We adhered to intraday neutrality during the previous technical report due to a conflict between the technical signals, explaining that we are monitoring the price behavior of the pair. We indicated that the euro is facing a strong resistance level around 1.0050, and activating the bearish trend requires that we …
Read More »Swedish krona falls after central bank’s rate hike
Financial markets were quacked on Tuesday by Swedish central bank’s decision to raise rates by a full percentage point. The rate hike by the Riksbank was larger than analysts had expected, causing the Swedish krona to briefly spike against the Euro and Dollar. The krona practically failed to hold onto …
Read More »European shares open higher
European shares rose at the open on Tuesday on the back of a rally in banking shares as investors prepared for the release of the results of the US Federal Reserve’s two-day monetary policy meeting. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index advanced 0.8% after a weak start to the week. European …
Read More »Japan shares close stable, with anticipation of the US and Japanese central meetings
Japanese stocks posted slight gains on Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of this week’s meetings of the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, as the two banks are expected to reinforce their hawkish policies to tackle inflation. With the markets resuming trading after a national holiday, the Nikkei …
Read More »Euro: A quiet rise needs confirmations 20/9/2022
Quiet positive trades dominated the movements of EURUSD with the beginning of the first trading of the current week, to start attacking the resistance level 1.0050, building on the pivot above the parity point 1.0000. Technically, by carefully looking at the 4-hour chart, we find the 50-day simple moving average …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 19/09/2022
The week has got a lot of volatility and most assets are in slow motion with an almost empty macroeconomic data. The UK was on holiday honoring the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II. Fifteen major central banks will announce their policy decisions later the week.Economic DataMonday’s U.S. economic …
Read More »European stocks open lower as tech stocks fall
European shares rebounded at the open on Monday and technology shares led the decline amid expectations of a significant interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) in the coming days. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.4 percent, hitting its lowest level in two months, while …
Read More »Euro is witnessing sideways trading, waiting for a signal 19/9/2022
Limited sideways trading tended to the negativity dominating the movements of the euro against the US dollar, and the current moves are witnessing the stability of the pair’s exchange rate below the parity point of 1.0000, which constitutes a pivotal level for the current trading levels. Technically, by looking at …
Read More »European shares open lower as recession fears intensify
European shares fell on Friday as recession fears and expectations of a big interest rate hike during the Federal Reserve’s (US Central Bank) meeting next week weighed on sentiment. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell one percent moments after the opening bell, bringing its declines this week to more than …
Read More »Japanese shares fall, down 2%, affected by recession fears
Japanese stocks fell at the close on Friday and recorded a weekly decline, as fears of a global economic slowdown continued in light of raising interest rates, which led to the decline of Wall Street during Thursday night. The Nikkei index fell 1.11 percent to close at 2,7567.65 points, after …
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