TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT–04 MARCH 2021
Asia Pacific stocks were down Thursday morning. The Shanghai composite is down 1.66% at 3,517.96. Overall, the Singapore MSCI up 0.30% at 345.40. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index down 2.45% to 28,963. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 down 2.22% at 29,940, while the Topix index is down 1.00% at 1884.0. South Korea’s Kospi down 1.15% to 3047.57. Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.84% at 6760.7.

European equities Wednesday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.29% up at 14080.03, CAC 40 futures up 0.35% at 5830.1 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. up 0.93% at 6,675.5.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.39% down at 31270.1 the S&P 500 down 1.31% to 3819.7 and the Nasdaq 100 down 2.88% at 12683.3, NYSE closes at 15199.19 down 0.51%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD up 0.04% at 1.39550. The USDJPY up 0.08% at 107.097. The USDCHF down 0.05% at 0.91936. EURUSD down 0.04% at 1.20574, EUR/GBP up 0.03% at 0.864. The USD/CNY down 0.01% at 6.4670, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures up 0.36% at $1,717.09. Elsewhere, Silver futures up 0.30% to $26.134 per ounce, Platinum up 0.419% at $1168.48 per ounce, and Palladium up 0.30% to $2,361.00.

Crude Oil up on Thursday; Brent crude oil up 1.02% to $64.53 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is up 2.12% at $62.01.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 49329.23 down 2.07%, Ethereum at 1552.34 down 1.00%, Litecoin at 186.87 down 0.44%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

CARNIVAL Corp. up 3.915% at $28.67, ETSY Inc. down 12.507% at $208.61, DEXCOM Inc. down 5.922% to $368.7, FINSERV Inc. up 0.104% to $115.8, MODERNA Inc. down 10.619% to $131.22, KARFT HEINZ Co. up 1.769% at $37.98.

Economic news:

US: Racial and gender disparities lead to trillions of dollars in lost economic activity and a full recovery from the crisis caused by the pandemic will require structural changes that make it easier for women and minorities to find better paying jobs,

Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker.

Black and Hispanic workers are experiencing unemployment rates that are sometimes twice as high as that of white workers, and women are leaving the workforce at higher rates than men, Harker said in remarks prepared for a virtual event organized by the Philadelphia Fed.

“Even with some hopeful signs as virus cases fall and the economy continues to reopen, I’m concerned that, as the broader economy climbs upward, far too many workers are being left behind,” he said.

Harker cited research from the San Francisco Fed estimating that gender and racial disparities in the labour market amount to about $2.6 trillion in economic losses. He said some workers will need help finding jobs, nodding to a tool recently launched by the Philadelphia Fed that helps workers identify similar, but better paying jobs that typically do not require a college degree.

Eurozone: The European Union promised legal action on Wednesday after the British government unilaterally extended a grace period for checks on food imports to Northern Ireland, a move Brussels said violated terms of Britain’s divorce deal.

Since it left the EU last year, Britain’s relations with the bloc have soured, with both sides accusing the other of acting in bad faith in relation to part of their trade agreement that covers goods movements to Northern Ireland.

The British government extended a grace period for some checks on agricultural and food products imported by retailers to Northern Ireland until Oct. 1 in a move it said was necessary to ensure the free flow of goods to the British region.

In a statement, the European Union expressed “strong concerns” at a move it said amounted to a violation of the substantive provisions of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the most contentious part of Britain’s divorce deal with the EU.

Important Data: UK Construction PMI (Feb) today at 4:30 this time estimated 51.0, previously which was 49.2. US Initial Jobless Claims today at 8:30 this time estimated 750K, previously which was 730K. US Nonfarm Productivity (QoQ) (Q4) today at 8:30 this time estimated -4.7%, previously which was -4.8%. CANADA Labour Productivity (QoQ) (Q4) today at 8:30 previously which was -10.3%. US Fed Chair Powell Speaks today a
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 09 MARCH 2021
Asian stocks were lower on Tuesday as rising bond yields impacted tech shares and company valuations in China and Korea and investors grappled with their inflation fears as the United States looks set to pass a $1.9 trillion stimulus package. The Shanghai composite is down 0.77% at 3,394.88. Overall, the Singapore MSCI up 1.09% at 351.15. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index up 1.02% to 28,765. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 up 1.01% at 29,040, while the Topix index is up 0.86% at 1918.0. South Korea’s Kospi down 0.56% to 2979.45. Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.47% at 6771.2.

European equities Monday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded 3.31% up at 14380.91, CAC 40 futures up 2.08% at 5903.0 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. up 1.34% at 6,719.1.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.97% up at 31802.4 the S&P 500 down 0.54% to 3821.1 and the Nasdaq 100 down 2.92% at 12299.1, NYSE closes at 15288.38 up 0.24%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD up 0.22% at 1.38468. The USDJPY up 0.28% at 109.138. The USDCHF flat at 0.93560. EURUSD up 0.13% at 1.18620, EUR/GBP up 0.02% at 0.85668. The USD/CNY down 0.01% at 6.5228, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures up 0.44% at $1,690.58. Elsewhere, Silver futures up 0.86% to $25.337 per ounce, Platinum up 1.17% at $1150.78 per ounce, and Palladium up 0.24% to $2,325.50.

Crude Oil mix on Tuesday; Brent crude oil up 0.71% to $68.42 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is down 1.09% at $65.07.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 54175.30 up 3.44%, Ethereum at 1838.87 up 0.16%, Litecoin at 200.59 up 4.72%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

WALT DISNEY Co. up 6.274% at $201.91, TERADYNE Inc. down 8.516% at $104.2, MICROCHIP Tech. down 5.975% to $136.75, CISCO SYSTEMS up 2.724% to $47.51, KRAFT HEINZ Co. up 2.166% to $38.67, NVIDIA Corp. down 6.968% at $463.73.

