The dollar was lower on Monday, retreating from a 16-month high, as traders looked for fresh clues about the Federal Reserve’s thinking about the timing of an interest rate hike. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, was down 0.1% at 95.073, retreating …
Read More »European Shares Fall on Fears of Closing And Mining Stocks Decline
European shares got off to a lukewarm start to the week as investors worried they might resort to shutdowns again to contain COVID-19, with miners the biggest losers in the wake of the metals price crash after China promised to phase out coal at the COP26 climate summit. The Stoxx …
Read More »Market Drivers – Asian Session 15-11-2021
Calm dominated the Asian session. Data released by the National Statistics Authority on Monday showed a 4.9 percent year-on-year increase in China’s retail sales of consumer goods in October. The total value of retail consumer goods sales in the country reached about 4.05 trillion yuan (about 633 billion US dollars) …
Read More »China: 4.9% Increase in Retail Sales in October
Data released by the National Statistics Authority Monday showed a 4.9 percent year-on-year increase in China’s retail sales of consumer goods in October. The total value of retail consumer goods sales in the country reached about 4.05 trillion yuan (about 633 billion US dollars) in October, the authority said. The …
Read More »Japan’s Economy Shrinks More Than Expected in Q3
Japan’s economy contracted faster than expected in the third quarter of 2021 as global supply disruptions and new COVID-19 cases impacted business and consumer spending, posing challenges to the new government’s plans in Tokyo for growth. Preliminary GDP data showed Japan’s economy contracted at an annual rate of 3% during …
Read More »Gold is Falling as Investors Focus on Next Step For Central Banks
Gold prices fell Monday, November 15, retreating from their highest level in more than 5 months in the previous session, as cautious investors assessed whether rising inflation would trigger a more aggressive response from central banks. Spot yellow metal prices fell 0.3% to $1858.73 an ounce, while US gold futures …
Read More »Dax Starts Pressing Support
The German DAX index failed to confirm breaching the resistance level published during the last report located at 16,110, which forced the index to trade negatively again. On the technical side, we tend to be negative, but with caution, relying on the price stability below 16,110, in addition to the …
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Read More »GBP/JPY: Retest Resistance
After several consecutive sessions of the sideways trend tilted to the downside, GBP/JPY managed to touch the first awaited target at 152.50, recording its lowest level at 152.38. On the technical side, the 50-day moving average still supports the possibility of a decline, in addition to stabilizing trading below the …
Read More »CAD Continues to Establish Support Areas
The technical outlook is unchanged, and the movements of the Canadian dollar did not change, maintaining the positive stability within the bullish corrective path. Technically, and with the pair’s success in intraday stability above 1.2510, in addition to the stability of trading above the previously breached resistance level 1.2480 located …
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