Japan’s Nikkei index ended Monday’s trading at its highest level in more than two weeks, tracking Wall Street’s strong closing last week, as heavyweights and travel-related stocks led the gains. The Nikkei index closed up 1.16 percent to 28,542.11 points, its highest closing level since August 26. The broader Topix …
Read More »Euro continues its corrective rise against dollar 12/9/2022
Positive movements dominated the Euro against the US dollar, beginning to form a corrective ascending wave, heading to touch the required target during the previous analysis at 1.0130, recording its highest level at 1.0124 during the early trading of the current session. On the technical side, the simple moving averages …
Read More »Nikkei ends week higher in monetary tightening environment
Japanese stocks rose on Friday, extending gains from the previous day, even as investors digested the hawkish rhetoric of policymakers that strongly supported expectations of big interest rate hikes to curb inflation. The Nikkei index closed up 0.53 percent to 28,214.75 points. The benchmark index started trading up 0.5 percent …
Read More »The Euro breaks the resistance and starts forming a bullish wave 9/9/2022
The euro succeeded in achieving noticeable gains against the US dollar within the expected bullish path, in which we depended on consolidation above the parity point 1.0000, explaining that this is a catalyst that enhances the chances of rising to visit 1.0080, reaching its highest level during the early trading …
Read More »Euro hovers above two-decade low ahead of ECB decision
On Thursday, the euro hovered above the 20-year low hit two days ago as investors awaited the European Central Bank’s policy decision and comments from the Federal Reserve chief for indications on the path of global monetary tightening. The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates by 75 …
Read More »European stocks open higher
European shares opened higher on Thursday, ahead of what could be the largest interest rate hike ever announced by the European Central Bank. Mining and banking stocks led the gains. Markets are awaiting the size of the central bank’s increase in the main interest rate. The bank is studying a …
Read More »Nikkei closes at a one-week high, tracking Wall Street
Japan’s Nikkei closed at a one-week high on Thursday, tracking the strong close on Wall Street Wednesday night, while the yen’s slide against the dollar raised hopes for better prospects for local businesses. The Nikkei jumped 2.31 percent to 28,065.28 points, its highest closing level since Aug. 31. The index …
Read More »EUR attacks USD, eyes on ECB 8/9/2022
Mixed trading dominated the movements of the euro against the US dollar, to witness a bearish tendency during the middle of the European session, after it succeeded in pressing the support level of 0.9900 to see a decline near 0.9875, taking advantage of the mentioned level that forced it to …
Read More »European shares open lower as mining and energy stocks decline
European shares opened lower on Wednesday as mining and energy companies led the losses as investors remained concerned about the outlook for demand in the wake of weak trade data from China. The European oil and gas index was down 2.2 percent by 0720 GMT, while the mining index lost …
Read More »Japan shares close lower
Japanese stocks fell on Wednesday as continued investor fears about an economic slowdown outweighed the strong performance of exporters’ shares, which rose on the yen’s fall. The Nikkei index fell 0.71 percent, tracking losses overnight on Wall Street, as the three major indexes fell after the US services sector report …
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