Economic news:

US: With plenty of practice sending out coronavirus relief payments, the U.S. government should be able to start delivering $1,400 checks almost immediately once Congress finalizes a new aid bill and President Joe Biden signs it, tax experts say.

Some Americans might receive direct payments as soon as this week if the House of Representatives, as expected, passes the $1.9 trillion bill on Tuesday, compared with the lag of several weeks experienced in April 2020. Nearly 160 million households are expected to get payments, the White House estimates.

The Treasury Department’s Internal Revenue Service will have new challenges on its hands, though, thanks to the relief bill, which Biden and his fellow Democrats argue is needed to stem the continuing economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Eurozone: The European Central Bank blamed large bond redemptions for failing to increase the pace of its emergency purchases last week, missing market expectations and adding to doubts about its commitment to supporting a pandemic-stricken, debt-laden economy.

Investors had been waiting for the weekly update to establish whether a divided ECB was prepared to step in and stem a selloff in government bond markets, largely spurred by talk of higher inflation in the United States.

The ECB bought 11.9 billion euros worth of bonds under its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) in the five days to March 5, slightly less than in the previous week, the data showed.

Important Data: German Trade Balance (Jan) today at 2:00 this time estimated 16.4B, previously which was 16.1B. EURO ZONE GDP (QoQ) (Q4) today at 5:00 this time estimated -0.6%, previously which was 12.4%. US API Weekly Crude Oil Stock today at 16:30 previously which was 7.356M. AUSTRALIA Building Approvals (MoM) today at 19:30 previously which was -19.4%.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 12 MARCH 2021
Asian shares pushed higher on Friday after U.S. President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law, and as a retreat in bond yields overnight eased global concerns about rising inflation. The Shanghai composite is up 0.17% at 3,442.23. Overall, the Singapore MSCI up 0.01% at 350.65. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index down 0.30% to 29,190. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 up 0.96% at 29,500, while the Topix index is up 0.26% at 1931.5. South Korea’s Kospi up 1.36% to 3055.06. Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.79% at 6766.8.

European equities Thursday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.20% up at 14569.39, CAC 40 futures up 0.72% at 6033.8 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. up 0.17% at 6,737.0.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.58% up at 32485.6, the S&P 500 up 1.04% to 3939.3 and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.17% at 13030.4, NYSE closes at 15648.05 up 0.81%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD down 0.14% at 1.39728. The USDJPY up 0.24% at 108.750. The USDCHF up 0.36% at 0.92651. EURUSD down 0.17% at 1.19631, EUR/GBP down 0.05% at 0.85613. The USD/CNY down 0.07% at 6.4887, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures down 0.29% at $1,717.10. Elsewhere, Silver futures down 0.63% to $25.930 per ounce, Platinum up 0.60% at $1203.09 per ounce, and Palladium down 0.26% to $2,346.00.

Crude Oil mix on Friday; Brent crude oil down 0.23% to $69.39 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is up 1.35% at $65.52.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 57164.68 down 1.05%, Ethereum at 1809.48 down 0.92%, Litecoin at 209.96 up 4.25%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

ETSY Inc. up 7.24% at $220.84, TWITTER Inc. up 5.599% at $68.46, GENERAL ELECTRIC down 7.396% to $12.27, WESTROCK Co. down 2.504% to $51.39, WORKDAY Inc. up 5.999% to $257.27, ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATION up 5.696% at $355.17.

Economic news:

US: The U.S. economy will grow faster than previously thought and reach pre-COVID-19 levels within six months, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters who however said unemployment would take well over a year to recover.

Optimism was largely driven by the House of Representatives passing President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief aid in response to the pandemic, which has killed around 530,000 people in the U.S. and left millions out of work.

After shrinking 3.5% last year, the world’s largest economy was forecast to grow 5.7% this year – the highest since polling began for this period over two years ago, according to the March 8-11 survey of over 100 economists.

In response to an additional question, 85% of economists, or 51 of 60, said the economy would reach pre-COVID-19 levels within a year, including more than 60% expecting it within six months

Eurozone: British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he did not favour setting a specific target for the level of public debt as a share of economic output, as broader criteria were better suited for future fiscal rules.

“It’s probably right to think more about trajectories of debt levels, building resilience for future shocks and the affordability of that debt,” Sunak told parliament’s Treasury Committee.

Last week Sunak announced a new budget plan which included a further 65 billion pounds ($91 billion) in stimulus to help the economy through what he hopes will be a gradual lifting of coronavirus restrictions between now and the end of June.

Britain’s public debt has leapt to more than 2 trillion pounds as a result of the huge increase in spending and tax cuts ordered by Sunak in response to COVID-19, and it is expected to be above 100% of gross domestic product until at least the mid-2020s

Important Data: UK GDP (MoM) today at 2:00 this time estimated -4.9%, previously which was 1.2%. UK Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Jan) today at 2:00 this time estimated -0.8%, previously which was 0.3%. US PPI (MoM) (Feb) today at 8:30 this time estimated 0.5%, previously which was 1.3%. CANADA Employment Change (Feb) today at 8:30 this time estimated 75K, previously which was -212.8K.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS – 17 MARCH 2021
Asia Pacific stocks were mostly down Wednesday morning ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy decision due later in the day. The Shanghai composite is down 0.03% at 3,445.63. Overall, the Singapore MSCI down 0.09% at 350.40. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index up 0.15% to 28,995. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 up 0.07% at 29,740, while the Topix index is up 0.31% at 1966.0. South Korea’s Kospi down 0.54% to 3050.65. Australia S&P/ASX 200 down 0.47% at 6795.2.

