Oil prices extended losses on Friday and headed for a weekly decline as the prospect of an increase in Iranian oil exports outweighed fears of possible supply disruptions from the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Brent crude futures fell $2.44, or 2.6 percent, to $90.53 a barrel, after ending trading on Thursday, down …

European shares rose on Friday, boosted by solid earnings results for companies and the prospect of de-escalation of tension between Washington and Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.2 percent, as gains in auto and mining stocks outpaced losses in the technology sector. Renault shares …

The Nikkei extended its losses on Friday after investors took some reassurance from the news that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov will meet next week, indicating that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is not imminent. The Nikkei ended Friday down 0.41 percent to …

The UK retail sales came in at 1.9% over the month in January vs. 1.0% expected and -4.0% prior. The core retail sales, excluding the auto motor fuel sales, stood at 1.7% MoM vs. 1.2% expected and -3.9% previous. On an annualized basis, the UK retail sales jumped by 9.1% …

On Thursday, the Canadian Ministry of Health decided to use the Novavax vaccine for the Coronavirus in adults 18 years of age or older. The Ministry of Health in Canada has made it clear that the list of approved Corona vaccines has been updated with the (Pfizer – Novavax – …

In the previous session, the German DAX index declined significantly after failing to maintain trading above the support level published during the last analysis at 15,300. The decline below the mentioned level puts the price under strong negative pressure targeting 15,150, recording its lowest price of 15,123. On the technical …

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GBP/JPY touched the first bearish target published during the last analysis, located at 156.10, recording its lowest level at 156.06. The intraday movements of the pair are witnessing a slight bullish tendency as building on the support of 156.00, in addition to the attempts of the stochastic indicator to obtain …

The technical outlook is unchanged, and the movements of the Canadian dollar did not change significantly within a stable sideways price range from below the 1.2665 support floor and from above below the 1.2730 resistance level. Technically, and carefully looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice the positive crossover signs …

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