European shares fell on Wednesday, after rising more than 5% in the previous three sessions, on the back of easing concerns about the pace of monetary tightening, as well as investors awaiting a slew of regional and US data due later on Wednesday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei closes above 27,000 points for the first time in two weeks
Japan’s Nikkei broke through an important psychological barrier on Wednesday, boosted by retail stocks, although sentiment remained muted compared to global markets, which were boosted by the prospect of central banks calming sharp tightening policies. The Nikkei index broke the 27,000-point barrier for the first time since Sept. 22 and …
Read More »Euro is advancing against USD and achieving goals 5/10/2022
The euro advanced during the last session’s trading against the US dollar, achieving noticeable gains within the expected technical outlook yesterday, touching the second required official target at 0.9940, recording its highest level around the parity point 1.0000. Technically, we tend in our trading to the positive, relying on the …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 4/10/2022
The Kremlin said Tuesday (October 4) that Tesla founder Elon Musk has outlined a possible peace deal with Ukraine as a “positive step,” hours after Kyiv criticized Musk’s call for a negotiated settlement to the seven-month conflict.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call that Moscow was always …
Read More »USD is falling and the markets are taking a breath
The dollar fell on Tuesday as US Treasury yields stopped rising after a wave of increases, which provided an opportunity for stock markets and helped the euro and pound to catch a breath and recover from multi-year lows. The Australian dollar was also eye-catching, as it fell by about one …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei jumps 3%, supported by the rise in Wall Street
Japan’s Nikkei index jumped 3 percent on Tuesday in its best session in more than six months, as investors flock to blue-chip and hard-hit growth-related stocks and following Wall Street’s sharp rally at the close in the evening. The Nikkei rose 2.96 percent to 26,992.21 points, supported by broad buying, …
Read More »Euro needs to break through the resistance to continue the corrective rise 4/10/2022
The single European currency managed to retest the support mentioned during the previous analysis at 0.9744, recording the lowest level at 0.9752 within the bullish rebound attempts that are approaching to retest the 0.9850 resistance level. On the technical side today, the pair found a strong resistance level at 0.9850, …
Read More »Pound rises as the tax cut plan is abandoned and Yen declines
The pound rose on Monday after Britain announced a plan to scrap the country’s highest income tax rate, while the yen slipped from the 145 level against the dollar. And sterling touched $ 1,128, after media reports that the plan was reversed, the highest rate of the currency since September …
Read More »European shares begin trading in the fourth quarter of 2022 with a decline
European shares fell on Monday as investors awaited factory activity data for clues to the resilience of the eurozone economy after last week’s sharp inflation report boosted expectations that the European Central Bank will raise interest rates aggressively. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell 1.3 percent by 0713 GMT, marking …
Read More »Nikkei rebounds, supported by chip and energy stocks
Japan’s Nikkei rose sharply on Monday, as chip-related stocks rose and energy stocks tracked gains in oil prices. The Nikkei gained in the last hour of trading, to close 1.07 percent higher at 26,215.79 points, after falling 1.22 percent earlier in the day. The broader Topix index advanced 0.63 percent …
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