European equities Tuesday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.66% up at 14557.58, CAC 40 futures up 0.32% at 6055.4 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. up 0.80% at 6,803.6.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.39% up at 32826.0, the S&P 500 down 0.16% to 3962.7 and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.11% at 13154.9, NYSE closes at 15669.29 down 0.67%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD up 0.06% at 1.39. The USDJPY up 0.09% at 109.086. The USDCHF up 0.09% at 0.92543. EURUSD up 0.05% at 1.19076, EUR/GBP up 0.01% at 0.85654. The USD/CNY down 0.08% at 6.4998, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures up 0.31% at $1,736.46. Elsewhere, Silver futures up 0.01% to $25.919 per ounce, Platinum down 0.33% at $1209.33 per ounce, and Palladium down 0.38% to $2,489.50.

Crude Oil mix on Wednesday; Brent crude oil up 0.42% to $68.76 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is down 0.44% at $64.89.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 56182.31 down 1.28%, Ethereum at 1783.29 down 1.24%, Litecoin at 199.45 down 1.15%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

DISCOVERY Inc. up 2.905% at $75.81, MICRON TECHNOLOGY up 2.904% at $91.43, FORD MOTOR Co. down 5.379% to $12.49, CARNIVAL Corp. up 5.17% to $28.25, MODERNA Inc. up 8.604% to $156.02, FACEBOOK up 2.02% at $279.28.

Economic news:

US: U.S. companies are opting to issue bonds with fixed coupons rather than floating rates as the spectre of a rapid rise in yields impels them to lock in their costs of borrowing.

Refinitiv data showed U.S. companies have issued $456 billion through fixed-coupon bonds until March 15, a 12% increase over the same period last year.

At the same time, they have borrowed just $77 billion through floating-rate bonds in that period, a 33% decline.

Eurozone: The European Central Bank won’t allow interest rates to rise too soon while the economy still grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, according to its chief economist.

“Our objective is basically to make sure the yield curves, which play an important role in determining overall financing conditions, do not move ahead of the economy,” Philip Lane said in an interview with the Financial Times.

“It is really a shift in monetary policy away from focusing on just the short-term rate by looking at all financing conditions,” because long-dated yields are key too.

Policy makers decided last week to “significantly” increase the pace of buying in coming months amid concerns that higher yields will pull the rug out from under the euro-area economic recovery.

Important Data: EURO ZONE CPI (YoY) (Feb) today at 6:00 this time estimated 0.9%, previously which was 0.9%. US Building Permits (Feb) today at 8:30 this time estimated 1.75M, previously which was 1.886M. CANADA Core CPI (MoM) (Feb) today at 8:30 previously which was 0.5%. US Crude Oil Inventories today at 10:30 this time estimated 2.964M, previously which was 13.798M.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 24 MARCH 2021
Asia Pacific stocks were mostly down Wednesday morning. The Shanghai composite is down 1.36% at 3,365.20. Overall, the Singapore MSCI up 0.09% at 352.65. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index down 2.24% to 27,842. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 down 1.80% at 28,300, while the Topix index is down 2.04% at 1919.0. South Korea’s Kospi down 0.31% to 2995.55. Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.50% at 6778.8.

European equities Tuesday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.03% up at 1465762.02, CAC 40 futures down 0.39% at 5945.3 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. down 0.40% at 6,699.2.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.94% at 32423.2, the S&P 500 down 0.76% to 3910.5 and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.53% at 13017.8, NYSE closes at 15346.52 down 1.32%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD down 0.24% at 1.37124. The USDJPY down 0.06% at 108.503. The USDCHF up 0.05% at 0.93448. EURUSD down 0.05% at 1.18420, EUR/GBP up 0.31% at 0.86353. The USD/CNY up 0.14% at 6.5254, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures up 0.26% at $1,731.58. Elsewhere, Silver futures up 0.21% to $25.123 per ounce, Platinum up 0.25% at $1169.38 per ounce, and Palladium up 0.10% to $2,604.50.

Crude Oil mix on Wednesday; Brent crude oil up 0.96% to $60.98 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is down 0.94% at $63.16.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 53766.76 down 1.09%, Ethereum at 1662.92 down 0.43%, Litecoin at 190.00 up 2.11%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

NETFLIX Inc. up 2.29% at $535.09, GAP Inc. down 7.715% at $27.87, INTEL Corp. down 3.276% at $63.48, DOW Inc. down 4.346% at $60.75, BOEING Co. down 3.973% at $241.25, GOLDMAN SACHS at 2.228% at $331.77, HONEYWELL Inter. down 1.669% at $208.59, JP MORGAN Chase down 1.0% at $149.46.

Economic news:

US: The U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday it would issue further guidance on a contested provision in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that prohibits states from using stimulus money to replace revenue lost to tax cuts.

The provision has drawn criticism from 21 Republican state attorneys general, with Ohio’s top lawyer suing the Biden administration last week, arguing that broad language in the American Rescue Plan Act violated the state’s constitutional right to determine its own tax policies.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a written response to those concerns: “It is well established that Congress may place such reasonable conditions on how states may use federal funding.”

“Nothing in the act prevents states from enacting a broad variety of tax cuts,” Yellen said, refuting the attorneys general arguments that the stimulus measure denies states the ability to cut taxes in any manner whatsoever.

Eurozone: The City of London may be better off staying out of the EU’s financial services market as it would have to sacrifice autonomy over setting rules to win full access, a report by Britain’s upper house of parliament said on Wednesday.

The European Union has yet to grant Britain direct financial market access after it left the bloc on Dec. 31 and large amounts of trading in stocks and derivatives denominated in euros has shifted to Amsterdam from London.

Brussels will consider whether to grant full access, known as equivalence, once it has agreed a memorandum of understanding with Britain on a new forum for cooperating on financial rules, an agreement that is due by the end of March.

“We agree that broad positive equivalence determinations would best meet the needs of practitioners in both the UK and the EU, but recognise that in many areas the EU is unlikely to grant these without the UK sacrificing more decision-making autonomy than equivalence is worth,” the lawmaker’s report said.

