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The S&P 500 faced strong resistance at the 200-DMA followed by a sharp drop approaching January 25 daily lows at 4,287. The S&P 500 plunges almost 1% during the New York session. After the Federal Reserve announced that it keep the Federal Funds Rates (FFR) unchanged at the 0 to …

The US dollar advances some 0.27% ahead of the release of the Fed monetary policy statement. The USD/CHF is upward biased but faces strong resistance at the 100-DMA. The USD/CHF surges in the North American session reclaim the 0.9200 figure ahead of the FOMC monetary policy decision. The pair is …

Dubai TV interviewed Mohamed Hashad, the Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital and member of the American Association of Technical Analysts, to comment on a number of the latest developments that financial markets are witnessing this week, most notably: First: Crude Oil In light of the continuing geopolitical …

Japan’s Nikkei index ended lower on Wednesday, with technology heavyweights tracking the losses of their US counterparts on Tuesday night on fears of the Federal Reserve’s increasing hawkish tone and tensions surrounding Ukraine. The Nikkei fell 0.44 percent to close at 27,011.33 points, after touching earlier in the session a …

After Monday’s stunning late-session recovery that saw the major US indices post and incredible recovery from intra-day lows, sentiment has taken a turn for the worse again. The S&P 500, which recovered a more than 4.0% dip to as lows as the 4220s on Monday to close above 4400, is …

Pfizer and Biotech said Tuesday they have started a clinical trial to test a new version of their vaccine specifically designed to target the omicron mutant of COVID-19 that has eluded some of the protection provided by the original two-dose vaccine regimen. The two companies intend to test the immune …

IBM shares jumped 7% in after-hours trading on Monday, January 24, after the software and services company said revenue jumped 6% in the fourth quarter, beating expectations. Revenue came in at $16.7 billion, versus analyst expectations of $15.96 billion, according to Refinitiv. The company showed the fastest revenue growth since …

Markets were ghosted by a wave of risk aversion on Monday, only safe-havens benefitted but risk-sensitive currencies were hurt, though the latter group had pared back on much of their earlier underperformance by the end of US trading session as risk appetite recovered.The US dollar was the safe haven of …

At the time of writing, WTI picks up bids towards $84.00, extending the late Monday’s recovery during the initial Asian session on Tuesday. The oil benchmark’s latest recovery takes clues from a bullish Doji candlestick and Momentum line. Oil prices fell about 2% on Monday, hit by investor concerns over …

US equity markets are trading sharply lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 index on course to confirm a correction, a close of more than 10% below the recent highs printed back in the first week of 2022. The index slumped below the 4300 level on Monday, to hit its …