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The yen fell on Friday as the Bank of Japan stuck to its accommodative policy, while the dollar attempted to recover from losses at the weekend on expectations that the Federal Reserve would signal a slowdown in interest rate hikes. The dollar was last up 0.8 percent against the yen …

Japan’s Nikkei fell on Friday, as weak Wall Street and some weak results from local companies weighed on sentiment, although the benchmark index maintained its first weekly gain in three weeks. The Nikkei fell 0.88 percent to 27,105.30 points, but remained significantly higher than the important 27,000 points barrier. The …

European shares fell on Friday, dragged down by weak commodity prices and mixed corporate earnings, as investors weighed the path to tighten monetary policy amid a slowdown in economic growth. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.9 percent by 0719 GMT; miners led losses with commodity prices tumbling amid concerns …

Oil, Crude, trading

The technical outlook is unchanged, and the movements of the Canadian dollar did not change, maintaining the expected bearish context and the regular movements within the descending channel. Technically and carefully considering the 4-hour chart, we find the simple moving averages continuing their negative pressure on the price from above, …

Oil, Crude, trading

A weak bullish trend dominated the movements of US crude oil futures yesterday, within the expected bullish context, touching the first target required to be achieved at 89.60, recording the highest level at 89.80. Technically, we tend in our trading to the positive, but cautiously, relying on the positive stimulus …

The single European currency reversed the bullish trend despite the European Central Bank raising interest rates by 75 basis points to return to stability below 1.0000. On the technical side, we find the 50-day simple moving average still carrying the price from below, supporting the possibility of a rise. On …

The dollar rose on Thursday after falling earlier to its lowest level in a month in volatile trading ahead of the European Central Bank’s expected interest rate hike. Meanwhile, the yen gained some strength ahead of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy decision on Friday, rising to 145.11 against the …

European shares opened lower on Thursday as investors remained cautious ahead of a widely expected decision by the European Central Bank to raise interest rates, as well as the troubled Swiss bank Credit Suisse unveiling restructuring plans. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.3 percent after closing at a five-week …