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Japan’s Nikkei closed at a one-week high on Thursday, tracking the strong close on Wall Street Wednesday night, while the yen’s slide against the dollar raised hopes for better prospects for local businesses. The Nikkei jumped 2.31 percent to 28,065.28 points, its highest closing level since Aug. 31. The index …

Oil, Crude, trading

Mixed trading dominated the movements of the Canadian dollar, affected by the decision of the Bank of Canada regarding interest rates. The pair failed to breach the 1.3200 resistance, which forced it to form a bearish slope to retest the 1.3120 support level. Technically, and by looking at the 4-hour …

Oil, Crude, trading

As we expected, American crude oil prices incurred heavy losses during the previous trading session, heading to touch the awaited descending official target at 83.00, to record its lowest level at 81.51. Technically, with the negative pressure of the simple moving averages that support the bearish price curve and confirming …

Mixed trading dominated the movements of the euro against the US dollar, to witness a bearish tendency during the middle of the European session, after it succeeded in pressing the support level of 0.9900 to see a decline near 0.9875, taking advantage of the mentioned level that forced it to …

European shares opened lower on Wednesday as mining and energy companies led the losses as investors remained concerned about the outlook for demand in the wake of weak trade data from China. The European oil and gas index was down 2.2 percent by 0720 GMT, while the mining index lost …

Japanese stocks fell on Wednesday as continued investor fears about an economic slowdown outweighed the strong performance of exporters’ shares, which rose on the yen’s fall. The Nikkei index fell 0.71 percent, tracking losses overnight on Wall Street, as the three major indexes fell after the US services sector report …

Oil, Crude, trading

The Canadian dollar maintained stability within the expected positive technical outlook, touching the official target required to be achieved at 1.3205, recording its highest level at 1.3200. Technically, we find the pair succeeded in forming a good support floor around 1.3120, trying intraday stability above the 1.3170 resistance level. Looking …