixth of April. …

Oil prices fell on Thursday in limited trading ahead of a public holiday, as traders weighed the impact of a larger-than-expected rise in US oil inventories in the face of global supply shortages. By 0632 GMT, Brent crude futures fell $1.14, or 1.1 percent, to $107.64 a barrel, while the …

The European Central Bank ‘ECB’ will announce its decision on monetary policy on Thursday, April 14, at 11:45 GMT. As we get closer to the release time, here are the expectations of the economists and forecasters of 6 major banks. The European Central Bank is expected to leave key rates …

Oil, Crude, trading

Oil, Crude, trading

During the previous trading session, the Canadian dollar declined noticeably to stop the expected bullish bounce mentioned in the last analysis. The resistance levels of 1.2675 succeeded in limiting the bullish rebound, which forced the pair to retest 1.2560. Technically, with the price stability below the 1.2590 level, 38.20% Fibonacci …

Oil, Crude, trading

Gold’s attempts to maintain bullish stability continued after retested the 1956 support level. Still, prices hit the resistance level published during the previous analysis at the 1980 price, explaining that resuming the rise requires breaching this level. Technically, today, we notice that the resistance level of the ascending price channel …