Oil prices held largely steady on Thursday as the market balanced tight supplies with demand concerns, after an increase in US crude and gasoline inventories pushed prices to multi-month lows in the previous session. By 0925 GMT, Brent crude futures rose 36 cents, or 0.37 percent, to $97.14 a barrel, …

The dollar held onto recent gains against other major currencies on Thursday, as comments from Federal Reserve officials reinforced the US central bank’s determination to tackle the highest inflation rate in decades with massive interest rate hikes. Meanwhile, the Bank of England is widely expected to raise interest rates by …

European shares rose on Thursday following strong results for several companies, while the focus is on the Bank of England, which is expected to raise interest rates by the most since 1995. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.1 percent, following the path of Asian stocks, which rose 0.4 percent, …

Gold prices rose on Thursday, supported by lower US Treasury yields, as cautious investors awaited the US non-farm payrolls report due this week for more clues on the Federal Reserve’s stance on raising interest rates. By 0628 GMT, spot gold rose 0.3 percent to $1,769.74 an ounce. US futures also …

The People’s Republic of China decided to impose trade sanctions against Taiwan – as it had done against Australia – and targeted the island’s industrial sector, which enjoys political independence despite being a part of China. The General Administration of Customs of China suddenly announced the suspension of imports of …

Oil, Crude, trading

Positive trading dominated the movements of GBP/JPY, cancelling the expected negative outlook during the previous report, in which we relied on the price stability below 162.00. The consolidation above the mentioned level leads the pair to recover temporarily, with a target of 162.90 to record its highest level at 163.06, …

For the third session in a row, the Canadian dollar hits the strong resistance level published during the week at 1.2885, which forced it to trade negatively, maintaining the bearish context as we expected. Technically, we tend to the negativity, relying on the support of the 50-day simple moving average …

Oil, Crude, trading

The yellow metal did not show much change during the last trading session within a sideways range, through which it succeeded in intraday stability above the 1760 support level and in general, above 1750; the price is now hovering near its highest level during the morning trading around 1770. Technically, …