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Bearish

Words used to describe investor attitude. A bearish investor believes that a particular asset or the market as a whole will decline in value.

Bearish

Describing a market for one or more securities in which there are few buyers and many sellers. A bearish market occurs due to declining prices, and it is sometimes associated with high trading volume. Investors may also describe having a bearish feeling about a market, meaning they believe (not necessarily with any analysis) that prices have been declining or soon will begin to do so.

bearish

Of or relating to the belief that a particular stock or the market as a whole is headed for a period of generally falling prices. Compare bullish.

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Technically: The EURUSD pair made new retest process to 1.0940 level and kept its stability below it, to keep the negative pressure valid until now, waiting to rebound bearishly to resume the bearish trend that targets testing 1.0780 level mainly.

WEEKLY OVERVIEW OF FOREX, GOLD AND OIL - PAKISTANI RUPEE MOVEMENT:

The KSE main indices ended today's session bearishly, with the benchmark reading 6,396 shedding up to 19.22 points.

Profit-taking, speculations take toll on KSE - analysts

KUWAIT, Feb 28 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) began the past week trading bearishly with the price index dropping 10.3 points to 6,601 while the weighted index rose 0.12 points and Kuwait 15 index 1.63 points at Tuesday's closing.

Past week stock trades up and down -- report

Despite increase of the Kuwait-15 index in Wednesday's session, 10 points, likewise, the weighted, two points, the benchmark closed bearishly, amid stability of leading stocks and portfolios' trades in a large number of heavyweights, such as stocks of banks and services companies.

Profit bagging, hefty speculations dampened past week's stock trades

Technically: The USDJPY pair opens today's trading positively to move above 100.70 level, but we notice that RSI reaches the overbought areas to provide negative factor that we expect to assist to push the price to rebound bearishly and resume the bearish bias again.

WEEKLY OVERVIEW OF FOREX, GOLD AND OIL

The KSE closed trading, on Thursday, bearishly, where the price index shed 21.9 point, reaching 7004 points.

Value turnover last week was lowest since August -- report

The ADI also broke down from a large symmetrical triangle top pattern last week although it didn't perform quite as bearishly as the DFMGI.

UAE MARKETS DROP BELOW KEY SUPPORT LEVELS

It opened the week trades bearishly, contrary to the previous week closing, where the indexes reflected improvement, though investors were largely reluctant.

KSE''s past week''s trades closes mixed

Al-Oula, in a report released on Saturday, indicated hefty stock sales and speculations, with the price index closing bearishly at 49.86 points reaching 7,217.69, but the weighted index ended the trading with a rise of 2.7 points, settling at 444.21 points.

Lackluster atmosphere continues to grip KSE -- Al-Oula

| KUWAIT, Feb 9 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) closed last week's trading bearishly after gains posted by the benchmark during the past 10 weeks, Al-Oula Financial Brokerage Company said in a report, released on Saturday.

Investors'' jitters cause lackluster atmosphere at KSE

The market performed bearishly throughout Sunday's session.

KSE price index maintains upward trend

| KUWAIT, June 10 (KUNA) -- Gulf stock markets performed in a "tragic manner" in May and closed the month bearishly, according to a report released by Global Investment House.