European stocks rose in early trade on Wednesday and the FTSE 100 outperformed its peers after a long Christmas weekend as investors assessed Beijing’s steps towards reopening its Covid-hit economy. The STOXX 600 European shares rose 0.3 percent by 0809 GMT, while the Financial Times 100 rose 0.9 percent, as …
Read More »European stocks rise amid optimism about the prospects for the Chinese economy
European stocks rose on Tuesday, tracking a global rally in stocks after China eased COVID-19 restrictions, raising hopes for a recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.6 percent after the long Christmas weekend. It had lost about 12 percent since the beginning of the …
Read More »Nikkei index hits the highest level in a week, with the rise of retail stocks
Japan’s Nikkei share average touched a one-week high on Tuesday amid big gains in retail stocks after Takashimaya raised its earnings forecast and amid hopes for the return of high-spending Chinese tourists. The financial sector stocks also continued their strong performance after the sudden decision of the Bank of Japan …
Read More »Dow Jones starts gapping upwards 27/12/2022
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Read More »CAD: Negative pressure remains 27/12/2022
Negative trades continue to control the movements of the Canadian dollar due to the collision with the pivotal resistance level at 1.3680, which forced the pair to move negatively towards the last expected target at 1.3570, recording its lowest level at 1.3550. Technically, our trading tends to be negative, relying …
Read More »GBP: stable below resistance 27/12/2022
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Read More »Euro continues its gradual rise 27/12/2022
The Eurodollar pair opened its weekly trading on an upward slope, as we expected, heading to visit the first target to be achieved during the last report at 1.0660, recording its highest level during the Asian session for today’s session at 1.0660. On the technical side today, and by looking …
Read More »Japanese stocks closed higher thanks to gains on Wall Street
Japanese stocks closed higher on Monday, supported by the rise of Wall Street in the last session, and the stocks of technology and energy companies topped the gainers, while the market was affected by the decline in stocks of banks and insurance companies. The Nikkei index rose 0.65 percent to …
Read More »Stability of European stocks at the opening, and the gains in the health sector offset the decline in technology stocks
European stocks were stable on Friday, as gains in health care stocks offset the decline in some luxury goods and technology stocks. The STOXX 600 was down 0.03% by 0810 GMT, but was set to gain 0.6% in the last week before Christmas, after two straight weeks of losses. The …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei index closed lower, posting its biggest weekly decline since June
Japan’s Nikkei closed lower on Friday, posting its biggest weekly drop since mid-June, and chip-related stocks led Friday’s declines, trailing their Wall Street counterparts on Thursday. Shipping stocks and other economically sensitive stocks also plunged amid fears that the Federal Reserve and other major central banks will continue to tighten …
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