Economic mirror of the day, comments

Economic mirror of the day


Futures for Brent crude fell 0.02 percent to $ 60.43 per barrel. Futures contracts for US oil WTI by this time traded at $ 53.93 per barrel, 0.06 percent higher than the previous closing.

The dollar index fell by 0.16 percent to 94,769 points, being at the maximum of three months, set on Friday. The euro rose by 0.05 percent to $ 1.1614 by the end of the three-month low at $ 1.1574 on Friday and a decline of 1.6 percent in the week, which was the worst performance in 11 months.

The euro fell against the Japanese yen on Monday.

At the time of publication of this material, EUR / JPY is trading at 131.93, having lost 0.01%.

We believe that support is now at 131.74, the low of Friday, and the resistance is likely to come in the level of 134.52 - the maximum of the environment.

Meanwhile, the euro rose against the US dollar and the British pound. EUR / USD, gaining 0.03%, reached the level of 1.1611, and EUR / GBP, having risen by 0.06%, reached the level of 0.88840.

December gold futures rose 0.51% to $ 1,276.06 at the New York Mercantile Exchange COMEX. Earlier during the trading session, gold prices fell to a minimum of three weeks at $ 1263.80 per ounce. Over the week, the pair lost some 0.68% gold. Trades for other precious metals: the price of silver rose 0.4% to $ 16.87 per troy ounce at the close of the trading session on Friday. Platinum fell 0.4% and traded at $ 918.40. At the close of trading on Friday, copper futures fell 2.31% to $ 3.104 a pound. Investors decided to fix the profit after the recent growth. Over the week, copper prices fell 1.81% for the first time in five weeks.