Japan’s Nikkei index hit a six-and-a-half-month high on Thursday, extending its winning streak for the fifth consecutive session, with risk appetite improving on expectations that the Federal Reserve will slow down its monetary tightening policies and the lack of imminent changes in the Bank of Japan’s monetary stimulus policy. The …

Spot gold rose on Thursday as the dollar fell, but Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments about raising interest capped the precious metal’s gains. And by 0046 GMT, spot gold rose 0.1 percent to $ 1815.58 an ounce, after reaching its lowest level in a week on Wednesday. There …

Oil, Crude, trading

Positive trades dominated the movements of the Canadian dollar, as we expected, with a gradual rise to the upside, approaching a difference of a few points from the target to be achieved yesterday at 1.3830, recording its highest level at 1.3817. Technically, the bullish context is still the most probable, …

Oil, Crude, trading

US crude oil futures prices achieved the negative outlook as we expected, touching the first target mentioned in the previous technical report, located at 76.20, recording its lowest level at 76.15. Technically, oil’s current movements are witnessing stability below the 76.00 barrier, as we find the simple moving averages form …

Limited attempts in gold prices to retest 1828, trying to compensate for its previous losses, after it recorded its lowest level at $1809 per ounce. Technically, and with a closer look at the 4-hour chart, we find that gold failed to maintain positive stability above 1828, the previously broken support, …

The movements of the eurodollar pair witnessed a calm trading session yesterday, after it recorded significant declines against the US dollar after the semi-annual testimony of the Federal Reserve Chairman before the Senate. Technically, today, the euro is settling below the minor resistance level 1.0575, in addition to the pair’s …

The European Union’s statistics office (Eurostat) said that the eurozone did not record any economic growth on a quarterly basis in the last three months of 2022, in a slight downward revision of GDP and employment data, yet employment data remained strong. Eurostat said in a statement that the growth …

Barclays lowered its 2023 oil price projections on Wednesday, citing higher-than-expected Russian output, and warned the market might go into deficit in the second half of the year due to rising Chinese demand. The bank reduced its average projections for the Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmarks to $92/b …