Eurostoxx 50 index sell signal; the index may have topped out at 3569; current price 3510; downside potential remains in the short term for a test of the 3467 support; profit taking and comments from the ECB about the worsening European conditions may add to short term selling pressure across European stocks;
Upcoming Events:
- Today; US GDP forecast to be weakest in two years expected to fall from 3.1% to 1.8%; and
- Today; earnings updates from Google; Twitter and McDonald’s;
Market Insights:
- Amazon missed earnings; share price falls in after market trading;
- European Central Bank (ECB) signals “Worse and Worse” EU economic outlook; especially for countries that depend on the manufacturing sector; ECB leaves interest rates unchanged; however the ECB see’s risk of a recession as pretty low;
- EUR/USD trending lower;
- Eurostoxx 50 index may have topped out at 3569;
- Asian markets closed lower; Japan Nikkei 225 lost 98 points during the overnight session as Asian traders shift out of risk ahead of the weekend;
- Crude Oil prices +1% last 5 days current price 56.34; downside potential remains on weaker demand concerns; current price down -2.7% for the past 30 days; support spotted at 51.70; resistance at 58.50;
Charts
EUR/USD price trending lower; price touched the 1.1102 key support and bounced higher; current price 1.1141 down -75 pips last 5 days; resistance at 1.1230; a re-test of the 1.1102 cannot be ruled out; a break below opens up 1.0990 further;
Source: FXGM / Bloomberg