The dollar fell on Monday, heading towards its lowest level in a month, as traders continued to focus on the prospects of rising interest rates and tightening monetary policy outside the United States. Currency markets were generally calm at the start of the week as traders awaited US growth data …
Read More »Euro Looking For Confirmations
We remained neutral during the last report due to the conflicting technical signals, clarifying that we are waiting for one of the directional keys that continue to dominate the euro against the US dollar. We find the price range sideways to the positive throughout several consecutive sessions, confined from below, …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 22-10-2021
The S&P500 and Nasdaq were down at the opening session on Friday after chipmaker Intel warned of falling profit margins. Snap topped the losses among social media companies after reporting that digital ads had been affected by Apple’s privacy changes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4.64 points, or 0.01%, …
Read More »The Dollar is Heading For The Second Weekly Decline
The dollar fell against its rival currencies and is heading towards recording the second weekly decline in a row, due to news that the debt-laden Chinese Evergrande Group avoided a default that supported the appetite for high-risk assets. Concerns about the real estate developer group, whose debt is equivalent to …
Read More »Euro Awaits Pending Orders
Sideways trading with the narrow range dominating the euro’s movements against the US dollar, confined from the bottom above the psychological support level of 1.1600 and below the resistance level of 1.1680. Technically, we notice some bearish bias due to trading stability below the 1.1680 resistance level represented by the …
Read More »Weidmann’s successor difficult test ahead German economy
Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann has thrown an additional wild card on the negotiation table for Germany’s economy after Merkel’s last term in office.After 10 years opposing the ECB’s loose fiscal policy,the German economist announced his departure on Wednesday for personal reasons. Last month’s election pushed has pushed Dr Weidmann out …
Read More »October Consumer Confidence declines in Eurozone
The European Commission said Thursday that its measurement index of consumer confidence in the Eurozone declined to minus 4.8 in October from minus 4.0 in September. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast a reading of minus 5.0. The fresh reading comes amid rising inflation and economic recovery …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 21-10-2021
The European session was mostly quiet, with the dollar holding steady while commodity currencies fell after an early advance in Asia Pacific trading. A slightly weaker risk mood in European morning trade may keep risky trade more cautious, as the Australian dollar fell from 0.7540 earlier today to 0.7480 before …
Read More »Euro Retests Support
As we expected, the euro retested the support at 1.1600, resuming the bullish rebound approaching the desired target at 1.1680, recording the highest level at 1.1670. Technically, by looking at the chart, we notice the continuation of the bullish technical structure shown on the 4-hour chart, in addition to the …
Read More »Dollar Settled as Risk Appetite Improves
The dollar settled in early European trade on Wednesday, after an improvement in risk appetite around the world pushed up risky currencies and sent the yen to a four-year low against the dollar overnight. Most of the European stock indices rose, and the yield on US Treasury bonds for ten …
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