Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Tuesday that Japanese companies will be asked to respond “no” if Russia requests payment in rubles in economic transactions, especially in the energy sector. Russia last week demanded that “unfriendly” countries pay in rubles, not euros, for its gas, following the union of …

Oil prices fell more than 7 percent on Monday, as concerns grew about slowing fuel demand in China after authorities in the country’s financial hub, Shanghai, said they would implement a two-stage shutdown to contain an increase in coronavirus cases. Brent crude futures fell $8.17, or 6.8 percent, to $112.48 …

The German DAX index jumped, achieving noticeable gains, as we expected, touching our awaited target of 14,555 to record its highest level, 14,644. On the technical side, today, we tend to the positivity, relying on the stability of trading above the support level of 14,360 and the positive stimulus coming …

Oil, Crude, trading

As we expected, a bullish corrective bias dominated the Canadian dollar’s movements yesterday, touching the corrective target at 1.2590, recording the highest price at 1.2592. Technically, we notice that the pair succeeded in building a base of 1.2480 support, located around the 50.0% Fibonacci correction, accompanied by the clear positive …

Oil, Crude, trading

Gold prices declined noticeably within the expected bearish path, touching the main target at 1925, recording its lowest level in 1917, after finding a solid level around 1960. On the technical side, today, with the return of the simple moving averages, pressure on the price from above, supporting the bearish …

The single European currency provided positive trades during the previous trading session. It approached the 1.0920 support level, recording the lowest price at 1.0940, forcing it to form a limited bullish bounce to retest the psychological resistance level 1.1000. Technically, by looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice that the …

In an interview on Dubai TV, Mohammed Hashad, Director of Research and Development Department at Noor Capital and member of the US Association of Technical Analysts, tackled the latest developments in financial markets. Oil US crude oil started trading this week with a decline of about 5 dollars, to see …

The international trade deficit of the US declined by $1 billion in February to $106.6 billion from $107.6 billion in January, the US Census Bureau reported on Monday. “Exports of goods for February were $157.2 billion, $1.9 billion more than January exports,” the press release further read. “Imports of goods …