There were 222,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending November 27, data published by the US Department of Labor (DoL) revealed on Wednesday. This reading followed last week’s print of 194,000, revised from 199,000, lower than the market’s expectation for 240,000.

According to sources cited by Reuters, OPEC+ may as an option discuss hiking output by just 200K barrels per day (BPD) in January versus the current agreement which stipulates 400K BPD monthly output hikes into mid-2022. Moreover, a senior OPEC+ source reportedly said that sentiment at the moment is to …

The US dollar index, which measures its performance against a basket of six major currencies, declined 16 points during today’s trading, to record 95.87 points, and traded during the day in a range between 95.87 and 96.14 points, thus 0.93% lower than its levels five days ago. The dollar received …

The US Financial Times revealed on Wednesday that the United States intends to announce the postponement of the trade agreement with Britain, under which the tariffs on steel and aluminum coming from Britain, which had been imposed by former US President Donald Trump, would be removed. The American newspaper pointed …

European shares fell on Thursday, following in the footsteps of US stocks Wednesday night, due to uncertainty regarding the coronavirus pandemic and the prospect of an early interest rate hike. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 1.1 percent, after experiencing its best session in nearly six months on Wednesday. …

The market’s eyes are still fixed on the headlines of the coronavirus mutant, Omicron. Japanese stocks closed lower Thursday, December 2, weighed by concerns about the economic impact of the new mutated Omikorn outbreak of the coronavirus and the Federal Reserve’s shift in monetary policy. The Nikkei index closed down …

Gold prices fell on Thursday as investors expected the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) to scale back its bond-buying program faster to counter soaring inflation despite economic concerns over the spread of the new mutated Omicron. Gold fell in immediate transactions 0.3 percent to 1777.87 dollars an ounce (an …

Japanese stocks closed lower Thursday, December 2, weighed by concerns about the economic impact of the new mutated Omikorn outbreak of the coronavirus and the Federal Reserve’s shift in monetary policy. The Nikkei index closed down by 0.65%, recording 27753.37 points, falling by 1.04% earlier in the session. The broader …

Positive attempts for GBP/JPY within the bullish corrective path published in the previous analysis, within a gradual ascent towards the target 151.80, only to record the highest 151.45. Technically, and carefully considering the short time frames, we find the 50-day moving average trying to push the price to the upside, …

The Canadian dollar was able to touch the support level as we expected during the previous analysis, around the 1.2710 support level, to return to the bullish rebound stable intraday above the psychological barrier of 1.2800. From the technical analysis point of view today, the bullish trend is still valid …