European stocks rose Monday, January 9, extending the year’s positive start to the year for a second week, as China reopened its borders and US and European data contributed to calming concerns about the strong tightening of monetary policy by central banks. The pan-European Stoxx 600 rose 0.3%. The index …
Read More »Dollar near its lowest level in seven months after the jobs data
On Monday, the dollar approached its lowest level in seven months against other major currencies, after data last week showed that the Federal Reserve may slow the pace of decisions to raise interest rates, while the reopening of Chinese borders boosted higher-risk currencies. The yuan in foreign transactions approached its …
Read More »European stocks rise with support for reopening in China
European stocks rose on Monday, extending a positive start to the year for a second week, as China reopened its borders and US and European data eased concerns about the aggressive tightening of monetary policy by central banks. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was up 0.3 percent by 0812 GMT. …
Read More »Stability of USD as investors assess the path of raising interest rates
The dollar stabilized on Monday after investors digested a batch of economic data released last week that raised hopes that the Federal Reserve would slow the pace of interest rate hikes. Data on Friday showed that non-farm payrolls in the United States increased by 223 thousand jobs in December, while …
Read More »Euro is breaching resistance, positivity remains 9/1/2023
EURUSD pair jumped to achieve strong gains at the end of the trading week last Friday after it managed to exit from the sideways track, as we indicated during all trading reports of the past week, explaining that the price’s consolidation above the resistance level of the psychological barrier 1.0600 …
Read More »European stocks are heading for their best weekly performance since November
European stocks rose on Friday, on track for their best weekly performance since November, with natural gas futures falling and positive economic data as investors await inflation data in the eurozone. The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 0.1% by 0815 GMT, bringing its weekly gain to 3.4% so far. All …
Read More »Nikkei closed higher amid bargain hunting after the yen fell against the dollar
Japan’s Nikkei index recovered early losses to close higher on Friday as investors bought back falling stocks and the yen fell against the dollar. The Nikkei index closed up 0.59 percent at 25,973.85 points, after it started trading on a lower note, affected by the decline on Wall Street at …
Read More »Euro is still waiting for a stronger trend 6/1/2023
We remained neutral during the previous report, for the second session in a row, due to a contradiction between the technical signals, as the movements of the Euro-dollar pair witnessed a downward trend, recording its lowest level at 1.0520. On the technical side, we previously indicated that the support level …
Read More »European shares fell after FOMC minutes dispelled policy change hopes
European stocks fell on Thursday ahead of the release of inflation data in the eurozone and after the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting in December, which showed the US central bank’s commitment to curbing inflation. The pan-European STOXX was down 0.3% by 0810 GMT, after rising …
Read More »The aggressive US central bank speech fails to support USD
The dollar struggled to rally on Thursday even though policymakers at the US Federal Reserve reaffirmed their commitment to fighting inflation, while the Australian dollar jumped after China eased restrictions on coal imports from Australia. The minutes of the Federal Reserve’s December monetary policy meeting, released last night, showed that …
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