Negative trading dominated the movements of the pound sterling against its Japanese counterpart within the expected bearish path during the previous analysis, touching the awaited target 157.30, recording its lowest level in the last session’s trading session, 156.78. On the technical side today, and by looking at the 60-minute chart, …
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 »European Shares Fall, Affected by Evergrande Crisis
European shares incurred losses at the beginning of today’s session, affected by negative sentiment stemming from renewed concerns about the real estate sector in China and mixed quarterly earnings results. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.4%, retreating from a six-week high. Asian stocks also fell after news of a …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Continues The Bullish Rally
The pair hit the strong resistance mentioned in yesterday’s analysis at 158.20, which we mentioned as an essential condition to complete the bullish trend, pushing the pair to trade negatively again at 157.40. Technically, the bullish trend is still valid and effective. Still, with a closer look at the 60-minute …
Read More »European Shares Falling Affected by Weak Results
European shares fell on Wednesday, as weak earnings from French luxury goods company Kering and Dutch semiconductor ASML outweighed strong results from Nestle and other companies. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.1 percent, although Asian shares rose, supported by a strong Wall Street close on Tuesday. And Kering’s …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Continues The Bullish Rally
The British pound continued to rise against its Japanese counterpart, within the positive outlook, as we expected, touching the target of 158.20, posting a high of 158.20. Today’s technical aspect indicates the possibility of continuing the rise due to building on 157.30 support floor, accompanied by the positive motive for …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 19-10-2021
Today’s trading was quiet, except for the release of the Australian Reserve meeting minute early this morning, which had a slight impact on the risk appetite in the markets. The safe-haven dollar fell on Tuesday to its lowest level in three weeks against other major currencies amid an improvement in …
Read More »European Shares Rise on Tech
European shares rose on Tuesday as technology stocks rose, tracking overnight gains from their Wall Street peers, offsetting losses in Swedish and healthcare firms’ Ericsson shares. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was up 0.1 percent by 0708 GMT, with technology shares gaining 0.7 percent. Telecom equipment maker Ericsson fell 3 …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Continues to Rise
Positive trading continues to dominate the movements of GBP/JPY within the suggested bullish path, touching our second awaited target at 157.20, recording the highest level at 157.38. On the technical side, by looking at the 60-minute chart, we notice that the RSI continues to provide bullish momentum signals, in addition …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 18-10-2021
US stock index futures fell in early trading on Monday, after major indexes posted their best week in months amid a stronger-than-expected start to the earnings season, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 174 points or 0.5%, and S&P 500 futures were down 174 points, or 0.5%. By 0.5%, the …
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