Important Data: UK CPI (YoY) (Feb) today at 3:00 this time estimated 0.8%, previously which was 0.7%. UK Services PMI (Mar) today at 5:30 previously which was 49.5. US Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Feb) today at 8:30 this time estimated 0.6%, previously which was 1.3%. US Crude Oil Inventories today at 10:30 previously which was 2.396M.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 26 MARCH 2021
Asian shares bounced back from a three-month low on Friday. The Shanghai composite is up 1.37% at 3,409.31. Overall, the Singapore MSCI up 0.46% at 357.50. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index up 1.15% to 28,176. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 up 1.33% at 29,000, while the Topix index is up 1.21% at 1966.0. South Korea’s Kospi up 0.80% to 3032.45. Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.60% at 6831.1.

European equities Thursday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.08% down at 14621.36, CAC 40 futures up 0.09% at 5952.4 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. down 0.57% at 6,674.8.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.62% at 32619.5, the S&P 500 up 0.52% to 3909.5 and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.14% at 12780.5, NYSE closes at 15410.37 up 0.88%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD up 0.20% at 1.37580. The USDJPY up 0.08% at 109.266. The USDCHF up 0.08% at 0.94017. EURUSD up 0.10% at 1.17751, EUR/GBP down 0.05% at 0.85587. The USD/CNY up 0.07% at 6.5424, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures down 0.04% at $1,725.93. Elsewhere, Silver futures up 0.16% to $25.078 per ounce, Platinum up 0.56% at $1153.41 per ounce, and Palladium up 0.79% to $2,630.72.

Crude Oil down on Friday; Brent crude oil down 1.08% to $62.47 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is down 6.95% at $59.06.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 52477.96 up 2.24%, Ethereum at 1618.39 up 2.03%, Litecoin at 174.99 up 2.03%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

GAP Inc. up 5.007% at $28.73, WESTROCK Co. up 4.937% at $51.86, LENNAR Corp. up 4.744% at $99.14, AMERICAN AIRLINES. up 4.402% at $22.77, MSCI Inc. down 2.825% at $412.05, NIKE Inc. down 3.394% at $128.64, BIOGEN Inc. up 3.116% at $273.97, NETFLIX Inc. down 3.447% at $502.86.

Economic news:

US: The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Wally Adeyemo as deputy secretary of the Treasury on Thursday, making him the first Black American to hold the powerful job.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen welcomed the Senate vote, calling Adeyemo “a master of shuttle economic diplomacy” who would help meld U.S. economic and national security interests.

Adeyemo, 39, has struck a hard-line tone on China, vowing to fight what he called Beijing’s “unfair economic practices” and hold China accountable to international rules.

Adeyemo will play a key role in shaping U.S. economic policy on issues ranging from financial regulation to relief for everyday Americans and U.S. sanctions on foreign governments.

A former senior adviser at asset manager BlackRock Inc (NYSE:BLK) and the child of Nigerian immigrants, Adeyemo served as a top national security and economic adviser to Democratic former President Barack Obama and held senior jobs at the Treasury.

Yellen said Adeyemo was also “a tireless advocate for the working class” who helped build the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after the global financial crisis of 2008-2009.

Eurozone: The European Union’s plan to take on joint debt on a large scale and channel the money to member states worst hit by COVID-19 will create an important tool to overcome the crisis, but it must remain a one-off event, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.

She spoke to the Bundestag lower house of parliament before it voted to approve the legislation for the EU plan. The upper house, or Bundesrat, is expected to pass it on Friday.

“In the debate today, it will be made clear again that the recovery fund is a one-off instrument limited in time and purpose,” Merkel said, adding that it was an “indispensable” tool to help overcome the COVID-19 economic crisis.

Important Data: UK Retail Sales (MoM) (Feb) today at 3:00 this time estimated 2.1%, previously which was -8.2%. UK  German Ifo Business Climate Index (Mar) today at 5:00 this time estimated 93.2, previously which was 92.4. US Federal Budget today previously which was -430.0B. EUROZONE Leaders’ Summit today at 6:00.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 30 MARCH 2021
Asian shares were mixed early Tuesday. The Shanghai composite is up 0.61% at 3,456.60. Overall, the Singapore MSCI up 0.82% at 362.85. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index up 0.93% to 28,650. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 up 1.13% at 29,410, while the Topix index is up 0.74% at 1976.5. South Korea’s Kospi up 1.07% to 3068.45. Australia S&P/ASX 200 down 1.33% at 6730.1.

European equities Monday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.47% up at 14817.72, CAC 40 futures up 0.45% at 6015.5 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. down 0.15% at 6,761.1.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.30% at 33171.4, the S&P 500 down 0.09% to 3971.1 and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.30% at 12941.7, NYSE closes at 15611.88 down 0.45%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD up 0.14% at 1.37769. The USDJPY up 0.16% at 109.957. The USDCHF up 0.06% at 0.93952. EURUSD down 0.01% at 1.17628, EUR/GBP down 0.09% at 0.85382. The USD/CNY up 0.02% at 6.5709, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures down 0.29% at $1,707.04. Elsewhere, Silver futures down 0.19% to $24.585 per ounce, Platinum down 0.06% at $1172.85 per ounce, and Palladium up 0.12% to $2,539.00.

Crude Oil mix on Tuesday; Brent crude oil down 0.29% to $64.97 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is up 0.99% at $62.13.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 57407.61 down 0.33%, Ethereum at 1798.35 down 1.04%, Litecoin at 190.54 down 1.63%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

FACEBOOK Inc. up 2.756% at $290.82, TWITTER Inc. up 2.742% at $62.94, KRAFT HEINZ Co. up 1.874% at $40.78, PEPSI Co Inc. up 1.479% at $144.81, OKTA Inc. up 1.586% at $215.82, MODERNA Inc. down 7.398% at $123.42, WORKDAY Inc. down 2.62% at $243.12, DOCUSIGN Inc. down 2.258% at $197.4.

