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AUDUSD has settled into a period of consolidation after yesterday's activity in Asia with a bid on the back of better than expected Chinese Caixan manufacturing PMI's for September at 48.3 vs 47.5 consensus and 47.2 previous...
Reached a daily high at 1.1052 at the beginning of the New York session, but failed to hold gains and it has been slowly grinding lower over the last hours. EUR/USD retreated to the 1...
W1 price is on primary bearish with secondary ranging within the following key support/resistance levels: 0.7381 resistance level, and 0.6907 support level...
has been pressured below the 20 SMA on the hourly chart after a robust start to the week in Asia, despite the troublesome data from China and continued negative outlooks and implications for commodity prices. Also, NZ Finmin warns that RBNZ OCR will likely go down...
The US central bank has clearly signalled that a first interest rate hike in December is not off the table yet. According to Thu Lan Nguyen, analyst at Commerzbank, the market is now focusing on US economic data, especially from the labour market...
The US central bank has clearly signalled that a first interest rate hike in December is not off the table yet. According to Thu Lan Nguyen, analyst at Commerzbank, the market is now focusing on US economic data, especially from the labour market...
USDJPY advanced to fresh highs for the day as the greenback pick up pace over the last minutes, although it remains well within its last week range. USD/JPY broke above the 100-hour SMA and reached a daily peak of 120.77 in recent dealings. At time of writing, the pair was trading at 120...
was rejected from daily highs above the 100-day SMA and pulled back to trade around opening levels as the dollar managed to trim some of its last sessions’ losses. GBP/USD climbed above the 100-day SMA and reached its highest level in 10 days, but faltered a few pips ahead of the 1.55 mark...
Prices for the West Texas Intermediate have recovered from session lows in the $45.60 area and are now trading in the mid-$46.00s per barrel...
The greenback, tracked by the US Dollar Index, is trading on the negative ground around 96.80/75 following the results in the US calendar. US Dollar weaker post-data The dollar remains unable to pick up pace today in spite of the better-than-expected results from today’s releases...
The drop in the gold prices appears to have stalled around USD 1134.15 (50% of July low-Oct high) after the US ISM data showed manufacturing activity stagnated in October. USD resilient So far, the markets have not reacted negatively to the weak US data...
The greenback is losing the grip vs. its Canadian neighbour on Monday, now sending USD/CAD to the area of 1.3080/75 following US data. USD/CAD turns negative near 1.3080 The pair has left the area above the 1.3100 handle despite better-than-expected results from the US docket today...
EUR/USD edged a few pips down but overall remained little changed within its recent range following the release of better than expected US PMIs data. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index dipped to 50.1 in October from 50.2 the previous month, but came in above the 50...
The Institute of Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing gauge remained stalled or neutral in October on account of weak global demand. The ISM printed at 50.1, which is slightly above the expected figure of 50.00, but below September’s 50.2...
The Markit’s gauge of manufacturing activity released today in the US showed the activity improved to six-month high on the back of a faster rise in output, new orders and employment levels. The final seasonally adjusted Markit US Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) printed at 54...
The performance of gold prices will hinge on the next move by the Federal Reserve, suggested BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Key Quotes “Our US economics team highlights that recent monetary easing in Europe and China has made a first rate hike by the Fed more likely this year”...
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. Prices challenged the 21-period 2-standard deviation upper band by printing outside of its boundaries in the last two days...
The Australian dollar entered a consolidation phase over the last hours following a positive response to Chinese data, as investors await the RBA policy decision due next Asian session. AUD/USD filed a downward opening gap and rose to a daily high of 0...
On Monday U.S. stock index futures opened in the green territory as investors digested reports on factory activity from China and the euro area, ahead of U.S. manufacturing data and earnings reports...
Gold prices extended the drop to hit a fresh session low of USD 1134.15/Oz amid rising treasury yields ahead of the US manufacturing data. Drops to 50% Fib level The metal fell to USD 1134.15, which is the 50% fib retracement of the move from the July low to Oct high...