Asian Stocks Drop on BOJ’s Status-quo, Commodities Sell-off The stocks on the Asian indices were hit by a renewed selling wave after the BOJ kept rates on-hold and hinted at no further easing at its monetary policy decision announced earlier on the day...
Gradual EUR/USD Depreciation More Likely - Nomura Yujiro Goto, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that over the next three months or so, EUR trading will likely depend on three factors: i) efficacy of the ECB policy package, ii) external environment, especially Fed policy and risk sentiment, an...
BoJ Retains Interest Rate, Stimulus Unchanged The Bank of Japan refrained from raising its monetary stimulus and kept its negative interest rate unchanged on Tuesday...
NZ Dollar Slides Against Most Majors The New Zealand dollar weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The NZ dollar fell to a 5-day low of 0.6644 against the U.S. dollar, from yesterday's closing value of 0.6673...
Australian Dollar Falls Against Majors The Australian dollar weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The Australian dollar fell to 4-day lows of 0.7479 against the U.S. dollar, 85.04 against the yen and 1...
Gold Sits Near 2-Week Lows Around $ 1230, Fed in focus Gold futures on Comex extend the sell-off for the third consecutive day this Tuesday, and hovers near the lowest levels since March 2, as all eyes remain on the upcoming central banks’’ events globally...
AUD/USD Sellers in Control post-RBA minutes, Below 0.7500 The AUD/USD pair extends losses for the second straight session this Tuesday, moving further away from eight month tops reached the day earlier, after the RBA minutes was read a tad more dovish than expected...
BOJ Preview: What to Expect in USD/JPY? Most market participants are expecting the Bank of Japan to leave its monetary policy unchanged today, following the dramatic and unexpected decision to set a negative interest rate program in its last meeting...
USD/JPY: Yen Better Bid Heading into BOJ Decision The JPY bulls fought back complete control and now defend mild gains versus the greenback post-China open, with USD/JPY once again sold-off near 114 handle. USD/JPY drops sharply to 5-DMA at 113...
The Federal Reserve's policy meeting this week will be closely watched, particularly after the stimulative measures taken by the European Central Bank last week. Here are some steps that U.S...
This week, the main focus will shift back stateside with the Federal Open Market Committee (March 16) meeting. Nevertheless, there are also rate decisions from Bank of Japan (March 14), Bank of England (March 17) and Swiss National Bank (March 17...
Currency Snapshot (Major Pairs) Dollar index trading at 96.55 (+0.39%) Strength meter (today so far) – Euro -0.34%, Franc -0.82%, Yen +0.12%, GBP -0.31% Strength meter (since last week) – Euro -0.34%, Franc -0.82%, Yen +0.12%, GBP -0.31% EUR/USD –...
EUR/USD Holding on to 1.1100 The single currency remains unable to gather traction on Monday, relegating EUR/USD to the 1.1100 neighbourhood following the NA open. EUR/USD weaker on USD-buying Despite the prevailing selling interest, the pair manages quite well to keep the 1...
US Stocks Open Lower, Dow Nears 200-DMA Support Stock markets in the US opened on lower on Monday as oil price drop and weak China data released over the weekend overshadowed gains in Asian and European equity markets...
USD/CAD keeps highs near 1.3290 The greenback is recovering part of its shine vs. its Canadian peer on Monday, lifting USD/CAD to test daily highs near 1.3290. USD/CAD rebounds from 1.3210 Spot has managed to regain the 1.3200 handle after dropping to fresh multi-month lows in sub-1...
G20 GDP Growth Eases Slightly In Q4: OECD Growth of real Gross Domestic Product in the G20 area eased slightly in the fourth quarter, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said Monday. Real GDP growth of G20 area weakened to 0.7 percent from 0...
Euro Weakens Against Majors The euro declined against its major rivals in European deals on Monday, as Eurozone bond yields fell after anti-euro party, Alternative f...
EUR/USD Trims Losses as Weak Oil Weighs Over US Stock Index Futures Oil driven losses in the major US equity index futures helped common currency regain poise, thus ensuring the EUR/USD pair recovered losses to trade largely unchanged on the day around 1.1030...
Canadian Dollar Edges Down Against Most Majors The Canadian dollar weakened against most major currencies in the early European session on Monday. The Canadian dollar fell to 1.3256 against the U.S. dollar and 1.4795 against the euro, from early highs of 1.3211 and 1.4720, respectively...
