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AUD: Solid Employment Report Not New for RBA – TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that the RBA has long-held the view that the labour market is solid, for a while last year defying otherwise soft economic growth...

BoE and US CPI in Focus Today – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that the BoE and US CPI data will be the most important economic releases for the day. Key Quotes “In Europe focus will be on the Bank of England meeting and the final inflation data for Euroland...

EUR/GBP Attempts Recovery Towards 0.80 Ahead of BOE The cross in the EUR/GBP found fresh bids below the mid-point of 0.79 handle, and from there embarked upon the recovery mode amid broad GBP weakness. EUR/GBP regains 20-DMA at 0.7969 Currently, the EUR/GBP pair trades 0...

BoE: Straightforward and Unanimous No-Change Policy Meeting - TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that the Bank of England’s (BoE) MPC meets for what is likely to be a relatively straightforward and unanimous no-change policy meeting...

GBP/USD Succumbs to Broad Based USD Rally GBP/USD took out 1.42 handle in early Asia and now trades around 1.4125 levels as US dollar continues to gain ground across the board. Surrenders weekly gains As of now the spot is trading largely unchanged on the week. Pair rose to a high of 1...

FxWirePro: Silver Fails to Break Key Support at $15.98, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish XAG/USD is currently trading around $15.05 marks. It made intraday high at $16.21 and low at $15.99 levels. Intraday bias remains slightly bullish till the time pair holds immediate support level at $15.98 marks...

EUR/USD Extends the Drop to 1.1260 The shared currency is prolonging its weekly decline today, now dragging EUR/USD to fresh lows in the 1.1260 region...

SGD: MAS Shifts to Neutral in Surprise Move - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, notes that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) shifted to a neutral policy stance today, which was a surprise as we did not think that the conditions for a move to neutral had been met...

FxWirePro: EUR/GBP Holds Above Strong Trendline Support, Focus on Boe Policy Meet EUR/GBP edges higher from fresh 2-week lows at 0.7925, and is on track to post the first weekly loss after five consecutive advances. Our previous call (http://www.econotimes...

USD/JPY Consolidates at 6-Day Highs Amid Japan Stocks Rally The USD/JPY pair clinches gains and sits near six-day highs as the yen continues to lose ground amid an extended rally in the Japanese stocks. USD/JPY finds support near 109...

Analytical Review of the Stocks of Alcoa Inc. Alcoa Inc., #AA [NYSE] Industrial goods, Aluminum, USA Financial performance of the company: Index – S&P 500; Beta – 1.14...

FxWirePro: Negative RBNZ News and Lower Oil Prices Weigh on the Kiwi, Good to Sell NZD/USD Rallies Kiwi bears retained control amid negative RBNZ news and lower oil prices...

FxWirePro: USD/SGD Hovers Around Key Resistance at 1.3628, Break Above Targets 1.3709 USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3625 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3636 and low at 1.3493 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds initial resistance at 1.3628 levels...

Gold Breaches Hourly 200-SMA Support in Asia The yellow metal extends weakness into a third day today, accelerating further below the hourly 200-SMA support, amid non-existent demand for the safe-havens. Gold off lows, regains 50-DMA at 1232.60 Currently, gold drops -0.60% to trade at 1233...

SGD: MAS Returns to GFC Policy Stance - Westpac Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) returned to the neutral stance on SGD it adopted in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis...

FxWirePro: USD/JPY Edges Lower from Fresh Weekly High at 109.55, Weakness Only Below 5-Dma at 108.65 USD/JPY has scored a high of 109.54 as the greenback strong across the board. Fed speakers were optimistic and more hawkish yesterday, relieving the dollar from the post Yellen New York speech...

Oil: Expectations for Doha May be Inflated – BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the weekend meeting between many OPEC and non-OPEC producers has helped spur the recent gains in the price of oil and they are concerned that market may be getting ahead of itself...

Nikkei Drives Asia Higher as Yen Extends Slide The risk-on sentiment across the Asian markets intensified this Thursday, after a strong close on the Wall Street overnight and higher base metals’ prices. While unexpected easing by Singapore’s central bank also provided fresh impetus to the markets...

Asian Markets Turn Higher on the Back of Positive Global Sentiments, Gold Slides Below $1240 All the major global indices are trading on a higher note on Thursday. In addition, Wall Street closed with healthy gains on Wednesday...