A strong bearish trend dominated the euro’s movements against its US counterpart within the expected negative outlook during the previous analysis, touching all the required bearish targets to reach the last target of 0.9835, recording its lowest level at 0.9807 during the morning session of the current session. On the …
Read More »Euro hit by geopolitics ahead of FOMC decision
The EUR/USD pair dropped further during the American session and bottomed at 0.9865, the lowest level in two weeks, and became just one pip above the YTD low. The pair is trading at 0.9937 at the time of writing.The pair remains near the lows as traders await the FOMC decision. …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 21/9/2022
The British government said on Wednesday it would reduce the wholesale cost of electricity and gas to businesses and businesses to less than half the market price from next month to help ease the burden of soaring energy costs but adding to rapidly rising government spending. The wholesale price of …
Read More »European shares decline as Putin’s announcement reinforces the atmosphere of ambiguity
European shares fell at the open on Wednesday, pressured by Russia’s decision to announce a partial military mobilization, which added to investor concerns about the US central bank’s third interest rate hike later on Wednesday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.3 percent, with most of its sub-sectors declining. The …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei closes at a two-month low
Japanese stocks on Wednesday hit their lowest close in more than two months, tracking Wall Street and Asian bourses, as investors awaited monetary policy meetings from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan this week. The Nikkei index closed down 1.36 percent to record 27,313.13 points, the lowest closing …
Read More »The euro is back to stability below the parity point 21/9/2022
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 …
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