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European stocks rose on Friday as bullish investors weighed the potential impact of the week-long Lunar New Year holiday after China lifted restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, but fears of a global economic slowdown continued to dampen sentiment. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was up 0.2 percent …

Japan’s Nikkei erased early losses to close higher on Friday, as sentiment was boosted by a rise in US futures after Wall Street’s losses Thursday night, as well as a decline in the yen. The Nikkei ended the session up 0.56% to 26,553.53 points, after it had fallen 0.3% earlier …

The US dollar hovered near seven-month lows on Friday as fears of an economic slowdown dampened risk appetite, while the yen weakened even as speculation mounted that the Bank of Japan will eventually abandon its ultra-loose monetary policy. The dollar index, which measures the performance of the greenback against six …

The US dollar slid on Thursday against major currencies in a choppy US trading session as data continued to indicate that the US economy is slowing down in the wake of multiple rate hikes by the Fed as investors and traders expect the central bank to pause or at least …

European stocks were heading on Thursday to halt a series of consecutive gains over six sessions, after lackluster US economic data stoked fears of a global economic slowdown, and investor sentiment was also affected by non-negative European corporate earnings. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.6 percent by 0815 …

On Thursday, the Japanese Nikkei index recorded the largest decline in two weeks, retreating from its highest level in a month, with the fading effect of the Bank of Japan’s decision to maintain its stimulus policies, as well as the rise in the yen, which pressured the shares of export …

The single European currency achieved our expected bullish target during the previous session’s trading, which was at 1.0870 and recorded its highest level at 1.0887. Technically, we notice that the level of 1.0880 formed strong resistance on the EUR/USD pair and forced it to decline marginally to the downside so …

The European Union’s statistics office (Eurostat) said on Wednesday that the rate of consumer price inflation slowed in the single European currency area in December, as expected, thanks to the continued decline in energy prices after reaching record levels earlier. Eurostat added that prices in the twenty countries that share …

European stocks rose on Wednesday as risk appetite was supported by a batch of positive corporate earnings reports, with the index on track for its longest consecutive period of gains since November 2021. And by 0815 GMT, the European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.3 percent, supported by a rise in …

The EUR/USD pair achieved the first bullish target at 1.0870, recording its highest level at 1.0870, to hit a strong resistance level that forced it to trade in negativity. Technically, the resistance levels at 1.0870 constituted an obstacle in front of the pair. However, the current movements are witnessing stability …