Gold prices incurred heavy losses at the beginning of this week’s trading within the negative technical outlook as we expected, in which we relied on breaking 1880, exceeding the required official target 1855, recording its lowest level at 1844. Today’s technical view indicates the possibility of continuing the bearish corrective …
Read More »Euro is Stable Below Support And Attempts to Recover Are Limited
Quiet trading dominated the movements of the single European currency against the US dollar during the previous session so that the current movements witnessed attempts to recover, but there are still limited attempts. Technically, and with a closer look at the 60-minute chart, we find that the RSI is trying …
Read More »Bitcoin Crosses $40,000 After Musk Says Tesla Could Trade it Back
Bitcoin surged above $40,000 on Monday, after fresh swings over the weekend following tweets from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who responded to criticism over his impact on the market and said that Tesla has sold its bitcoins but may resume trading with it. Bitcoin has wobbled at Musk’s views for …
Read More »Canada: Manufacturing Sales Decline by 2.1% in April
Manufacturing Sales in Canada declined by 2.1% on a monthly basis in April, the data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Monday. This reading came in worse than the market expectation for a decrease of 1%.
Read More »Novavax Says Its Vaccine is 90% Effective Against Coronavirus
Biotech company Novavax said today that its COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to be 90.4% safe and effective overall in phase 3 clinical trials for nearly 30,000 participants across the United States and Mexico. Also, it was found that the two-dose vaccine is 100% effective in preventing moderate and severe …
Read More »Turkish Lira Rises Before The Meeting of The Turkish And U.S Presidents
The Turkish lira rose about 0.6% against the US dollar on Monday, ahead of a meeting between the presidents of the United States and Turkey hoping to ease tensions in diplomatic relations. The lira settled at 8.34 per dollar as European markets opened, after closing at 8.4010 on Friday. The …
Read More »Eurozone Industrial Production Grew Better Than Expected in April
Today’s data showed that industrial production for the Eurozone exceeded expectations in April thanks to a more than doubled production of durable consumer goods compared to the previous year after economies reopened steadily. The European Union statistics office Eurostat said industrial production in the 19-country Eurozone rose 0.8% month-on-month and …
Read More »The Dollar Rises in an Important Week For The Markets
The dollar maintained its gains today, after recording the largest weekly gain in six weeks, as traders cut bets on the currency’s decline ahead of the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting, which may indicate future changes in US monetary policy. The US central bank begins a two-day policy committee meeting tomorrow, …
Read More »Oil Rises With Improved Expectations of Demand And Tight Supplies
Oil prices rose today, continuing the gains that lasted over three weeks, thanks to improved expectations for fuel demand, as Covid-19 vaccinations contributed to lifting travel restrictions, as well as tight supplies. Brent crude rose 51 cents, or 0.7%, to $73.20 a barrel, the highest level since May 2019. West …
Read More »Japanese Stocks Rise on Toshiba Crisis
Japanese shares rose on Monday as cyclical stocks such as tire makers rose, while Toshiba advanced after the company announced that two board members would be retiring amid a crisis over its governance. The Nikkei index rose 0.74% to 2,9161.80, its highest closing level since May 10. The broader Topix …
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