Baker Hughes US oil rig count unchanged this week

US oil and natural gas drilling rigs Oil rigs unchanged at 512 Gas rigs down 1 to 114 Oil rigs down 16% from the peak If I’m OPEC+ and looking at this, I feel totally in control. There’s no surge of US production coming to counter OPEC cuts. Some notes from John Kemp: Based on

Dollar edges lower ahead of payrolls; set for losing week By Investing.com

Investing.com – The U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Friday, on course to end a six-week winning streak ahead of the release of the highly-anticipated monthly U.S. jobs report.  At 03:15 ET (07:15 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.1% lower at 103.544,

Calm Before the Storm Ahead of Big Data Week

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EUR/USD, EUR/GBP Eye Reprieve Following Testing Week

EUR/USD, EUR/GBP PRICE FORECAST: Trade Smarter – Sign up for the DailyFX Newsletter Receive timely and compelling market commentary from the DailyFX team Subscribe to Newsletter WEEKLY FORECAST: US Dollar Forecast: Powell Adopts Hawkish Tone but DXY Eyes Potential Retracement The Euro appears to be eyeing a temporary reprieve and recovery on Monday following a

Relief Rally to Start the Week Ahead of Key Macro Data

Wall Street managed to get through the Jackson Hole Symposium unscathed (DJIA +0.73%; S&P 500 +0.67%; Nasdaq +0.94%), despite a hawkish takeaway from Fed Chair Jerome Powell last Friday. The general view may be that market participants were already priced for a hawkish outcome in the lead-up to his speech, which allows room for some

EUR/USD is 1 Week Away from the Longest Losing Streak Since 2014

Euro, EUR/USD, RSI Divergence – Technical Update: Euro at 6-week loss, 7th would mean longest since 2014 EUR/USD confirms breakout under key rising support Watch for positive RSI divergence on the 4-hour chart Recommended by Daniel Dubrovsky Get Your Free EUR Forecast At 6 weeks, the Euro is on its longest consecutive losing streak against

Baker Hughes total rigs down to 632 from 642 last week

Oil rigs moved from 520 to 512 or -8 rigs Natural gas rigs moved from 117 to 115 or -2 rigs Total rigs moved from 642 to 632 or -10 rigs The trend in rigs continue to the downside. From a year ago, the total rigs are down -133 rigs or -17.4%. The price of

EUR/USD falls below the 200-day SMA at the end of the week

Share: The EUR/USD fell below the 200-day SMA of 1.0800 towards the 1.0795 area to close the week. The Euro tallied a fourth consecutive weekly loss against the USD. The cautious stance by Christine Lagarde at the Jackson Hole Symposium weakens the Euro. In Friday’s session, the EUR/USD bears broke through the 200-day Simple