The EUR/USD ended its weekly trading below the psychological resistance level of 1.1100, which forced it to trade within the general bearish trend again. On the technical side today, looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice the continuation of the negative pressure coming from the 50-day simple moving average, which …
Read More »US Dollar Rebounds As Fed Officials Comment On Rates
The US dollar index bounced back on Friday from recent declines following comments from Federal Reserve officials on interest rates that supported the currency, while the dollar was at a fresh six-year high against the yen and the euro eased.St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard called for a dramatic …
Read More »The euro is on its way to the largest weekly rise in 6 weeks
The euro fell on Friday but was on track for its biggest weekly gain in six weeks as traders breathed a sigh of relief after Russia avoided defaulting on dollar-denominated debt and markets digested the broader impact of the start of the US interest rate hike cycle. The euro slipped …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 17-3-2022
In its latest monetary policy announcement, the Bank of England (BoE) opted to raise the benchmark UK interest rate by a further 25bps to 0.75% from 0.50%, as had been widely expected. GBP’s kneejerk reaction was to drop sharply as a result of only eight on nine Monetary Policy Committee …
Read More »Euro Gives up Some Gains And Focus on Ukraine Talks
The euro gave up some of its gains on Thursday as investors closely watched any developments in talks between Russia and Ukraine, while monetary policy decisions by the US central bank failed to impact the market as expectations of a rate hike were high. The euro rose 0.05 percent to …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 16-3-2022
Canadian inflation hit 5.7% YoY in February, according to Statistics Canada’s latest headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) release on Wednesday. That was above the expected rise to 5.5% from 5.1% in January. The MoM increase in the headline CPI in February was 1.0%, a little above the 0.9% expected and …
Read More »USD/JPY closer to highest level since 2018
The dollar index fell against the major currencies during Wednesday’s trading before the Federal Reserve’s decision, while the US currency traded near a 5-year high against the yen. The US central bank is expected to implement its first rate hike since 2018 later in the day amid uncertainty over the …
Read More »Markets Optimistically Await Wednesday’s Ukraine, Russian Talks
Mykhailo Podoliyak, one of the representatives of Ukraine at Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, has said, ”We’ll continue tomorrow. A very difficult and vicious negotiation process. There are fundamental contradictions. But there is certainly room for compromise. During the break, work in subgroups will be continued”.Russia lobbed more missiles into Kyiv, amid heightened …
Read More »Euro Rises on The Hope of Progress in Ukraine Peace Talks
The euro rose on Tuesday on hopes of progress in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, although risk appetite waned due to the rising number of COVID-19 infections in China. On Tuesday, talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators to ease the crisis are expected to resume after video-conference talks after …
Read More »Noor Capital | Mohammed Hashad Interview On CNBC
Interviewed by CNBC Arabia, Mohammed Hashad, Director of Research and Development Department at Noor Capital and member of the US Association of Technical Analysts, shed light on the latest developments of the financial markets’ arena:(I) OilMarkets appear to have relative stabilized, this was reflected on the oil market, as crude …
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