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Easing of Brexit Fears Helping in Sterling’s Surge - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the broad dollar weakness and some apparently easing of Brexit fears helped lift sterling to two-month highs near $1.4665...

Gold: Remains On The Offensive Short Term GOLD: The commodity continues to face price offensive leaving risk higher in the days ahead. On the downside, support comes in at the 1,280.00 level where a break will turn attention to the 1,270.00 level...

Gold Sits at 15-month Tops Amid Broad Based USD Weakness The gold prices keep range near fifteen-month tops, having found solid support from negative Asian equities induced risk-off trades. Gold: $ 1300 – a whisker away Currently, gold trades modestly flat at 1292...

JPY: Little to Prevent Additional Strength - BBH Research Team at BBH, notes that the BOJ surprised and disappointed many investors by not easing policy despite cutting its growth and inflation forecast...

FxWirePro: AUD/USD Struggles at 0.76 Handle, Weak Business Confidence Weighs Poor NAB business confidence data weighs on the Aussie, AUD/USD hit session lows at 0.7592...

Nikkei Crashes Above 3 Pct, Gold Remains supported Around Fresh 15-month High at $1290 All the major Asian markets are trading in red on the start of a new week. On the top, Nikkei crashes above 3 pct while Gold remains supported around fresh 15 –month high at $1290 marks...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: May 02 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD had a bullish momentum last week topped at 1.1459 and hit 1.1481 earlier today. The bias is bullish in nearest term testing 1.1500 – 1.1560 region. Immediate support is seen around 1.1400...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: May 02 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD continued its bullish momentum last week topped at 1.4670. The bias is bullish in nearest term but as you can see on my daily chart below, we have a Doji after price touched 1.4670 resistance suggests a potential bearish pullback...

RBA Preview: Not So Rosy - ING Research Team at ING, suggests that the dismal 1Q16 CPI data is a game-changer for AUD as we near the RBA rate decision. Key Quotes The Australian economy looks in decent shape right now. While we think there may be some downside risks to 2016 GDP growth (ING: 2...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: May 02 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY had a strong bearish momentum last week, broke below 107.60 key support after BOJ decision to hold monetary policy and closed at 106.29. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing 105.00 area. Immediate resistance is seen around 107...

USDCHF Daily Forecast: May 02 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF had a bearish momentum last week, broke below the bullish channel and 0.9715 support area as you can see on my daily chart below, bottomed at 0.9569. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing 0.9470...

FxWirePro: USD/SGD Hovers Around Key Support at 1.3420, Intraday Bias Remains Neutral USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3432 marks It made intraday high at 1.3455 and low at 1.3424 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds initial support at 1.3420 levels...

FxWirePro: ASX200 Faces Strong Support at 200 Day MA, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 5300 Major Support - 5140 (200 day MA) ASX200 has recovered after making a low of 5179 at the time of writing. It is currently trading at 5216...

USD/JPY Bulls Fighting for Control, 107 Back on Sight? The recovery in the Japanese equities offers a fresh boost to the USD/JPY pair, now pushing the prices back towards daily highs near 106.70 region...

US Economy: Fogginess Continues - ANZ According to ANZ Research Team, the health of the US economy remains unclear, noting that it would take quite strong results in upcoming economic data for the market to get excited about the possibility of a June rate hike...

EUR/USD Eases-Off Fresh 2016 Highs, Focus on PMIs, Draghi The risk conditions improved over the last hours and weighed somewhat on the safe-haven euro, dragging EUR/USD lower from fresh multi-month tops. EUR/USD supported at daily pivot (1.1460) Currently, EUR/USD trades +0.10% higher at 1...

FxWirePro: Nikkei225 Recovers After Making a Low of 15837, Good to Sell on Rallies Major resistance - 16600 Major support - 15800 Nikkei index slightly recovered after making a low of 15837.It is currently trading around 16072. Short term trend is bearish as long as resistance 16600 holds...

FxWirePro: South Korean Won Gains on the Back of Higher Than expected Manufacturing PMI Data USD/KRW is currently trading around 1140 levels. It made intraday high at 1146 and low at 1140 levels. Today South Korea released manufacturing PMI data with positive numbers at 50.0 m/m vs 49...

Japan drags Asian Markets in the Red, Stronger Yen weighs The risk-off moods hit the Asian markets at the start of a brand new week, with most major Asian indices witnessing bearish opening, particularly the Nikkei 225 index...

APAC Currency Corner – RBA's Turn AUD We have a huge week ahead in Australia, highlighted by Tuesday’s RBA policy review and Federal Budget IN the wake of last week’s tepid inflation report, Traders have been increasingly pricing in the probability of an RBA rate cut, which now stands at 58 perce...