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FxWirePro: USD/NOK rebounds from 1-1/2 month trough, intraday bias bullish

Nov 18, 2019 10:19 am UTC| Technicals

The Norwegian Krone retreated from a 1-1/2 month peak as the dust settled on upbeat balance of trade figures. USD/NOK trades 0.2 percent up at 9.0969, having touched a low of 9.0629 earlier, its lowest since October...

Crypto Technicals: BCH/USD finds strong support at 4H 200 SMA (262.73), break below to plummet prices

Nov 18, 2019 09:38 am UTC| Digital Currency Technicals

BCH/USD chart - Trading View Exchange - Coinbase Support: 262.73 (4H 200 SMA); Resistance: 268.49 (55-EMA) Technical Analysis: Bias Bearish BCH/USD was trading 0.97% lower on the day at 263.42 at 09:05 GMT...

FxWirePro: USD/DKK at 1-1/2 week trough, good to sell on rallies

Nov 18, 2019 09:26 am UTC| Technicals

USD/DKK is currently trading 0.1 percent down at 6.7546, having hit low of 6.7514 earlier, its lowest since November 7. Momentum indicators are bearish - RSI strong at 49.92 and Stochs are biased lower. Immediate...

FxWirePro: Gold Weekly Outlook

Nov 18, 2019 09:13 am UTC| Technicals

Major support: $1445 (38.2% fib) Gold has halted its 3-month of losing streak and shown a minor recovery of $20 from low of $1448. The US-China trade optimism is putting pressure on safe-haven assets like yen, gold....

FxWirePro: EUR/SEK off 1-week low, jump till 10.6847 likely

Nov 18, 2019 08:58 am UTC| Technicals

The Swedish Krona eased after rising to a 1-week peak in the previous session on better-than-expected industrial inventories data. EUR/SEK trades 0.1 percent up at 10.6572, having hit a low of 10.6417 on Friday, its...

FxWirePro: Silver falls in European hours, stay short

Nov 18, 2019 08:31 am UTC| Technicals

XAG/USD is currently trading around $16.80 marks. It made intraday high at $16.98 and low at $16.79 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at $17.02 mark. A daily close...

FxWirePro: AUD/USD Descending Channel Suggests Renewed weakness – Trading And Hedging Setup

Nov 18, 2019 07:56 am UTC| Technicals

Technical chart and candlestick patterns:AUDUSDminor trend has been sliding through sloping channel (refer daily chart). Shooting stars have occurred at channel resistance(refer circular area), the bearish pattern candles...

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Economy

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Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

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South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

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Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

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US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

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What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

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Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

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The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

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Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

Binance Enhances SHIB, USTC, AGIX Trading and Liquidity for Better Market Dynamics

Binance has announced efforts to enhance liquidity and trading for Shiba Inu (SHIB), USTC, and SingularityNET (AGIX), including tick size adjustments aimed at improving market dynamics and trading experience. Binances...

OpenAI Disbands Team Tackling AI Risks Amid Leadership Changes and GPT-4o Launch

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$73M Crypto Scam: Two Foreign Nationals Arrested for 'Pig Butchering'

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Crucial SHIB Warning Goes Out: Fake Airdrop Scams Targeting Community, Here's Reason

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