The single European currency ended last week’s trading sessions sideways, trying to rise. However, attempts are still limited due to the price stability below the 1.1375 resistance level. Technically, and by looking at the 4-hour time frame, we notice intraday trading stability above the 50-day moving average, which meets around …
Read More »Dollar Climbs as Investors Await US Jobs Data
The dollar rose on Friday against most major currencies, as traders positioned themselves ahead of the release of crucial US jobs data that could pave the way for an early Federal Reserve interest rate hike. The dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency against six other major …
Read More »Euro Maintains Bearish Trend
The technical outlook is unchanged, maintaining the negative stability against the dollar, witnessing intraday movements stable below 1.1330. On the technical side, the daily moves of the euro against the US dollar are stable below the resistance level of 1.1380. We notice the negative signs that started appearing on the …
Read More »NZD, GBP Gainers, But EUR/USD Retreats
The Euro drops sharply during the New York session, down 0.08%, trading around the 1.1300s. In the last two hours, the market sentiment has been mixed. European stock indices finished the session in the red territory, contrarily of rising US indices across the pond. The NZD and the GBP are …
Read More »Panetta: Inflation Hitting Eurozone Recovery
The economic recovery from a pandemic in the Eurozone is still incomplete and the recent inflation shock along with a new pandemic waves are endangering the rebound, European Central Bank policymaker Fabio Panetta said on Thursday.“The inflationary spike stemming from global supply shocks and the resurgence in the pandemic are …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 02-12-2021
Markets are awaiting the results of the OPEC meeting, as well as the US jobs report tomorrow. According to sources cited by Reuters, OPEC+ may as an option discuss hiking output by just 200K barrels per day (BPD) in January versus the current agreement which stipulates 400K BPD monthly output …
Read More »The Dollar is Declining, Looking For Positive Data
The US dollar index, which measures its performance against a basket of six major currencies, declined 16 points during today’s trading, to record 95.87 points, and traded during the day in a range between 95.87 and 96.14 points, thus 0.93% lower than its levels five days ago. The dollar received …
Read More »Euro Maintains Bearish Trend
Limited sideways trading that tended to the negativity dominated the euro’s movements against the US dollar, maintaining the regular bearish context working within the descending price channel. On the technical side, the current moves of the euro against the US dollar are settling below the resistance level of 1.1380, and …
Read More »Omicron Pulls EUR/JPY Back
Appetite for safe-haven assets has picked up in recent trade amid a deterioration in US shares due to retreating market sentiment.EUR/JPY has been tilting lower and looks for direction to end the day with losses of about 0.5%. The first Omicron Covid-19 infection has identified in America and, shares reacted …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 01-12-2021
OPEC expected the oil surplus to increase to 2 million bpd in January, 3.4 million bpd in February and 3.8 million bpd in March 2022. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, through a leaked document during today’s meeting, said that the demand for transport fuels in Europe may also …
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