The European session was fairly quiet as all eyes turned to the Fed’s after-hours statement. Oil prices fell during oil trading, as Brent crude in future contracts for January delivery lost 1.971% and reached 83.05 dollars a barrel, while the price of US crude reached 81.94 dollars a barrel in …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 02-11-2021
Markets are quiet and investors are waiting for the Fed meeting. Markets are widely expecting Jerome Powell to announce a clear schedule to start tapering. Brent crude futures for January 2022 delivery scored about $84.33 a barrel, down 0.33%, and US crude was about $83.43 a barrel, down 0.74%. During …
Read More »European Shares Fall on Mining
European shares fell on Tuesday from their unprecedented levels, as traders awaited upcoming meetings of central banks to elicit indications on decisions to gradually reduce stimulus and interest rates, while the decline in iron ore prices affected the shares of mining companies. The European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.3 percent …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Continues to Touch Bearish Targets
Negative trading dominated the pound’s movements against the Japanese yen within the expected bearish path, touching the target to be achieved around 155.00, recording its lowest level at 155.13. On the technical side today, we tend to be negative in our trading, relying on the stability below the previously broken …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 01-11-2021
The European session on Monday was quiet and generally flat. Just a moment ago, the Manufacturing PMI came out and came in negative; Were it scored 58.4 points, analyst expected it to score 59.2 points. Gold is now recording 1789.39, an increase of 0.34%, and gold contracts are recording 1790.35, …
Read More »European Shares Start November With New Highs
European shares hit record highs on Monday, starting November with strong momentum on the positive business results, and the best performance of eurozone markets came in early trading. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.8% by 0829 GMT, surpassing its all-time high in mid-August. Global sentiment is supported by a …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Tends to Negativity
The pound fell against the yen noticeably during last Friday’s trading, canceling the positive outlook as we expected, retesting the psychological support level of 156.00. On the technical side, today, we are inclined to the negativity, relying on the stability of the intraday trading below the minor resistance level at …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 29-10-2021
The European session was packed with data from Europe and the US, here’s a summary of today’s drivers The US dollar index, which measures its performance against a basket of six major currencies, rose 0.25% to 93.58 points, moving away from its lowest level recorded yesterday at 93.277 points, the …
Read More »European Shares Fall Under Pressure From The Technology Sector
Technology stocks weighed on European shares at the open, as shares of Apple suppliers fell on downbeat expectations for the holiday period from the iPhone maker, while investors remained concerned about the prospects for monetary policy. Shares of semiconductor companies S.T.Micron Electronics, Infineon Technologies, and ASML fell between 0.3% and …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Trying to Recover
Positive trading regained control over the pound’s movements against its Japanese counterpart, benefiting from positive stability above the 156.00/156.30 support level. Technically, we notice the positive crossover signals coming from the stochastic indicator, coinciding with the price’s movement above the 50-day moving average. Therefore, we tend to be positive, but …
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