The coronavirus outbreak is ravaging Europe, and for the time being, the now fewer reported cases in Italy – the hardest-hit country by the epidemic in the EU – offers one of the only few glimmers of hope that the situation can soon be resolved. Deaths keep mounting at different paces in all European countries, with the fatality rate in Spain reaching 1000 casualties per day. [...]

Yesterday the British American Tobacco (BAT) Company, announced its participation in the global rush to develop a SARS-COV-19 vaccine. [...]In its statement from yesterday, BAT said that it would be ready to start producing as much as 3 million doses of the vaccine per week as early as June, provided that it receives the necessary government support. The company has worked on a vaccine for Ebola in the past, which gives its claims credence. [...]

The EURUSD has had turbulent few weeks, in which the underlying volatility defining the price action of the world’s two most popular currencies has increased drastically. Sudden surges followed by equally startling collapses in demand have prompted severe fluctuations in the pair’s price action, which is currently being inspired by dramatic shifts in tone in the continually developing coronavirus situation. [...]

The price of crude oil bounced back up today by nearly 7 per cent from a low that has not been reached in almost two decades. The price rose from the historic support level at 20.00 dollars per barrel after it was announced that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held talks over the phone yesterday. According to people familiar with the matter , they discussed the prospects of working together to stabilise the jolted energy market. [...]

The uniqueness of the coronavirus situation causes the range-trading environment on the EURJPY, which is displaying the behaviour of a normal range. This means that traders can apply range trading strategies in order to examine the peculiarities of the current market setup [...]. Thereby, the purpose of the present analysis is [...] to outline the crucial points of interest within the boundaries of the underscored range.

[...] the coronavirus pandemic presents an unprecedented ordeal for the global economy, and questioning whether the Dow is currently in a bearish or bullish market is ultimately futile. [...] In that sense, we can candidly assert that the Dow Jones currently finds itself in no man’s land – it could just as likely fall, consolidate, or rise, in the next following weeks.

The price of wheat is typically affected by market seasonality, as there is a strong correlation between the time of the year and the global supply of wheat. [...] Right now, however, national lockdowns could very likely affect those strict timelines [...] Hence, the current analysis examines the expected impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on the cultivation of wheat [...]

We estimate that Amazon is one of those publically traded companies that are most likely to undergo through profound changes in its operations by the time the COVID-19 outbreak is dealt with. That is why its stock value is also expected to change drastically over the following weeks and months. Hence, the purpose of the current analysis is to evaluate the present fundamental factors, which are affecting the company [...]

The Services PMI and Manufacturing PMI numbers, which were released earlier today, ha already begun affecting the French stock market, and have left a noticeable imprint on the CAC 40's price action. Therefore, it is the purpose of the present analysis to examine the current state of the French economy with regards to today's data releases and to project the most likely consequence for the index' future development.

It follows that the PMI data in the EU and the UK could propel the EURGBP in either direction[...] the purpose of the present analysis is to examine the current state of EURGBP's price action. It aims to determine whether last week's bullish trend is going to be continued, or the formation of the recent consolidation range is an early indication that the direction of the price is ready to revert itself.