Economic news:

US: The U.S. Customs has found forced labour practices in Top Glove Corp Bhd’s production of disposable gloves and directed its ports to seize goods from the manufacturer, it said on Monday.

In a statement overnight, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it has sufficient information to determine labour abuses at the world’s largest medical glove maker.

CBP issued an order in July last year that barred imports from two of Top Glove’s subsidiaries on suspicion of labour abuses.

The ban now extends “to all disposable gloves originating in Top Glove factories in Malaysia,” it told Reuters.

Top Glove shares fell nearly 5% in early morning trade.

Top Glove told Reuters its U.S. counsels are liaising with representatives from the CBP to obtain more clarity and information on the matter.

Eurozone: The European Central Bank must be cautious when it shifts away from its emergency stimulus even if the economy rebounds from the pandemic as predicted, according to outgoing policy maker Vitas Vasiliauskas.

The Governing Council member and head of Lithuania’s central bank, who steps down from those roles next month, said in an interview that the ECB should draw on its earlier experiences of tightening too soon. That means switching back to more-standard monetary tools only gradually.

Even after inflation is back to its pre-pandemic trajectory, policy makers will need to keep quantitative easing in place for “quite a while,” he predicted.

“I don’t think we can allow ourselves to make very sharp changes to our monetary policy, especially having in mind our historic experience,” Vasiliauskas said on Monday. “It would be better to live a little bit longer in the transitional situation.”

ECB officials have been forced to backtrack in the past decade after capping or withdrawing monetary support too soon. They halted bond purchases at the end of 2018 — only to restart buying within a year as the economy deteriorated — and were forced to reverse two interest-rate increases in 2011.

Important Data: US API Weekly Crude Oil Stock today at 16:30 previously which was 2.927M. US S&P/CS HPI Composite – 20 n.s.a. (YoY) (Jan) today at 9:00 this time estimated 11.0%, previously which was 10.1%. US CB Consumer Confidence (Mar)         today at 10:00 this time estimated 96.9, previously which was 91.3. JAPAN Industrial Production (MoM) (Feb) today at 19:50 this time estimated -1.2%, previously which was 4.3%.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 05 APRIL 2021
Asian markets partially closed today. The Shanghai composite is up 1.93% at 3,484.39. Overall, the Singapore MSCI down 0.77% at 361.50. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index up 0.40% to 28,931. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 up 0.53% at 30,090, while the Topix index is up 0.23% at 1981.5. South Korea’s Kospi up 0.26% to 3120.74. Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.07% at 6828.7.

European equities Thursday closing, Friday market was closed. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded up 2.43% at 15107.17, CAC 40 futures up 1.91% at 6103.0 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. down 0.05% at 6,737.3.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.24% up at 33153.2, the S&P 500 up 1.14% to 4019.9 and the Nasdaq 100 up 2.70% at 13329.5, NYSE closes at 15752.24 up 0.44%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD up 0.10% at 1.38311. The USDJPY flat at 110.642. The USDCHF up 0.22% at 0.94326. EURUSD down 0.06% at 1.17530, EUR/GBP down 0.01% at 0.84975. The USD/CNY up 0.36% at 6.5646, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures down 0.52% at $1,725.90. Elsewhere, Silver futures down 0.80% to $24.738 per ounce, Platinum down 0.27% at $1206.43 per ounce, and Palladium down 1.05% to $2,639.00.

Crude Oil mix on Monday; Brent crude oil down 0.91% to $64.06 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is up 0.47% at $61.81.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 57240.98 down 1.67%, Ethereum at 2022.27 down 2.58%, Litecoin at 200.85 down 0.80%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

HESS Corp. up 5.257% at $74.48, TERADYNE Inc. up 5.86% at $128.81, MICRON TECH. up 4.761% at $92.41, TESLA Inc. down 0.925% at $661.75, MICROSOFT Corp. up 2.791% at $242.35, VISA Inc. up 2.423% at $216.86, APPLE Inc. down 0.696% at $123.00, BOEING Inc. down 0.696% at $252.96.

Economic news:

US: U.S. President Joe Biden would be willing to push through his $2 trillion infrastructure plan without the support of Republican lawmakers if he cannot reach a bipartisan deal, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Sunday.

Granholm said Biden would prefer that his plan have Republican backing but, if that does not work, he would likely support using a procedural strategy called reconciliation to allow Democrats to pass it in the Senate.

“As he has said, he was sent to the presidency to do a job for America. And if the vast majority of Americans, Democrats and Republicans, across the country support spending on our country and not allowing us to lose the race globally, then he’s going to do that,” Granholm said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Most Americans currently support the Democratic president’s plan, said Granholm, one of several senior Biden administration officials who promoted the proposal on television news shows on Sunday.

Since taking office in January, the Democratic president has repeatedly said he wants to work with Republicans.

Eurozone: Britain’s organised crime agency is reviewing a report by a group of London-based lawyers which accuses Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh and associates of money laundering and corrupt practices, four sources familiar with the matter said.

The 76-page report, seen by Reuters, outlines what it says are assets, companies and investment vehicles in Britain worth hundreds of millions of pounds which it alleges Salameh, members of his family and his associates used over years to divert funds out of Lebanon.

Salameh, who has led Lebanon’s central bank since 1993, told Reuters he had read a copy of the report and described it as part of a smear campaign. “They are false allegations,” he said.

London-based legal practice Guernica37 submitted the report to British police late last year, two of the sources said. They said it was then referred to Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA). The report was prepared on behalf a group from Lebanese civil society in the diaspora.

“We can confirm we have received that report, but we are not in a position to comment further,” a spokesman for the NCA said, declining to say whether an investigation had been launched. Two of the sources said NCA’s financial investigation unit was carrying out a scoping exercise, a form of preliminary investigation, to determine whether there were sufficient grounds to start a formal investigation.

