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GBP/USD Holds Onto Daily Gains GBP/USD is trading firmer on Tuesday, supported by positive sentiment across financial markets and better-than-expected UK trade readings. GBP/USD climbed to a daily peak of 1.4465 but found resistance and retreated. However, the pullback was contained by the 1...

EUR/GBP Drops Back to 0.7870 Confluence Support The EUR/GBP pair remains intact within a broad trading range but is now heading towards session low level of 0.7870, the lower end of the range. The pair has been oscillating within a broad trading range with 50-day SMA (near 0...

GBP/USD Bulls are Losing Their Breath The graceful upward trajectory staged by the GBP/USD on the daily chart, finds an offsetting bearish harami, a pattern comparable to an Western inside bar...

NZD/USD Outlook Shifted to Bearish – UOB The perspective for the Kiwi dollar has now shifted to the bearish side from neutral, suggested the research team at UOB Group. Key Quotes “The ease of which the strong support at 0...

FxWirePro: ECB's Negative Rates and Further App Dampen Euro's Growth, OTC Indications to Substantiate - Hedge Euro Euro gained against dollar about 8...

Iron Ore Decline Additional Pressure for Aussie Three factors worked behind Australian Dollar’s 1000 pips gain against Dollar since January...

Saudi Aramco Plans to Expand Production After major reshuffle over the weekend, which saw reassigning Ali-al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s two decade long oil minister to the advisor to the court and replaced by chairman of Saudi Aramco, Khalid al-Falih, Saudi Aramco’s chief executive officer said Aramco...

ECB Likely to Cut Rate in June, More Stimulus Likely in September The European Central Bank is expected to adopt further policy easing in June, with more stimulus measures likely in September, after it had cut rates in March this year...

Inflation Trends Remain Weak for UK, Eurozone and US Despite Oil Price Rally The rally in global oil prices that had given some positive news for global inflation trends in early 2016 started again in April, with Brent crude reaching about USD 45 per barrel...

USD/JPY Extends the Upside Beyond 109.00 The Japanese Yen remains on the defensive today, helping USD/JPY to regain fresh 2-week tops beyond 109.00 the figure...

Oil Erase Early Gains but Still Holding Above $43.00 Mark WTI crude oil prices erased its early gains to nearly $44.00/barrel mark to trade absolutely flat from Monday's volatile session closing low of $43.30, ahead of the weekly API inventory data...

USD/CAD Back to Positive Near 1.2980 After bottoming out in the 1.2920 area, the greenback has managed to regain momentum and lift USD/CAD back to the area of session tops near 1.2980...

European Bonds Mixed on Firm Risk Sentiments Amid Brexit Fear The European bonds were trading mixed on Tuesday as investors shifted to safe-haven assets amid gains in riskier assets including stocks and oil. Also, bond prices were supported by the recent polls which showed the outcome of the U...

AUD/USD Pullback Looks Exhausted – UOB In view of analysts at UOB Group, the downside momentum in the Aussie dollar could be running out steam in the near term. Key Quotes “While a move below 0...

EUR/JPY Tops Near 124.40, Pulls-Back Below 124.00 Handle As the Japanese currency, Yen, continues to slide across the board, the EUR/JPY pair extended its bullish momentum to 124.40 before retracing a bit to currently trade tad below 124.00 handle...

Osborne Beats the Bremain Drum - Investec Research Team at Investec, notes that the UK Chancellor George Osborne continued yesterday to run his economic impact campaign, highlighting his perceived risks in the event of a Brexit at next month's EU vote...

EUR/USD Off Lows, Near 1.1380 The shared currency has managed to bounce off session lows vs. the greenback near 1.1370, with EUR/USD now approaching the 1.1380/85 band. EUR/USD weaker on USD bids A bout of fresh USD bids has dragged spot to test fresh daily troughs in the 1...

CAD/JPY Trades Well Above 200 HMA, Targets 86 - Good to Buy Dips Major resistance – 84.25 (200 day HMA) Major intraday resistance – 83.80 CAD/JPY breaks major intraday resistance and jumped till 84.37 at the time of writing. It is currently trading around 84.32...

GBP/JPY Surges Past 157.00 Handle to Nearly Test 158.00 Level Extending its bid tone, the GBP/JPY pair surged past 157.00 handle and rose to 157.92, within striking distance of tapping 158.00 level...