Gold prices consolidated their losses against the US dollar within the expected bearish path, touching the required official station at 1800, recording its lowest level at the end of last week’s trading at 1799. On the technical side, today, we tend to the negativity in our trading, relying on the …
Read More »The euro is waiting for more decline 16/5/2022
The single European currency maintains negative stability against the US dollar, hitting its lowest level during last week’s trading at around 1.0350. Technically, by looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice the continuation of the negative pressure coming from the simple moving averages, which still constitute a hindrance to the …
Read More »Oil prices fall as a result of profit-taking
Oil prices fell on Monday, giving up earlier gains as investors booked profits after prices rose in the previous session, but concerns loomed oversupply in global markets as the European Union prepared to impose a ban on imports from Russia. Brent crude futures fell 64 cents, or 0.6 percent, to …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, 9 – 13 May
The US inflation data dominated the markets in the week ending May 13th. The safe-haven assets ended the trading in a bearish direction led by gold as a result of the rise in the US dollar. Wall Street ended trading higher on Friday, ending a week of wild market volatility, …
Read More »US: UoM Consumer Sentiment Index falls to 59.1 in May
The preliminary estimate of the University of Michigan’s (UoM) Consumer Sentiment Index for May fell to 59.1 versus an expected fall 64.0 from 65.2 in April, its lowest since August 2011, data released on Friday showed. UoM’s Consumer Expectations Index fell to 56.3 from 63.0 in April, larger than the …
Read More »Elon Musk: Twitter takeover ‘temporarily on hold’
Elon Musk has insisted that he is ‘still committed’ to his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter after throwing the deal into chaos by tweeting that it was ‘temporarily on hold’. Musk’s surprise tweets early Friday sent Twitter stock plunging in the pre-market, as analysts speculated that Musk is trying to …
Read More »Oil rises, but fears of weak demand cap gains
Oil prices continued to rise on Friday, but were heading for their first weekly loss in three weeks, as concerns about inflation and slowing global growth due to the closures in China to combat the pandemic outweighed the impact of concerns about dwindling fuel supplies from Russia. Brent crude futures …
Read More »European shares rise at the end of a volatile week
European shares rose in early trading on Friday to settle at the end of a volatile week dominated by concerns about sharp inflation and tightening monetary policy. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.7% by 0710 GMT, with banking, oil, gas and technology shares leading the morning gains. Trading in …
Read More »Nikkei records its best daily performance since the end of March
The Japanese Nikkei index recorded the highest increase in more than a month and a half as investors flocked to cheap stocks, with SoftBank Group leading the gains. The Nikkei jumped 2.64 percent to close at 2,6427.65, the highest daily increase since March 23, recovering from a decline to a …
Read More »The Turkish lira depreciates for the seventh consecutive session
The Turkish lira fell for the seventh consecutive session against the dollar on Friday, bringing its losses to nearly five percent since last Wednesday, and heading towards its record lows last December. The lira fell to 15.4675 against the US currency and settled at 15.4410 per dollar at 0707 GMT. …
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