The dollar is set to hit a two-year high against a basket of major currencies on Thursday after the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes revealed that the US central bank was preparing to act aggressively to combat inflation, while commodity-linked currencies fell. The euro remained near a one-month low of less …

Japan will withdraw 15 million barrels of state and private oil reserves as part of the second round of a coordinated withdrawal process led by the International Energy Agency, Kyodo News Agency said on Thursday. Kyodo said the move would mark Japan’s largest-ever contribution to the process led by the …

Eurozone’s Retail Sales rose by 0.3% MoM in February versus 0.6% expected and 0.2% last, the official figures released by Eurostat showed on Thursday. On an annualized basis, the bloc’s Retail Sales came in at 5% in February versus 8.4% recorded in January and 4.8% estimated.

The healthcare sector helped European shares on Thursday recovered from a session that saw their worst performance in a month, even as investors remained wary of the Fed’s tightening minutes and Washington’s new sanctions against Russia. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.5%, after losing 1.5% in the previous session. …

Gold prices fell on Thursday as the dollar and bond yields rose after the US Federal Reserve reiterated its commitment to tightening monetary policy to tackle inflation, while uncertainty over the conflict in Ukraine limited bullion losses. And the price of gold fell in spot transactions by 0.2 percent to …

Japan’s Nikkei fell on Thursday to a three-week low as investors worried about expectations of faster monetary policy tightening in the United States, the war in Ukraine, and COVID-19-related lockdown measures in China. The Nikkei fell 1.69 percent, the biggest decline since March 11, to close at 26,888.57 points, the …

Oil futures rose on Thursday from a three-week low touched in the previous session after major consuming countries said they would release large amounts of oil reserves, while fears of tight supply still dominate market expectations. Brent contracts rose $1.48, or 1.5 percent, to $102.55 a barrel. And US crude …

The German DAX index incurred strong losses during the last session’s trading, after it succeeded in breaking the support of 14,350, we made it clear that will extend losses and open the door to 14,285 and 14,185, respectively, to record its lowest price of 14,041. Technically, we notice positive crossover …

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The Canadian dollar managed to rebound upwards during the previous session, touching the official target at 1.2560, to record the highest level at 1.2560. Technically, and carefully looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice that the pair is stable above 1.2500, accompanied by the positive motive for the 50-day moving …