OIL The weakness of stock markets is adding further bearish pressure on the oil price, with the WTI benchmark again approaching the psychological threshold of $20. Markets are now betting that the crisis could be relatively long, and the barrel is the perfect asset to be shorted by traders. From a technical point of view,…
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EUROPEAN SHARES Share markets opened lower everywhere in Europe on Thursday as uncertainty remains the overriding sentiment and has pushed investors into taking any profits generated by this week’s recovery attempt. The fact remains that investors from around the world have welcomed the recent historical batch of monetary and fiscal responses to coronavirus and these…
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OIL Risk-on remains predominant on markets. This is moderately helping the oil price in its attempt at a difficult recovery, as investors are still worried about the huge oversupply that is likely to remain the main topic for the next few months. The WTI price jumped up to $25 in the first part of the…
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EUROPEAN SHARES Shares tumbled globally on Monday, with prices returning to last week’s lows as the spread of the deadly virus continues to have a big impact on market sentiment. Even though most markets tried to consolidate around major technical support zones last week after one of the steepest declines in decades, investors’ trading stance…
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OIL Crude oil has managed to recover almost 40% of its value after the low it sunk to two days ago at $20. This is also giving a bit of relief to stocks related to energy sector, such as Total, Eni and Shell, which is up almost 10%. After the strong sell-off seen earlier this…
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Late on Thursday evening, California – which would be the world’s fifth largest economy if it were a separate country – ordered all 40 million residents into lockdown (essential activities exempt) due to the continued spread of the coronavirus. US cases have now passed 10,000 and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has made…
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OIL Oil is experiencing a perfect storm in which coronavirus is destroying the demand side, while supply is overwhelmed by the deluge on offer from Saudi Arabia. As a result, the price crashed to an historic low at $20, before attempting a rebound to $23. This scenario will probably not last for long, as for…
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Boeing ‘on the brink’ In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was the hardest hit of the three major indices on Wednesday, closing 6.3% lower, with Chevron, Boeing and Travelers the biggest losers. Boeing fell another 17.9% despite rumblings of a government bailout for airlines and aerospace firms, taking its one month loss close…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for March 9, 2020. US stock futures hit their daily down limit of 5% and shares in Asia dived as the first shots were fired in an all-out global oil price war and waves of negative coronavirus news…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for March 9, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The euro is down more than 1% to the yen during early Monday trading in Europe. The flight to safety is obvious, with refuge assets recording gains following the deterioration of…
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