Gold prices declined significantly during the previous trading session within the expected bearish context, to retest the broken neckline around 1776 and return to decline strongly, touching the official target of the current downside wave, as we indicated during the last report around 1735, recording its lowest level at 1736. …
Read More »Euro Faces Strong Resistance
The euro made positive attempts to rise against the US dollar. However, there are still limited attempts to hit the strong resistance level that was published throughout all reports this week at 1.1750, which was able to limit the bullish bias. Technically speaking, and by looking at the 240-minute chart, …
Read More »Canada: Retail Sales Decline by 0.6% in July
Retail Sales in Canada contracted by 0.6% on a monthly basis in July, the data published by Statistics Canada showed on Thursday. This reading followed June’s increase of 4.2% and came in slightly better than the market expectation for a decrease of 1.2%. Excluding cars, Retail Sales in Canada declined …
Read More »US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Rise to 351K
There were 351,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending September 18, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed the previous print of 335,000 (revised from 332,000) and came in worse than the market expectation of …
Read More »Eurozone Business Growth Slows in September
Thursday’s survey showed that business in the eurozone grew at the slowest pace in five months in September, as measures imposed to combat the spread of the Delta strain of the Coronavirus hit demand, while restrictions on supply chains raised the cost of production to more than a two-decade high. …
Read More »Gold Stabilizes in Light of The US Dollar’s Decline to its Lowest Level in a Month
Gold prices stabilized Thursday, September 23, after the dollar gave up some of its gains due to hints from the Federal Reserve of a faster-than-expected interest rate hike, but positive news from China’s Evergrande limited the demand for possession of the yellow metal, which is considered a safe haven. Spot …
Read More »Bank of England Leaves Policy Unchanged
The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.10% and kept the Asset Purchase Facility steady at £895 billion at the end of September policy meeting, as was widely expected.
Read More »The US Dollar is Falling From Its Highest Level in a Month
The US dollar retreated Thursday, September 23rd from its highest level in a month, which is reached after the US Federal Reserve paved the way for raising interest rates next year, and improving sentiment in global markets encouraged dealers to sell the dollar. The Fed also signaled a tendency to …
Read More »European Shares Rise For The Third Day
European shares rose for the third day in a row as global sentiment improved after concerns over the financially crippled Chinese real estate developer Evergrande eased, while investors awaited the latest batch of market surveys. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.6 percent, on track to post strong gains at …
Read More »Evergrande Stock Jumps More Than 20% After Days of Losses
After a series of sharp losses suffered by the shares of the debt-laden Chinese real estate developer “China Evergrande” during the past few days, the stock was able to rise more than 8% in today’s trading session, Thursday, September 23, but the company’s share is still down more than 80% …
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