Here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of four major banks regarding NFP report. JP Morgan “We are looking for a 575K gain in jobs. Expect a drop in the US unemployment rate to 5%. The driver for an above-consensus forecast is the expected rebound in the leisure …
Read More »Dollar Rises Ahead of NFP
The dollar rose against the major currencies, but within a narrow range, as traders awaited the monthly jobs report for clues on the pace of the return of the Federal Reserve’s policies (the US central bank) to normalcy. The dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency against …
Read More »European Shares Fall as Tech Decline
European shares fell, as a decline in the technology sector offset the impact of gains in oil and auto stocks, while investors remained cautious ahead of the US jobs data. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.2 percent after technology shares fell 0.9 percent, while oil and gas shares jumped …
Read More »Gold Settled Ahead of US Data That May Boost Bets on Reducing Economic Stimulus
Gold settled, ahead of the non-farm payrolls data in the United States, as some analysts expect strong data that reinforces bets on scaling back economic stimulus and push the yellow metal further down. And gold rose in spot transactions 0.1 percent to $ 1757.30 an ounce, while US gold futures …
Read More »Nikkei Continues to Rise, Tracking Gains on Wall Street
Japan’s Nikkei jumped for a second straight session, tracking gains on Wall Street and as investors snapped bargains after sharp declines this month, while Toyota Auto helped the Topix close higher for the first time in 10 sessions. The Nikkei rose 1.34 percent to close at 28,048.94 points, paring gains …
Read More »German Dax Hits Resistance
The movements of the German DAX index witnessed a bearish tendency as a result of hitting the resistance level 15,240, which forced the index to trade negatively again, stable around its lowest level during the session at 15,200. Technically, and with careful consideration on the short time frames, we notice …
Read More »Dow Jones Continues to Negative Ahead of NFP
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Read More »GBP/JPY: Breaks Through Resistance
The British pound against the Japanese yen reversed the bearish trend as we expected, to return to stability again above the resistance level of 152.00, recording the highest price of 152.36 during the morning session of the current session. On the technical side today, and with the return of trading …
Read More »The Canadian Dollar Continues to Achieve Our Bearish Goals
The Canadian dollar succeeded in touching the awaited official station during the previous analysis within the expected bearish path. Therefore, we relied on the price stability below 1.2600, heading to visit the official target of 1.2530, recording the lowest price at 1.2532. From the technical analysis point of view today, …
Read More »Pound: Positivity Needs Confirmation
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