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EUR/USD Now Eyes 1.1140/45 – UOB The research team at UOB Group expects EUR/USD to grind lower to the 1.1140 area. Key Quotes “The 1.1215 target that first highlighted earlier this week was exceeded with a low of 1.1200/05”...

GBP/USD Off Highs, Back Near 1.4640 After climbing as high as the vicinity of 1.4660 in early trade, GBP/USD has now surrendered some gains and is now hovering over the 1.4630/40 band...

European Bonds Slide on FED Rate Hike Outlook The European bonds slumped Thursday as investors cooled on safe-haven assets after FOMC April meeting minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s strengthened bets of an interest rate hike in June...

GBP/USD Forecast: Bullish on Self-Strength The Pound keeps rallying this Thursday, underpinned by surprisingly better-than-expected retail sales data. According to official readings, Retail Sales surged by 1.3% last April, against expectations of a 0.5% advance. Yearly basis, it surged to 4...

EUR/USD Forecast: 1.1120 Now Possible The EUR/USD pair extended its decline down to 1.1203 this Thursday, surpassing April´s low of 1.1215, and trading barely above this levels in the European morning...

European Stocks Dive on Hawkish Fed Minutes, Oil Sell-Off The European stock markets extend their downward spiral for the second straight session this Thursday, as risk-off market profile persists amid extended sell-off in the oil prices and surprisingly hawkish minutes of the FOMC April meeting...

AUD/USD Remains Vulnerable – Commerzbank In view of Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, the Aussie dollar could accelerate the downside to 0.6828. Key Quotes “AUD/USD has eroded the 200 day ma at .7260, this is negative. The intraday Elliott wave are more negative”...

EUR/GBP Drops to 0.7650 After Solid UK Retail Sales Growth The EUR/GBP pair faded its tepid bounce to 0.7700 during Asian session and built on to the Wednesday's sharp slide after the UK retail sales recorded a solid rebound in the month of April...

FxWirePro: DAX Faces Strong Resistance 1000, Good to Sell on Rallies Major resistance- 9975 (55 day EMA) Major support -9750 DAX has made a high of 9963 and started to decline from that level. It is currently trading around 9845. Short term trend is weak as long as resistance 9975 holds...

GBP/USD Near 1.4650 Post-UK Data The Sterling has regained the 1.4600 handle and above vs. the greenback today, now pushing GBP/USD to the vicinity of 1.4650. GBP/USD higher on data After a brief test of session lows near 1...

Daily Forex Fundamental Overview Fundamental Analysis EUR “It will clearly be a very long, hard slog to get eurozone consumer-price inflation back up to the ECB’s target rate” - IHS Global Insight...

GBP: Currency Index & Volatility Relative Currency Strength Although the Pound Sterling Index was moving below the base line over the vast part of the period ended May 17, by the last day of it this currency managed to regain quite enough strength to close with an increase of 0.38...

German Bunds Slump on FED Rate Hike Expectations, Focus on Crude Oil The German long-term bunds slumped on Thursday as investors cooled on safe-haven assets after FOMC April meeting minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s strengthened bets of an interest rate hike in June...

FxWirePro: EUR/SEK Fails to Sustain Below 9.35, Downside Limited EUR/SEK is currently trading around 9.3690 levels. It made intraday high at 9.3714 and low at 9.3530 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish for the moment. A sustained break above 9.37 tests key resistances at 9.3967, 9.4102, 9...

Technical Analysis of USD/JPY for May 19, 2016 USD/JPY is expected to trade with a bullish bias. Overnight US stock indices pared gains to end little changed after the latest minutes of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting indicated that interest rates could still be raised in June...

Global Macro Overview For 19/05/2016 The FOMC meeting minutes from last month were released yesterday afternoon...

Technical Analysis of USD/CHF for May 19, 2016 USD/CHF is expected to trade in a higher range as the pair stands firmly above its horizontal support at 0.9805 and is expected to challenge its nearest resistance at 0.9890 in sight...

Elliott Wave Analysis of EUR/NZD for May 19 - 2016 Wave summary: With the break above minor resistance at 1.5582, the first minor signal of a bottom being in place at 1.6538 has been given. We will now be looking for a clear break above minor resistance at 1...

Elliott Wave Analysis of EUR/JPY for May 19 - 2016 Wave summary: It should be just a matter of time before a new strong rally to 124.65 and higher towards 126.47 is seen. We still need a break above the important resistance at 126...

Technical Analysis of NZD/USD for May 19, 2016 NZD/USD is under pressure. The pair has struck against its key resistance at 0.6775 and is turning down now. Both the 20-period and 50-period moving averages are heading downward, which should call for a new pullback...