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EUR/GBP Upside Faltered Ahead of 0.7700 Yesterday’s abrupt drop of the sterling has allowed EUR/GBP to recover ground lost, although the bull run lost momentum just below 0.7700 the figure...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 08:14
GBP/USD Sidelined Below 1.45 Ahead of Data The sterling is trading almost unchanged vs. the greenback on Wednesday, with GBP/USD navigating the 1.4480/85 band so far. GBP/USD focus on UK data The pair is posting meager gains today following yesterday’s drop from the area above the 1...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 08:11
EUR/USD Under Pressure Below 5-DMA, PMIs in Focus EUR/USD is seen moving side-ways since the mid-Asian trades, having failed several attempts to reclaim 1...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 08:04
GBP Futures Open Interest: Long Liquidation Post ICM Brexit Poll Preliminary data from the CME Group shows that futures traders withdrew liquidity during yesterday's 6B slide (GBP/USD), following a built-up of long-sided business in the Sterling market in anticipation that the 'Bremain' campaign...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 07:26
FxWirePro: Gold Fails to Sustain Above Key Resistance at $1218, Good to Sell on Rallies XAU/USD is currently trading around $1214 marks. It made intraday high at $1219 and low at $1213 marks. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at $1222 marks...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 07:22 #gold
FxWirePro: Upbeat GDP Data Buoys Aussie Bulls, AUD/CAD Extends Gains Above 23.6% Fib, Stay Long Upbeat Australian GDP report boosts Aussies bulls. Australia’s Q1 GDP q/q came in at +1.1% versus +0.8% expected and from +0.7% prior (revised higher from +0.6...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 07:19
Asian Markets in Red, Gold Hovers Around Key Resistance at $1218 All the major Asian indices are trading on a negative note on Wednesday. On the other side, Gold gains in early Asian hours but fails to sustain above key resistance at $1218 marks and hovers around $1215 levels...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 07:14
APAC Currency Corner – Brexit fallout During the past twelve months, investors have built a towering wall of worry around themselves as they brood about everything from a global economic slowdown to collapsing oil prices. Now we have a possible Brexit on the horizon...
Currency
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 07:10
AUD/USD Deflates to 200-DMA, Aus GDP-Led Rally Short-Lived The AUD/USD pair reversed almost a quarter of the Australian GDP-induced sharp rally as we head towards late-Asia, with poor risk tone on weak Chinese PMI readings extending bearish pressure on the major...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 07:04
Sell NZD/USD on Strength, Buy USD/CHF on Dips - Westpac Research Team at Westpac, suggests to sell NZD on strength at 0.6840, stop at 0.6910. Key Quotes “The US dollar continues to strengthen - up 4.2% since 3 May - pushing NZD/USD lower...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 07:01
Short GBP/USD at 1.4480 - Westpac Research Team at Westpac, opens a short GBP/USD here at 1.4480 with a stop at 1.4640. Key Quotes “Polls validating last week's observation that, "GBP arguably getting ahead of itself in pricing out Brexit risks...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 06:59
Gold Rejected at 100-DMA, Drops to Test 5-DMA Gold brought an end to its two-day relief rally from multi-month troughs and now corrects slightly lower in response to the ongoing strength in the US treasury yields. Gold: Upside favoured amid risk-off...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 05:59 #gold
ASX200 Breaks Major Support 5340, Decline Till 5250/5235 Is Possible Major resistance - 5430 Major intraday Support - 5340 (21 day MA) ASX200 has broken major support at 5340 and declined till 5303. It is currently trading at 5308...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 05:56
Australian Stocks Drive Asia Lower, Ignore Upbeat Aus GDP The Asian stock markets snapped previous gains and fell into the negative territory, as renewed weakness in the oil and copper prices weighed heavily on the resource and energy stocks...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 05:52
USD/JPY Back on the Bids, Re-Takes Daily Pivot The bears are seen fighting hard over the last hour to win over control amid poor PMI reports from the Asian economies, while persisting risk-off moods also keeps the downside exposed in USD/JPY. USD/JPY sold-off at daily pivot (110...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 05:50
FxWirePro: Aussie Gains Against Major Peers on Robust GDP Data AUD/NZD is trading around 1.0719 marks. Pair made intraday high at 1.0731 and low at 1.0646 marks. Today Australia released GDP data with positive numbers at 1.1% q/q vs 0.7% q/q (Revised from 0.6%) previous release...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 05:46
FxWirePro: Nikkei225 Faces Strong Resistance at 17250, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 17256 (100 W EMA ) Major support - 16635 (21 W MA) Nikkei index has made a high of 17250 and slightly retreated from that level. It is currently trading around 17125...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 05:43
FxWirePro: South Korean Won Falls on the Back of Lower Than expected CPI Data USD/KRW is currently trading around 1190 levels. Overnight South Korea released CPI data with negative numbers. South Korea’s May CPI growth Y/Y decreases to 0.8 % (forecast 0.90 %) vs previous 1.0...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 05:39
EURUSD Daily Forecast: June 01 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD attempted to push higher yesterday topped at 1.1173 but whipsawed to the downside and closed lower at 1.1130 and hit 1.1117 earlier today. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing the lower line of the bullish channel and 1...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 05:34
GBPUSD Daily Forecast: June 01 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD had a bearish momentum yesterday after another failure to make a clear break above 1.4700 key resistance as you can see on my daily chart below, bottomed at 1.4464. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing 1.4350...
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Roberto Jacobs, 1 June 2016, 05:31