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NZD/USD Rises Further Toward 0.6850 NZD/USD rose further during the American session amid a weak US dollar across the board. The pair extend gains and printed a fresh high at 0.6845...

EUR/USD Rises Further to Fresh Weekly Highs EUR/USD extended gains above the 10-day SMA and scored fresh highs as the euro benefited by the negative sentiment in financial markets while the dollar is going through a corrective phase following sharp gains earlier this week...

Brazil: USD/BRL Forecast Lowered with New Political Scenario - Deutsche Bank Jose Faria, Economist at Deutsche Bank, explained that they lowered USD/BRL year-end forecast from 3.70 to 4...

FxWirePro: USD/CAD Dips Below Lower Range, Bearish Bias Increases USD/CAD has declined sharply in the US session, as the pair was weighted down by a strong rally in oil prices after data showed crude oil inventories at end of May 6 week were 540 million barrels, a 3...

USD/CAD Hits Fresh Weekly Lows as CAD Tracks Oil Gains USD/CAD fell sharply to fresh weekly lows dragged down but a stronger Canadian dollar, which benefited by an unexpected drop in US oil inventories. According to the Energy Information Administration, US crude oil inventories fell by -3...

US: Slower Start, Less Rate Hikes - Wells Fargo The new outlook for the US economy, pushed analysts from Wells Fargo to scale back on their expectations about the timing of the Federal Reserve rate hikes...

FxWirePro: AUD/USD Intraday Upside Momentum Strong After Oil Prices Rally The AUD/USD inched higher on Wednesday, as commodity currencies strengthened across the board after oil prices rose sharply towards $45 per barrel. The pair hit high at 0.7380, after finding buying interest around 0...

EUR/CHF: We Expect Gradual CHF Depreciation - Lloyds Analysts from Lloyds Bank expect a gradual depreciation of the Swiss franc and EUR/CHF to end the current year around 1.11. Key Quotes: “Over the past month, the Swiss franc has fallen by around 3% against the euro, pushing EUR/CHF above 1.10...

USD/CHF Drops to Test 0.9700 The Swiss franc is rising against the US dollar, recovering after trading yesterday at the lowest level in two weeks. USD/CHF printed a fresh low during the American session at 0.9699 and currently trades at 0.9704/08, down 50 pips for the day so far...

Oil Rallies After EIA Reports Drop in US Stockpiles Oil prices turned higher and spiked to fresh highs near $46.00 a barrel, after the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported crude oil inventories unexpectedly dropped last week...

USD/JPY Hits Fresh Daily Lows as Sentiment Deteriorates USD/JPY fell briefly below 108.50 and posted fresh daily lows as the dollar weakened across the board while the yen benefitted from worsened market sentiment. USD/JPY bottomed out at 108...

US Stocks Open Lower on Disappointing Earnings and Drop in Crude Oil Prices Major US equity indices opened lower on Wednesday as disappointing earnings and a minor weakness in crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment...

U.S. Government Bonds Flat ahead of 30-Year Auction The U.S. Treasuries were left relatively unchanged on Wednesday during a quiet session that saw few economic releases of note. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bonds held unchanged on the session, staying near to 1...

EUR/USD Stretches to Fresh Highs as Dollar Pulls Back EUR/USD rose through the 1.14 mark and stretched to fresh 5-day highs at the beginning of the American session, with the move mostly driven by USD profit taking. EUR/USD climbed to its highest level since last Friday at 1...

EUR/GBP Scales Through 0.7900 Handle, Eyeing 0.7925 Resistance The EUR/GBP pair maintained its bid tone on disappointment from UK industrial production data and has now moved past 0.7900 handle to currently trade near day's peak at 0.7907...

GBP/USD Continues to Struggle at Ascending Trend-Channel Resistance The GBP/USD pair's recovery from day's through level of 1.4394 gained momentum but failed to lift the pair beyond a short-term ascending trend-channel resistance, near day's peak level of 1.4467...

AUD/USD Bounces Off 100-Day SMA, Revisits Daily Highs AUD/USD advanced to retest daily highs at the beginning of the New York session in a bout of dollar selling, with nothing behind the move other than profit taking...

UK: Weaker Growth - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that the UK economy has collected a hefty helping of nasty headlines this week...