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DAILY NEWS BRIEF - MARKET OUTLOOK
March 24, 2026
 
   
 
Crude Oil (WTI)   Gold   USD/JPY   EUR/USD   S&P 500 (CME)   GBP/USD   Silver   Dow Jones (CME)  
 
 
  Market Wrap  
 
  Market Wrap: Stocks, Bonds, Commodities  
 
 
On Monday, U.S. stocks rebounded after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had “very good and productive conversations” with Iran, with the S&P 500 rallying 74 points (+1.15%) to 6,581, and the Nasdaq 100 up 290 points (+1.22%) to 24,188.

The Dow Jones jumped 631 points (+1.38%) to 46,208.

Trump added in his social-media post that U.S. forces will postpone military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days.

And he later told reporters that both the U.S. and Iran wanted to “make a deal”.

Oil prices staged a dramatic reversal on hopes of resolution of the Iran war. U.S. crude-oil futures ran up to 101 dollars a barrel in early Asian hours on Monday, but reversed through the session to settle at 88.13 dollars a barrel, down 10.10 dollars or 10.28% compared to Friday.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield closed 3.4 basis points lower at 4.350%.

All tech giants rebounded on Monday, with Tesla (TSLA) rising 3.50%, Amazon (AMZN) up 2.32%, Meta (META) up 1.75%, Nvidia (NVDA) up 1.70%, and Apple (AAPL) up 1.41%.

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) surged 6.74%, outperforming those tech giants.

Cruise stocks performed well, with Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) climbing 6.17%, and Carnival (CCL) up 5.51%.

Airline stocks also closed higher, with United Airlines (UAL) gaining 4.46%, and American Airlines (AAL) up 3.64%.

Meanwhile, Micron Technology (MU) fell a further 4.39%, and Sandisk (SNDK) was down 1.02%.

In Europe, the DAX 40 rebounded 1.22%, and the CAC 40 was up 0.79%, while the FTSE 100 closed 0.24% lower.

Gold once tumbled over 8% to levels around 4,100 dollars an ounce in Asian trading hours on Monday, but worked its way back up to 4,400 dollars an ounce at close. However, it was still down 84 dollars (-1.89%) on day, posting a four-session decline.
 
 
  Market Wrap: Forex  
 
 
The U.S. dollar softened against most other major currencies after Trump delayed striking Iran’s energy infrastructure. The dollar index fell to 99.12.

EUR/USD rose 40 pips to 1.1610.

USD/JPY failed again to reach the key level of 160, declining 76 pips to 158.46.

This morning, Japan’s data showed that its core inflation rate slowed to 1.60% year on year in February from 2.0% in January.

GBP/USD advanced 85 pips to 1.3424, while AUD/USD dropped 15 pips to 0.7008.

USD/CHF slipped 15 pips to 0.7864, while USD/CAD was little changed at 1.3725.

Bitcoin rebounded alongside risk assets, bouncing over 4% to levels above 70,000 dollars.
 
 
 
 
  Please note that due to market volatility, some of the key levels may have already been reached and scenarios played out.
 
 
     
 
Crude Oil (WTI)‎ (K6)‎ Intraday: key resistance at 92.60.
 
Pivot:
92.60
 
Our preference:
Short positions below 92.60 with targets at 84.40 & 81.30 in extension.
 
Alternative scenario:
Above 92.60 look for further upside with 95.00 & 99.40 as targets.
 
Comment:
The RSI is below its neutrality area at 50%
 
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Gold Intraday: rebound.
 
Pivot:
4325
 
Our preference:
Long positions above 4325 with targets at 4510 & 4605 in extension.
 
Alternative scenario:
Below 4325 look for further downside with 4240 & 4100 as targets.
 
Comment:
The RSI calls for a bounce.
 
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USD/JPY Intraday: the downside prevails.
 
Pivot:
158.85
 
Our preference:
Short positions below 158.85 with targets at 158.00 & 157.50 in extension.
 
Alternative scenario:
Above 158.85 look for further upside with 159.30 & 159.65 as targets.
 
Comment:
The RSI calls for a new downleg.
 
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EUR/USD Intraday: bullish bias above 1.1570.
 
Pivot:
1.1570
 
Our preference:
Long positions above 1.1570 with targets at 1.1640 & 1.1680 in extension.
 
Alternative scenario:
Below 1.1570 look for further downside with 1.1530 & 1.1485 as targets.
 
Comment:
The RSI is above its neutrality area at 50%.
 
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S&P 500 (CME)‎ (M6)‎ Intraday: towards 6785.
 
Pivot:
6610
 
Our preference:
Long positions above 6610 with targets at 6785 & 6880 in extension.
 
Alternative scenario:
Below 6610 look for further downside with 6550 & 6485 as targets.
 
Comment:
The next resistances are at 6785 and then at 6880.
 
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GBP/USD Intraday: the bias remains bullish.
 
Pivot:
1.3365
 
Our preference:
Long positions above 1.3365 with targets at 1.3480 & 1.3520 in extension.
 
Alternative scenario:
Below 1.3365 look for further downside with 1.3305 & 1.3255 as targets.
 
Comment:
The RSI lacks downward momentum.
 
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Silver Intraday: rebound.
 
Pivot:
66.60
 
Our preference:
Long positions above 66.60 with targets at 71.30 & 74.35 in extension.
 
Alternative scenario:
Below 66.60 look for further downside with 63.30 & 61.00 as targets.
 
Comment:
The next resistances are at 71.30 and then at 74.35.
 
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Dow Jones (CME)‎ (M6)‎ Intraday: aim @ 47510.
 
Pivot:
46310
 
Our preference:
Long positions above 46310 with targets at 47510 & 47770 in extension.
 
Alternative scenario:
Below 46310 look for further downside with 45950 & 45450 as targets.
 
Comment:
The RSI is around its neutrality area at 50%
 
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