{"id":401415,"date":"2026-04-20T09:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/401415\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:07:08","slug":"technical-analysis-of-the-ftse-100-as-it-retraces-lower-while-eur-usd-and-wti-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/401415\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200bTechnical analysis of the FTSE 100 as it retraces lower while EUR\/USD and WTI advance."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b\u200b\u200bMacro update<\/p>\n<p>\u200bOil surge: Brent crude climbed over 3% to\u00a0roughly $91\u00a0a barrel, with WTI near $88, as renewed US-Iran tensions reignited supply concerns following last week\u2019s sharp sell-off.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bHormuz disruption: Shipping through the strait\u00a0remains\u00a0heavily constrained despite brief reopening signals, with around 10\u201311 million barrels per day still offline and tanker operators cautious over renewed attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bGeopolitical escalation: The US seizure of an Iranian cargo ship over the weekend triggered retaliation threats from Tehran, casting doubt on the durability of the ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bTalks stall: Iran rejected plans for a second round of negotiations ahead of the ceasefire deadline, undermining confidence in a near-term diplomatic resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bRisk sentiment mixed: US and European equity futures declined while Asian markets advanced,\u00a0indicating\u00a0expectations of an eventual deal despite near-term tensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bSafe-haven bid: The dollar strengthened to a one-week high and bond yields edged higher, as oil-driven inflation concerns re-emerged as the key macro transmission channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u200b\u200b\u200bMacro update \u200bOil surge: Brent crude climbed over 3% to\u00a0roughly $91\u00a0a barrel, with WTI near $88, as renewed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-401415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}