Oil prices rose $2 on Monday as Ukrainian forces withstood violent Russian attacks while major oil producers said they were struggling to produce their quotas under a supply agreement. Brent crude futures rose $1.96, or 1.8 percent, to $109.89 a barrel by 0039 GMT, adding to its 1.2 percent rise …

China kept the key interest rate for lending to businesses and individuals unchanged on Monday, according to what traders and analysts expected. China kept the basic interest rate for one-year loans at 3.70 percent, while the basic interest rate for five-year loans remained at 4.60 percent. Just over half of …

Oil, Crude, trading

Negative trading dominated the movements of the Canadian dollar at the end of the week’s trading, recording its lowest level around 1.2588 after it failed to maintain trading above the 1.2670 level. Technically, we find that the 14-day momentum indicator is trying to provide positive signals accompanied by the stability …

Oil, Crude, trading

The current moves of gold are witnessing a bearish slope, but it is still limited, as the recent moves settle below the minor resistance level at 1936. Technically, and by looking at the chart with a 240-minute chart, we notice the price stability below the 50-day moving average, which continues …

The EUR/USD ended its weekly trading below the psychological resistance level of 1.1100, which forced it to trade within the general bearish trend again. On the technical side today, looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice the continuation of the negative pressure coming from the 50-day simple moving average, which …

There have been a lot of moving events during the past week, most notably the monetary policy decisions of the Fed and the Bank of England. Those decisions, which reflected a clear shift in the direction of monetary policy, led to a change in the price movement. The US Federal …

US Existing Home Sales over the last 12 months fell to 6.02M in February from 6.49M in January, larger than the expected drop to 6.10M, according to data released by the National Association of Realtors. That marked a 7.2% MoM drop in the 12-month rolling sales number in February versus …

The euro fell on Friday but was on track for its biggest weekly gain in six weeks as traders breathed a sigh of relief after Russia avoided defaulting on dollar-denominated debt and markets digested the broader impact of the start of the US interest rate hike cycle. The euro slipped …