Tesla (TSLA) stock gained over 1% in a combination of broad market recovery and follow-on from some strong delivery data last weekend. Tesla however remains on watch for further losses as it has failed to break the previous high and remains in a medium-term downtrend from a technical perspective.Elon Musk …

The WTI crude oil is expected to end lower for a second successive week. Meanwhile, traders digest this week’s IEA reserve release announcements.The WTI crude oil currently trades a little bit lower on the day around $96.00 after hitting March lows on Thursday. Technical selling after breaking below a long-term …

On 16 March, Jerome Powell, the chair of the US Federal Reserve, announced that the central bank would hike interest rates to 0.25 percent. It was likely just the first in a sequence of rate increases designed to tame stubbornly high inflation. Since the start of the year, the Fed …

The GBP/USD pair has continued moving lower. Economists at Credit Suisse stay bearish and look for a break below 1.30 to open up a fall to 1.2855/29. Resistance has been seen at 1.3168/84Economists now look for an imminent break below 1.3013/00, which would reassert the core downtrend, especially if daily …

The market’s sentiment continued cautious as traders’ focus shifted to central banks’ hawkish rhetoric and tensions between the US allies and Russia. The US widened its actions against Moscow, hitting Russian Sberbank and Alfa Bank. Investment in Russia by American companies is banned. The EU is backing a Russian coal …

Brent crude futures fell 49 cents, or 0.5%, to settle at $100.58 a barrel while WTI crude fell 20 cents, or 0.6%, to settle at $96.03 a barrel. The previous session, both benchmarks plunged more than 5% to their lowest closing levels since March 16. Oil settled lower on Thursday, …

The USD/CAD pair has witnessed a firmer upside move in the last three trading sessions, which is driving the pair nearer to 1.2600 after hitting 1.2403 low on Tuesday. The asset has managed to close above the 20-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) on Thursday, which is trading at 1.2570 and …

The S&P 500 ended higher on Thursday, with Pfizer and Tesla fueling a late-session rally while investors eyed the war in Ukraine and a potentially more aggressive Fed. Tesla Inc rose 1.2% and Microsoft Corp added 0.6%, helping lift the S&P 500 and provide the Nasdaq a modest gain.Also supporting …

Earning expectations for the big banks have been dialed back through the first quarter amid Russia sanctions and a steep decline in deal activity Big US banks are expected to reveal the impact of the Ukraine war and a drop in investment banking activity related to moribund capital markets when …

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said on Thursday that while it is fully appropriate that the Fed move policy closer to a neutral position, it should do so in a cautious way.It’s going to take longer than initially thought for supply chain issues to resolve, he added, noting that the …