A bit of an update, with Kpler’s intel source Amena Bakr reporting on the matter. She says that “a number of LPG vessels crossed the strait yesterday and headed towards India”. Adding that “the strait is not closed, but the passage of vessels is tightly controlled by Iran and vessels need to seek permission before passing”. I don’t believe…
AUD/JPY extends its losses for the second successive day, trading around 110.60 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The currency cross weakens amid heightened risk aversion following a fresh wave of Israeli strikes on Tehran. Israel launched its latest attack on Iran despite US President Donald Trump signaling a pause in strikes on energy infrastructure after what he described…
Is the trend still our friend on AUD/JPY? The pair is sitting on a confluence of support levels visible on its 4-hour time frame. Check out these potential inflection points. AUD/JPY 4-hour Forex Chart Faster with TradingView This Aussie pair has been cruising higher since late January, forming higher lows connected by an ascending trend line that’s currently being…
Earlier: PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 6.8840 – Reuters estimate PBOC inject 17.5bn yuan in 7-day reverse repo OMO at 1.4% (unchanged rate) This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said that unless the Iran conflict resolves quickly and the central bank can simply “look through” a temporary increase in oil prices, it is not clear what the next move on interest rates will need to be, Reuters reported on Monday. Key quotes There are at least two possible paths for…
Monday’s session was defined by an extraordinary intraday reversal in risk sentiment, as President Trump’s announcement of a five-day postponement to planned strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure triggered a sharp unwind of the geopolitical risk premium that had gripped markets since the weekend. WTI crude oil swung more than $15 per barrel in either direction before settling roughly 9%…
Australia’s flash PMI shows a return to contraction, with services-led weakness and surging cost pressures highlighting a stagflationary backdrop. Summary: Flash Australia composite PMI falls to 47.0 (Feb: 52.4) → first contraction in 18 months Services activity drops sharply to 46.6 (Feb: 52.8) → first decline in over two years Manufacturing PMI eases to 50.1 (Feb: 51.0), while output…
South Korea Producer Price Index Growth (MoM): 0.6% (February)
2026.03.23 2026.03.23 Short-Term Analysis for BTCUSD, XRPUSD, and ETHUSD for 23.03.2026 Roman Oneginhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/roman-onegin/ Dear readers, I’ve prepared a short-term forecast for Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum based on Elliott Wave analysis. The article covers the following subjects: Major Takeaways BTCUSD: The last part of impulse 5 appears to be developing. Consider selling the asset with Take Profit at 60,950.12. XRPUSD: The…
Crude oil futures are settling sharply lower, down -$10.10 (-10.28%) to $88.13, after trading in a wide range between a high of $101.67 and a low of $84.37. The catalyst for the selloff came after President Trump’s Truth Social post, which signaled productive talks between the U.S. and Iran and a five-day postponement of planned strikes on Iranian energy…
