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AUD/USD Appears Well Supported Around 0.74/0.75 – Westpac Strategists at Westpac have noted the relevant support zone in the 0.74/0.75 band in AUD/USD. Key Quotes “The A$ has been hit hard by a trifecta of negative factors in the last week”...

USD/RUB Off Highs, Returns Near 66.00 The Russian currency is sharply lower vs. its American peer on Wednesday, helping USD/RUB to print 3-day tops near 66.55 although losing some stamina later. USD/RUB up from 64...

Oil Recovers Sharply to $44.40 Ahead of EIA Inventory Data WTI crude oil futures recovered from day’s low of $43.40 and has gained momentum in last week hours, lifting it back above $44.00 mark to $44.40 level...

EUR/GBP Fades a Spike to 0.7940 After hitting a fresh two-week of around 0.7940 on Wednesday, the EUR/GBP pair has given away some pips and has now returned to 0.7920 level...

USD/JPY Still Bearish Near Term – Westpac Spot could meet further downside pressure in the upcoming weeks, suggested strategists at Westpac. Key Quotes “We shift back to a bearish USD/JPY bias, the catalyst being the ‘shock’ no change from the BoJ”...

AUD/USD Could Re-test 0.7410 – UOB In opinion of analysts at UOB Group, the Aussie dollar risks a potential visit to the 0.7400 neighbourhood in the near term. Key Quotes “AUD breached our bearish stop-loss at 0.7690 yesterday before reversing sharply to end the day 0.7485”...

Dollar Reaction to ADP Employment Report a Must Watch ADP employment data to be released at 12:15 GMT is today’s most vital dockets from US to be watched by market participants. This report is of a time when dust of volatility has somewhat settled and economic dockets remained relatively strong...

GBP/USD Recovers Back Above 1.4500 handle The GBP/USD pair recovered from day’s through level of 1.4462 and moved back above 1.4500 level on disappointing employment number from the US ADP report...

Short GBP/CAD – Nomura Research Team at Nomura, suggests to go short on GBP/CAD pair as they expect poor data, risk sentiment and the elections to prompt GBP underperformance. Key Quotes “The market has seen a good amount of unwinding of the Brexit downside trade in GBP/USD in recent weeks...

EUR/USD Hits Daily Highs After Disappointing ADP Report EUR/USD moved higher and printed fresh daily highs as the dollar weakened following the release of below expectations US employment data...

USD/CAD Eyes 1.2800 on US Data The greenback has quickly recovered the smile following disappointing ADP figures, now sending USD/CAD to post fresh session tops beyond 1.2780...

USD/CAD: Bullish Engulfing Suggests Possibility of Short Term Rebound - SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, notes that after a steady down move USD/CAD probed their earlier advocated level of 1.25, the monthly channel limit and the 38.2% retracement from 2007 lows...

USD/JPY Turns Negative Post-ADP The greenback is now eroding its earlier gains vs. the Japanese currency, sending USD/JPY to daily lows in the 106.40 area...

USD: Managing the Risks – Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, notes that the dollar index has edged higher in response to yesterday’s remarks from the Fed’s Lockhart and Williams that the June FOMC meeting remains a live prospect for a rate hike...

NZD/USD Recovers to 0.6900 Handle The NZD/USD pair recovered from day's low of 0.6873 and moved back to 0.6900 as traders seems to position themselves ahead of US private sector employment report. Earlier during Asian session, the pair jumped to 0...

GBP/USD: Formation of Key Reversal Confirms 1.48 as Important Hurdle - SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, notes that the GBP/USD witnessed a strong sell-off earlier this year and approached towards the key support levels of 1.36/1.35...

UK: On the Slide? - ING James Knightley, Senior Economist at ING, suggests that the concerns about what Brexit could mean have already hurt UK sentiment, but there is growing evidence that the broader economy is now feeling the pain...

Dollar Index: Risk of Double Top Confirmation – SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, suggests that the Dollar Index is now at the ‘make or break level’ of 92.50/92...

FxWirePro: AUD/JPY Edges Higher from 6-Month Lows at 79.53, Bias Lower The pair is seeing a double whammy after BoJ surprised markets last week with inaction. AUD/JPY hit fresh 6-month lows at 79.53 on Tuesday's trade and has pare some losses to currently trade at 79.90 levels...

S&P500 Breaks Major Support 2050, Targets 2023/2000 Major support - 2050 Major Intraday resistance - 2070 Short term trend reversal Level- 2085 The index has broken major support 2050 and declined till 2046.6 at the time of writing. It is currently trading around 2047...