Important Data: US Services PMI (Mar) today at 9:45 this time estimated 60.0, previously which was 59.80. US Markit Composite PMI (Mar) today at 9:45 previously which was 59.10. US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Mar) today at 10:00 this time estimated 58.5, previously which was 55.30. JAPAN Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) (YoY) (Mar) today at 19:30 this time estimated 2.8%, previously which was -7.3%.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 07 APRIL 2021
A gauge of Asian shares climbed to three-week highs on Wednesday. The Shanghai composite is down 0.35% at 3,470.15. Overall, the Singapore MSCI down 0.08% at 361.60. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index down 0.83% at 28,689. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 up 0.17% at 29,750, while the Topix index is up 0.59% at 1966.5. South Korea’s Kospi up 0.30% to 3136.50. Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.55% at 6923.9.

European equities Tuesday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded up 0.70% at 15212.68, CAC 40 futures up 0.47% at 6131.3 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. up 1.28% at 6,823.6.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.29% down at 33430.2, the S&P 500 down 0.10% to 4073.9 and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.06% at 13590.6, NYSE closes at 15877.95 up 0.05%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD down 0.26% at 1.37860. The USDJPY up 0.08% at 109.578. The USDCHF down 0.07% at 0.93011. EURUSD down 0.03% at 1.18699, EUR/GBP up 0.22% at 0.86077. The USD/CNY up 0.02% at 6.5403, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures down 0.40% at $1,737.41. Elsewhere, Silver futures down 0.55% to $25.017 per ounce, Platinum up 0.13% at $1239.65 per ounce, and Palladium down 0.34% to $2,675.50.

Crude Oil up on Wednesday; Brent crude oil up 0.10% to $62.74 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is up 0.79% at $60.11.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 58276.58 up 0.45%, Ethereum at 2097.50 down 0.74%, Litecoin at 236.54 down 0.24%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

ETSY Inc. up 4.468% at $206.01, TWITTER Inc. up 4.296% at $67.0, DISCOVERY Inc. up 4.179% at $43.38, KLA Corp. down 2.388% at $346.60, BIOGEN Inc. down 2.202% at $271.76, BAIDU Inc. up 1.916% at $226.44, NETEASE Inc. up 1.639% at $107.27, CSX Corp. down 1.481% at $97.11.

Economic news:

US: Top White House economist Cecilia Rouse on Tuesday defended President Joe Biden’s plan to spend $400 billion on the “care economy” as a legitimate infrastructure investment and key part of his drive to address persistent economic inequities.

Republicans have blasted Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure package as riddled with liberal spending priorities, and want to strip out funding for home- and community-based jobs taking care of kids and seniors.

Rouse told an online event that was faulty thinking.

“So many people said, ‘Oh, the $400 billion that are being proposed for the home care workers or the home care sector, that’s not really infrastructure,'” she said. “Well I beg to differ. I can’t go to work, if I don’t have someone who’s taking care of my parents or my children.”

Biden’s infrastructure plan, his second major legislative initiative, appears unlikely to draw more bipartisan support than his first, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that passed with only Democratic support last month.

The infrastructure package includes $25 billion to upgrade child-care facilities and increase the number of sites in areas with few child-care options, and the Biden administration is working on another package with more funding to be unveiled in coming weeks.

Eurozone: Top economic policymakers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised countries talked on Tuesday about how they will reform their economies to achieve their net zero emissions targets, this year’s chair, Britain, said.

“Finance ministers and central bank governors discussed the key roles of their ministries and central banks in the transition to net zero, and how climate policies complement and amplify the role of the private sector in financing climate action,” Britain’s finance ministry said in a statement.

British finance minister Rishi Sunak told attendees they needed to step up their plans to achieve the G7’s goal of creating $100 billion of climate finance, the finance ministry said.

Sunak will on Wednesday call on the Group of Twenty major economies to focus their efforts to tackle climate change and help the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to make climate change key to its activities, the finance ministry said.

On Thursday he will discuss more support for vulnerable countries and a new allocation of the IMF’s financial reserves, an internal currency known as special drawing rights (SDRs).

Important Data: UK Composite PMI (Mar) today at 4:30 this time estimated 56.6, previously which was 56.6. US Crude Oil Inventories today at 10:30 this time estimated -1.436M, previously which was -0.876M. US Imports today at 5:00 previously which was 260.20B. Italian Services PMI (Mar) today at 3:45 this time estimated 49.0, previously which was 48.8.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 09 APRIL 2021
Asia Pacific stocks were mostly down Friday morning. The Shanghai composite is down 1.08% at 3,444.91. Overall, the Singapore MSCI down 0.11% at 359.40. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index down 1.25% at 28,660. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 up 0.67% at 29,870, while the Topix index is up 0.67% at 1965.0. South Korea’s Kospi down 0.51% to 3126.35. Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.14% at 6988.9.

European equities Thursday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded up 0.17% at 15202.68, CAC 40 futures up 0.57% at 6165.7 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. up 0.83% at 6,942.2.

In U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.17% up at 33503.6, the S&P 500 up 0.42% to 4097.2 and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.36% at 13751.8, NYSE closes at 15886.56 up 0.30%.

In the Forex market, GBPUSD down 0.15% at 1.37121. The USDJPY up 0.12% at 109.384. The USDCHF up 0.11% at 0.92481. EURUSD down 0.14% at 1.18960, EUR/GBP up 0.05% at 0.86772. The USD/CNY up 0.05% at 6.5546, at the time of writing.

In the commodity market U.S Gold futures down 0.30% at $1,750.25. Elsewhere, Silver futures down 0.51% to $25.305 per ounce, Platinum down 1.17% at $1217.14 per ounce, and Palladium down 0.10% to $2,626.00.

Crude Oil down on Friday; Brent crude oil down 0.55% to $62.96 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) is down 0.17% at $60.27.

