Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that according to preliminary data, Russia’s GDP shrank 3.7% y/y in 2015 versus 0.6% y/y growth in 2014. “The path of economic contraction continues to slow. GDP shrank 2.5% y/y In January 2016 versus a 3.5% y/y fall in December 2015...
Technical Analysis of GBP/CAD for March 28, 2016 After forming a double bottom near the 1.8500 support level, GBP/CAD started rising and formed a strong resistance near 1.8660. The resistance did not hold for a long time and was broken together with the 261...
Research Team at BNZ, suggests that after a sharp fall earlier in the year, the NZD has settled into a trading range and they expect further weakness later in the year. “The recent lift in risk appetite and stronger Yuan could well prove to be temporary factors...
Analysis of EUR/NZD for March 28, 2016 Recently, EUR/NZD has been moving sideways around the 1.6660 mark. On the daily chart, the price is still trading in the defined trading range between the 1.6475 level (support) and the 1.6865 level (resistance...
Offered at 1.1173 (23.6% of 1.0517-1.1376)in Europe, the EUR/USD pair is now trading around 1.1160 and threatening to drop into losses ahead of US data release. Focus on US data US Personal spending and income growth is seen slowing in February...
Research Team at BNZ, suggests that after the RBNZ’s surprise cut the market now prices a further 0.25% OCR cut by August and around a 30% chance that rates need to be cut even further. “We anticipate a cut to 2...
EUR/CHF Comes Down to Test 1.0900 EUR/CHF is trading within a narrow range, in line with the broader fashion in the global markets on Easter Monday. EUR/CHF consolidative around 1.0900 In the meantime, the cross is struggling to keep daily gains near 1...
Research Team at Nomura notes that the US consumer confidence index dropped more than expected in February to 92.2 from 97.8. “The volatility in financial markets and less optimistic view on the labor markets likely hurt the consumers’ conviction in the US economy...
Research Team at Danske Bank, notes that the Chinese economy slowed to 6.8% y/y in Q4 driven by weaker activity in the industry and construction sector. “The service sector grew robustly above 10...
AUD/NZD Better Bid Above 20-DMA Ahead of US Data The Australian dollar manages to keep an upper edge over its OZ counterpart in a holiday-quiet European trading session, keeping AUD/NZD on the bids near 1.1250 levels. AUD/NZD trades above daily pivot at 1.1236 Currently, the AUD/NZD pair trades 0...
CHF/JPY Breaks Major Resistance 116, Targets 118.60 Major resistance - 116 The pair has broken major resistance 116 and jumped till 116.30 at the time of writing . It is currently trading around 116.19. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 115 holds...
Technical Analysis of Silver for March 28, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: Silver is seen to be consolidating after hitting lows at $15.10/13 levels last week. The metal should be looking to produce a corrective rally through $15.45 levels from here before reversing again...
Technical Analysis of EUR/JPY for March 28, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: The EUR/JPY pair has rallied through 126.80/85 levels as expected and discussed last week. The pair is facing resistance at 126.85 and looking to reverse lower below 124.50 levels going forward...
Technical Analysis of USD/CHF for March 28, 2016 USD/CHF is expected to trade with a bullish bias as the pair is range-trading due to holidays. The pair is moving sideways above its key support at 0.9720. Meanwhile, the relative strength index is mixed to bullish. Upside is expected above 0...
Technical Analysis of NZD/USD for March 28, 2016 NZD/USD is expected to trade with a bearish bias in holiday trading. The pair is trading below its key resistance at 0.6640, and is likely to challenge it in sight, as the relative strength index is below the neutrality area of 50. Below 0...
Technical Analysis of GBP/CHF for March 28, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: The GBP/CHF pair is seen to be trading around 1.3810/15 levels for now, after dropping to 1.3720 levels last week...
Technical Analysis of GBP/JPY for March 28, 2016 GBP/JPY is expected to trade with a bearish bias in quiet holiday trade. The pair remains bullish above 160.00, representing a key horizontal level...
EUR/USD: Neutral: In a broad 1.1120/1.1375 range now. EUR traded quietly late last week and there is no change to the current neutral view. We continue to expect this pair to trade in a broad 1.1120/1.1375 range even though the immediate risk appears to be tilted to the downside...
Technical Analysis of EUR/USD for March 28, 2016 When the European market opens, no economic news will be released from the eurozone today but the US will release some economic data such as Pending Home Sales m/m, Personal Income m/m, Personal Spending m/m, the Goods Trade Balance, and the Core P...
