The monthly data published by Eurostat showed on Wednesday that the Unemployment Rate in the euro area and the EU stayed unchanged at 6.8% and 6.2%, respectively, in April. Markets were expecting the euro area Unemployment Rate to edge lower to 6.7%.

Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, supported by a rebound in the auto sector after a report by analysts gave positive expectations for the sector’s profits, but limited cautious gains in trading ahead of the monthly data on US employment in the non-farm sectors. The Japanese Nikkei index rose 0.65 percent …

European shares opened slightly higher on Wednesday, boosted by a rally in bank and auto stocks, but negative data raised fears of slowing economic growth and capped gains. The pan-European STOXX 600 index started the month higher, adding 0.3% by 0716 GMT, after closing down 0.7% on Tuesday, as the …

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The British pound continues its positive movements against its Japanese counterpart within the expected bullish path, touching the target, around 162.85, recording the highest of 162.80. On the technical side, today, we tend to resume the bullish bias, relying on the positive motive coming from the 50-day simple moving average, …

The movements of the Canadian dollar witnessed a bearish tendency during the last trading session, heading to touch the first target that is required to be touched at 1.2635, to record its lowest level at 1.2630. Technically, we notice that the pair has benefited from the support level represented by …

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The yellow metal prices declined during the previous trading session to reflect the bullish trend in the last report. Therefore, we relied on the stability of trading above the pivotal support floor 1840, recording its lowest level during the morning trading session of today’s session 1833. Technically, and by looking …

Amid quiet trading, the single European currency maintained its positive stability within the expected bullish path during the previous analysis, with a gradual rise towards the required target of 1.0800, recording the highest during the last session’s trading of 1.0787. Technically, today, the current movements of the pair are witnessing …

Gold prices fell on Tuesday after rising dollar and US bond yields offset support for the precious metal on rising inflation fears and appeared to be on track for a second consecutive monthly decline. Spot gold fell 0.4 percent to $1,848.60 an ounce at 1025 GMT, and was down 2.5 …