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD at 57943.15 down 0.22%, Ethereum at 2070.53 down 0.50%, Litecoin at 223.52 down 1.22%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

ETSY Inc. up 5.573% at $215.39, TWITTER Inc. up 3.232% at $71.22, DISCOVERY Inc. down 3.48% at $41.88, OKTA Inc. up 7.153% at $238.48, AUTODESK Inc. up 2.555% at $293.43, BIOGEN Inc. down 0.854% at $265.73, VISA Inc. up 0.652% at $220.7, 3M Co. up 0.395% at $195.72.

Economic news:

US: The U.S. Federal Reserve plans to keep its super-easy policy in place even as data shows the economy kicking into higher gear, with policymakers predicting on Thursday that an expected increase in prices this year will fade on its own, and warning about the recent uptick in COVID-19 infections.

“Cases are moving back up here, so I would just urge that people do get vaccinated and continue socially distancing,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who has had his shots, said at an economic forum during virtual International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings. “We don’t want to get another outbreak; even if it might have less economic damage and kill fewer people, it’ll slow down the recovery.”

Speaking at a separate event, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said the Fed should not even discuss changes in monetary policy until it is clear the pandemic is over, tying future Fed discussions tightly to the success of the vaccination effort.

The Fed has said it will keep buying $120 billion in bonds a month until it sees “substantial further progress” toward meeting the central bank’s employment and inflation goals.

Eurozone: European Central Bank policymakers at their meeting last month debated a smaller increase in bond purchases and agreed to front-load the buying this quarter on condition it could be cut later if conditions allow, the accounts of their meeting showed on Thursday.

Worried that rising yields would derail an eventual recovery, policymakers in March decided to “significantly” increase bond purchases and undo some of the rise in borrowing costs, which was deemed a reflection of a global repricing rather than improved economic prospects.

Monthly bond buys under the ECB’s 1.85 trillion-euro Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme jumped by over a fifth last month, enough to stabilize nominal bond yields and push inflation-adjusted yields back to their early-year lows.

However, some policymakers argued that a smaller increase in bond purchases would better reflect a more balanced risk assessment and expectations for faster growth.

“All members joined a broad consensus around the proposal put forward by (chief economist Philip) Lane, on the understanding that the total PEPP envelope was not being called into question in the current conditions and that the pace of purchases could be reduced in the future,” the account of the March 10-11 meeting showed.

Important Data: US PPI (MoM) (Mar) today at 8:30 this time estimated 0.5%, previously which was 0.5%. CANADA Employment Change (Mar) today at 8:30 this time estimated 100K, previously which was 259.2K. CANADA Unemployment Rate (Mar) today at 8:30 this time estimated 8%, previously which was 8.2%. UK Halifax House Price Index (MoM) (Mar) today at 3:30 previously which was 0.1%.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 16 APRIL 2021
ASIAN MARKET:-

Mainland Chinese stocks were up by the early morning. The Shanghai Composite was up by 0.14% to 3,426.68. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was up about 0.79% to 28,998.75.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei average. Nikkei 225 is trading up 0.14 per cent at 29,683.06 on  Friday, while the  Australian Index S&P / ASX 200 rose  0.07 per cent to 7,063.71. South Korea’s Kospi was up by 0.13% to 3198.08.

EUROPEAN MARKET:-

The FTSE MIB climbed up by 0.13%  to 24,560.50 In the cash markets, the DAX futures Germany was trading 0.29%  higher at 15,299.25. CAC 40 futures in France climbed up by 0.15% to 6,243.60, while the FTSE 100 futures in the U.K. rose by 0.42% to 7,013.41, at the time of writing.

US MARKET:-

In the U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 0.16% at 33,730.27 the S&P 500 was up 1.11% to 4,170.86 and the Nasdaq 100 was up 1.31% at 14,038.76.

FOREX MARKET:-

In the Forex market, GBPUSD  fell 0.37% at 1.3735. The USDJPY was up 0.11% at 108.86. The USDCHF was up 0.21% at 0.9208. EURUSD was up 0.01% at 1.1968, EUR/GBP was up 0.41% at 0.8713, at the time of writing.

COMMODITY MARKET;-

In the commodity market, U.S. Gold futures fell 0.06% at $1,765.45. Elsewhere, Silver futures fell 0.15% to $25.925 per ounce, Platinum rose 0.32% at $1,202.90 per ounce, and Palladium was up 0.38% at $2,750.50.

Brent crude oil was up 0.12% to $67.17 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) rose 0.37% at $63.66.

CRYPTO-CURRENCY MARKET:-

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD is at $61,275 down 2.54%, Ethereum at 2,400.18 down 2.71%, Litecoin at 283.442  up 3.64%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

Daimler up 2.58% at 77.335, Apple Inc. up 1.87% at $134.50, Facebook up 1.65% at $ 307.82, TESLA Inc. up 0.90% at $738.85, Volkswagen up 1.26% at $240.46., Nvidia up 5.63% at $645.49, Barclays up 3.70% at 188.37.

Economic news:

USA MARKET

The U.S. economy still has a long way to go to fully recover from the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which hit minorities and people with lower levels of education hardest, but the outlook is improving, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester said on Thursday.

“While the economy is still far from our policy goals of maximum employment and price stability, progress is being made and the economic outlook is brightening,” Mester said during a virtual event with students from Swarthmore College.

On the inflation front, the Fed official said price readings could be high in the near-term as companies struggle with supply chain disruptions and prices rebound from lows reached early in the pandemic, but price growth is likely to slow as time passes and those challenges are resolved.

“I’m not too concerned about inflation moving too high at this point,” Mester said.

The U.S. economy could see strong growth in the second half of the year and labor market conditions should continue to improve as long as there is not a surge in infections of virus strains that are resistant to vaccines, Mester told reporters after the event.

The policymaker expects the U.S. economy to grow by 6% or more this year and the unemployment rate to drop to 4.5% or lower by year-end.

