Gold prices incurred heavy losses yesterday amid selling within the bearish directional movement, as we expected, bypassing the official target station 1680, heading near the next station 1650, to settle for its lowest level at $1660 per ounce. On the technical side, the simple moving averages still support the daily …

Limited sideways trading dominated the EUR/USD pair’s movements during the previous trading session, to find that the movements were restricted between 0.9960 and 1.0000. From the technical analysis angle, and by looking at the 4-hour chart, we find positive crossover signs that started appearing on the stochastic indicator, in addition …

In his speech at the annual international conference of the Center for Research on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector (CIRSF) on Thursday, European Central Bank Deputy Governor Luis de Guindos said that there are significant threats facing the future of the European Union’s financial system, which have made …

There were 213,000 initial jobless claims in the week ending September 10, the weekly data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This print followed the previous week’s print of 218,000 (revised from 222,000) and came in better than the market expectation of 226,000. the advance …

Oil prices fell on Thursday, as concerns about weak demand and a stronger dollar ahead of a possible big interest rate hike raised concerns about tight supplies. The International Energy Agency announced this week that oil demand growth will stall in the fourth quarter. The dollar also settled on Thursday …

Retail Sales in the US stayed increased by 0.3% to $683.3 billion in August, the data published by the US Census Bureau showed on Thursday. This reading followed July’s decrease of 0.4% (revised from 0%) and came in better than the market expectation for a no-change. Retail Sales ex Autos …

There is no alternative to Russian gas for Europe, said Oleg Aksyutin, executive vice president of the Russian energy giant Gazprom on Thursday. He added in a press conference that no significant additional supplies of liquefied natural gas can be expected in the foreseeable future. These comments don’t seem to …

On Thursday, the dollar settled near recent highs, buoyed by expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue to tighten monetary policy aggressively in its effort to rein in inflation, while the yen faltered after a sharp rally on Wednesday. The dollar rose 0.28 percent against the yen at 143.58, after …

European shares rose on Thursday, supported by bank shares, after markets showed signs of recovering from a sharp sell-off caused by bets on a major interest rate hike worldwide. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.3 percent by 0711 GMT, after falling for two consecutive days. And US inflation data …

Japanese stocks rose at the close on Thursday, with investors buying shares again after a sharp decline in the previous session. Travel-related stocks led the rally, supported by hopes of a recovery in tourism. The Nikkei rose 0.21 percent to 27,875.91 points, recovering from its worst session in three months. …