The single European currency ended last week’s trading with a noticeable decline within the expected bearish context mentioned in the previous analysis, touching the first official target required around 1.0775, recording its lowest level at 1.757. Technically, the pair witnessed quiet trading due to the European market holiday yesterday. However, …
Read More »Gold prices rise to the highest level in a month as the Ukrainian crisis continues
Gold prices jumped about 1 percent to their highest level in more than a month on Monday, as concerns about the economic fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war and rising inflation pushed investors to the precious metal as a safe haven. And the price of gold in spot transactions reached 1993.28 …
Read More »The ruble is rising against the dollar
The ruble swung around the 80 level against the dollar on Monday, while stock indices slipped slightly as the market lacked fresh momentum and monitored developments around what Russia calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister said that there had been no diplomatic contact between Russia …
Read More »Oil prices rise on supply concerns as the Ukraine crisis deepens
Oil prices rose to their highest level in nearly three weeks on Monday, as fears of a global supply tightness intensified as the crisis in Ukraine deepened, raising the prospect of tougher Western sanctions against Russia, the world’s largest crude exporter. Brent crude futures rose 1.09, or 1.0 percent, to …
Read More »China’s GDP expands 4.8% YoY in Q1
China’s annualized GDP figures for the first quarter of 2022 arrived at % vs. 4.4% expected and 4.0% previous, with the QoQ reading coming in at 1.3% vs. 0.6% expected and 1.5% previous. With regard to Retail Sales YoY for March, the number was -3.5% vs. -1.6% expected and 6.7% …
Read More »Gold prices rise to the highest level in more than a month
Gold prices rose on Monday to touch their best level since mid-March after the Russian-Ukrainian crisis pushed investors to safe haven. And the price of gold in spot transactions rose 0.5 percent to $ 1984.20 an ounce its highest level since March 14. And US gold futures rose 0.8 percent …
Read More »Weekly Recap – 11-15 April
The euro plunged to a two-year low against the dollar on Thursday, as comments by European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde were taken as a sign that the bank will not be in a rush to raise interest rates. The euro fell to $1.0758, its lowest since April 2020. Lagarde …
Read More »Japan plans to release six million barrels of oil from private reserves
Japan’s Industry Ministry said on Friday it will release six million barrels of oil from privately owned reserves, as part of its contribution to the second round of coordinated withdrawals from reserves led by the International Energy Agency to cool crude prices. Japan will release the amount of oil, which …
Read More »Kremlin aide: Russia’s imports fell sharply in March as Western companies pulled out
Kremlin aide Maxim Oreshkin was quoted by the RIA news agency as saying on Friday that Russian imports fell sharply in March due to logistical restrictions and the withdrawal of Western companies from the country. He expected the decline to reach “tens of percent”. The Russian current account surplus is …
Read More »Italy: Inflation at its highest level in 30 years
Italy’s annual inflation rate accelerated to 6.5 percent in March 2022, the highest level since July 1991, from 5.7 percent in the previous month and below the initial estimate of 6.7 percent. On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 1 percent, accelerating from a 0.9 percent increase the previous month …
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