EUROZONE:-

The European Parliament’s committees on relations with Britain on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour of the post-Brexit trade and cooperation agreement, clearing the path to its final ratification.

They had suspended voting in March in protest over British changes to trading arrangements in Northern Ireland, which Brussels says breach the terms of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.

The United Kingdom left the European Union on Jan. 31 after years of tortuous negotiations over their future relations but many details remain unclear, leading to acrimony.

The EU’s foreign affairs and trade committees backed the trade and cooperation agreement struck in December by 108 votes to one, with four abstentions, the parliament said in a statement.

The full chamber must still give its approval and, while it is clear the deal would receive majority backing, it is not certain that lawmakers will vote.

Parliament faces an end-April deadline but has said it wants to see Britain move on implementing the Northern Ireland protocol.

If there is no vote this month and provisional application of the agreement is not extended, then the trade deal would cease to apply, leaving Britain and the European Union to trade on World Trade Organization terms with tariffs and quotas.

Christophe Hansen, a lead lawmaker on post-Brexit ties, said Britain would not agree to another extension, meaning the end of April was a potential cliff edge. But he supported the agreement on Thursday.

“Plunging our companies into renewed uncertainty would be irresponsible and definitely in nobody’s interest,” he said.

Parliamentary leaders compromised this week by allowing the committee vote and could still decide to put the trade deal before the full chamber in its April 26-29 session.

The Brexit impact on Northern Ireland has helped fuel the worst violence in the province for years, but EU-UK rhetoric has dialled down and technical experts from both sides have sought to overcome differences.

British negotiator David Frost will meet European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic on Thursday evening. The Commission said the meeting was designed as a stock-taking exercise and to provide a steer for future talks.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 20 APRIL 2021
ASIAN MARKET:-

Mainland Chinese stocks were down by the early morning. The Shanghai Composite was down by 0.12% to 3,473.68. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was down about 0.03% to 29,105.75.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei average. Nikkei 225 is trading down 1.97 per cent at 29,100.06 on  Tuesday, while the  Australian Index S&P / ASX 200 fell  0.68 per cent to 7,073.71. South Korea’s Kospi was up by 0.68% to 3220.08.

EUROPEAN MARKET:-

The FTSE MIB climbed down by 0.21%  to 24,691.46 In the cash markets, the DAX futures Germany was trading 0.59%  lower at 15,368.25. CAC 40 futures in France climbed up by 0.15% to 6,296.60, while the FTSE 100 futures in the U.K. fell by 0.28% to 7,000.08, at the time of writing.

US MARKET:-

In the U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  0.36% down at 34,077.27 the S&P 500 was down 0.53% to 4,163.28 and the Nasdaq 100 was down 0.98% at 13,914.76.

FOREX MARKET:-

In the Forex market, GBPUSD  rose 0.12% at 1.3998. The USDJPY was up 0.25% at 108.43. The USDCHF was down 0.02% at 0.9148. EURUSD was up 0.29% at 1.2067, EUR/GBP was up 0.23% at 0.8622, at the time of writing.

COMMODITY MARKET;-

In the commodity market, U.S. Gold futures fell 0.09% at $1,769.45. Elsewhere, Silver futures rose 0.50% to $25.968 per ounce, Platinum fell 0.20% at $1,209.05 per ounce, and Palladium was down 0.13% at $2,807.50.

Brent crude oil was up 0.94% to $67.67 barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (CLc1) rose  0.91% at $64.01.

CRYPTO-CURRENCY MARKET:-

In the Cryptocurrency Markets, BTCUSD is at $53,735 down 6.13%, Ethereum at 2,074.18 down 8.40%, Litecoin at 237.442  down 14.16%, at the time of writing.

TOP STOCKS TO WATCH OUT TODAY:

Technical Analysis
Barclays down 0.16% at 187.38, Apple Inc. up 0.51% at $134.84, Amazon up 0.60% at $ 3,399.44, TESLA Inc. down 3.40% at $714.78, Vodafone Group down 0.41% at 134.72., Microsoft down 0.77% at $258.74, BioNTech down 1.09% at 122.45.

Economic news:

USA MARKET

Technical Analysis
Two Biden administration agencies have struck a deal to offer 22,000 extra seasonal guestworker visas to employers in the coming months, Bloomberg Law reported on Monday.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh agreed late last week to lift the cap on H-2B visas, the report

The extra visas for seasonal non-agricultural labor, called the H-2B visas, are in addition to the annual allotment of 66,000 H-2B visas.

Earlier in April, President Joe Biden allowed a proclamation from his Republican predecessor that had blocked many temporary foreign workers from coming into the United States to expire.

The Democratic president has rolled back some of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies since taking office on Jan. 20, including last month revoking a proclamation that had blocked many immigrant visa applicants from entering the United States.

EUROZONE:-

Technical Analysis
The UK government will look into the national security implications of U.S. group Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s purchase of British chip designer ARM Holdings (LON:ARM), it said on Monday, raising a question mark over the $40 billion deal.

Digital minister Oliver Dowden said he had issued a so-called intervention notice over the sale of ARM by Japan’s SoftBank to Nvidia.

Nvidia said it does not believe the deal poses any material national security issues.

“We will continue to work closely with the British authorities, as we have done since the announcement of this deal,” said Nvidia, the biggest U.S. chip company by market capitalisation.

ARM is a major player in global semiconductors, a sector fundamental to technologies from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to 5G telecoms networks. Its designs power nearly every smartphone and millions of other devices.

Semiconductors also underpin critical infrastructure in Britain and are in technology related to defence and national security matters, the government said, adding that officials from the security community had informed the decision to intervene.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will assess the competition, jurisdiction and national security impact of the deal, with a report due by July 30, the government sa

id.

Dowden will then decide whether to clear the deal, either with or without undertakings from the companies involved, or refer it for a longer, in-depth investigation.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY