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The Euro is under pressure as Russia to halt gas supplies, while the Chinese Yuan dips to nearly 2-year low as PBOC eases policy again. The U.S. dollar rose across the board on Monday, briefly driving the euro back below parity, as investors shied away from riskier assets amid growing …

The People’s Bank of China lowered the one-year base loan rate by 5 basis points to 3.65% at the central bank’s monthly fix on Monday, while the five-year base loan rate was lowered by 15 basis points to 4.30%. This came on the heels of last week’s surprising decision to …

Japanese stocks closed lower on Monday as technology heavyweights led the decline after Wall Street slumped amid rising bond yields at the end of last week. The Nikkei index fell 0.47 percent to 28,794.50 points, recouping some of its losses in early trading on the impact of China’s cut interest …

A strong bearish trend dominated the movements of the euro against the US dollar at the end of last week’s trading, within the expected negative outlook, heading to touch the official price target station at 1.0040, recording the lowest level at 1.0023. Today’s technical outlook indicates the possibility of resuming …

European shares fell on Friday, heading for a weekly loss on fears that monetary policy tightening, inflationary pressures and an energy crisis could push the global economy into recession. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.3 percent by 0721 GMT. Travel stocks led the declines. Among the stocks that …

Japanese stocks gave up their gains and closed flat on Friday with the decliners that led the rally recently, while investors awaited a seminar by the Federal Reserve next week. The Japanese Nikkei index closed down 0.4 percent at 28,930.33 points. It had opened with an increase of 0.53 percent …

A bearish trend dominated the movements of the Euro against the US dollar, as we expected during the technical outlook yesterday, touching the official target station at 1.0100, to record the lowest level at 1.0070 during the early trading of today’s session. Technically, the Euro failed to maintain trading above …

The US dollar has strengthened all along US trading hours as best performer. Market players assessed several encouraging US macroeconomic readings that suggest the economy has a good chance to avoid recession, despite technically being in.Economic DataEconomic data refers to Initial Jobless Claims declining to 250,000, below expectations, Philly Fed …

The EUR/USD pair is under pressure. The EUR/USD pair sharply dropped during the US session and is obviously facing increasing bearish pressure near a critical support at 1.0110. A break below 1.0100 would bring about parity.On Thursday, the pair touched the 1.0107 level which is, in fact, the lowest level …

European shares fell in choppy trading on Thursday after a member of the European Central Bank’s board of directors hinted at another big interest rate hike next month even as recession risks intensified, with inflation data for July due later on Thursday awaiting. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.1 …