TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REPORT – 23 AUGUST 2022

 

GAS PRICES SURGED 13% OVERNIGHT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Asian Pacific shares were down for a seventh straight session on Tuesday. The Shanghai Composite is down 0.18% at 3,271.98. Overall, the Singapore MSCI is down 1.66% at 290.55. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index is down 1.17% at 19,364.00. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 is down 1.11% at 28,390.00, while the Topix index is down 1.01% at 1968.00. South Korea’s Kospi is down 1.10% at 2,435.34. Australia S&P/ASX 200 down 1.21% at 6961.80.

Top News of the Day:

A winter with impending energy shortages is rapidly coming, inflation is on the verge of double digits, and the European Central Bank has begun a cycle of tightening financial conditions. Worryingly, this outlook is still likely to get worse before any significant improvement well into 2023.

Benchmark gas prices in the European Union surged 13% overnight to a record peak, having doubled in just a month to be 14 times higher than the average of the past decade.

Market Summary as per 22/08/2022:

European equities Monday closing. The DAX futures contract in Germany traded down 2.32% at 13,230.57, CAC 40 futures down 1.80% at 6378.75 and the UK 100 futures contract in the U.K. down 0.22% at 7,533.80.

In the U.S. on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 1.91% at 33063.62. The S&P 500 down 2.14% at 4138.00 and the Nasdaq 100 down 2.66% at 12890.54, NYSE closes down 1.58% at 15341.84.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

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TRADE SUGGESTION- SELL AT 1.1771, TAKE PROFIT AT 1.1757 AND STOP LOSS AT 1.1789

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