Most stocks in the Asia-Pacific region fell Friday, September 30, the last day of the third quarter of the year after another sell-off on Wall Street overnight. In Japan, the Nikkei fell by 1.83% and the Topix fell by 1.76%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is up 0.29%, while Hang Seng …
Read More »European shares fall before German inflation data
European shares tumbled on Thursday, with some companies, including Sweden’s H&M, warning of the repercussions of rising inflation and costs on their activities, negatively affecting sentiment before releasing highly anticipated German inflation data. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 1.7 percent by 0759 GMT after it failed to follow …
Read More »Euro is trying to form an ascending corrective wave 29/9/2022
The movements of the EUR/USD pair witnessed attempts to recover and compensate for losses during the last trading session, nullifying the bearish technical outlook, in which we relied on trading stability below 0.9710, recording the highest level at 0.9750. On the technical side today, the euro is witnessing stability above …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 28/09/2022
Gold prices soared, and XAUUSD trades at $1,660 per troy ounce, its highest for the week. Crude oil prices recovered, and WTI settled at $82.00 a barrel. The US dollar pushed its rally throughout the first half of the trading day but changed its direction dramatically after Wall Street’s opening. …
Read More »To Recess Or Not To Recess, US Awaiting GDP Data
Thursday’s GDP update will help provide a correct answer to whether US economy has fallen into recession. It is becoming more difficult to figure out what is really going on in the globe’s largest economy. Firmer Final US GDP in the second quarter could offer US dollar rebound as Fed …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 28/9/2022
The rise of the dollar against sterling was also affected by British domestic factors, after the British government announced last week a plan to cut taxes and increase borrowing. This decreased sterling to $1.0327 on Monday, a record low, after settling near the $1.1300 level ahead of the UK’s budget …
Read More »USD is at its highest level in 20 years and the sterling is under pressure
Nervous financial markets pushed the dollar to a two-decade high on Wednesday, Sept. 28, as rising interest rates around the world fueled recession fears. The pound slid further after recent warnings about Britain’s tax cut plans. The US dollar index rose by about 0.5% to a new record level at …
Read More »European stocks fall at the open on increasing recession fears
European shares opened lower on Wednesday, led by heavy selling in Asian markets as the escalating energy crisis in the region and the continued rise in global bond yields fueled fears of a recession. The European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.8 percent by 0707 GMT, to continue its decline for …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei closes near 3-month low, hit by recession fears
Japan’s Nikkei index ended trading on Wednesday near its lowest level in three months, as mounting fears of a global recession weighed on Wall Street on Tuesday evening and a media report that Apple Inc. abandoned plans to produce more iPhone phones, dented sentiment. The Nikkei fell 1.5 percent to …
Read More »Euro touches the target and is still crawling negative 28/9/2022
The single European currency continues to crawl negatively against the US dollar within the bearish directional movement and within the expected bearish context yesterday, touching the first target to be achieved at 0.9550, recording its lowest level during the morning trading of the current session at 0.9542. Technically, today, and …
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