Euroland Strategy: Debating the ECB delivery – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the package of ECB policy measures announced at the March meeting was at the upper end of their and arguably consensus expectations...
Brent Testing Bids Around $40 handle Brent prices dropped in Asia and extended losses in early Europe after Iran news reduced probability of joint production freeze. Futures currently hover just above $40/barrel levels...
NZD/USD to be Lower by Mid-2016 - Westpac Imre Speizer, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that last week's RBNZ rate cut was a major factor in significantly weakening the NZD against the AUD while the NZD/USD, on the other hand, is being propped up by global factors...
Greenback's Tone Sours - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the reversal of the US dollar's gains half way through Draghi's press conference has undermined the near-term technical tone. Key Quotes “The risk is on the downside, at least in the first part of the week, ahead of the FOMC meeting...
AUD/JPY Hits Multi-Week Highs Beyond 86 Handle The AUD/JPY cross surges to the highest levels since Jan 29 in the Asian morning this Monday, extending gains into a fourth consecutive week. AUD/JPY aims for 200-DMA at 87.18 Currently, the AUD/JPY pair trades 0.30% higher at 86...
EUR/USD Regains 1.1150 Amid Risk-on, EZ IP Eyed Having peaked just shy of 1.12 barrier in the last US session, EUR/USD extends its gradual descent in Asia Monday, as the price continues to consolidate post-ECB gains ahead of the Fed outcome. EUR/USD fresh bids emerge near 1...
Gold: Weaker Heading into the FOMC Week Gold futures on Comex is seen making minor recovery attempts so far this session, kicking-off the week on a bearish note as the bulls remains cautious ahead of the key FOMC decision. Gold back above $ 1250 Currently, gold trades -0.20% to 1256...
Asian Stocks Through the Roof, Eyes on Central Banks Events The Asian stock markets opened the week on a bullish note and extended gains for third straight session, tracking the strong gains on the Wall Street and firmer oil prices...
Asian Markets Start the Week on a Higher Note, Gold supported Above $1250 All the Asian markets are opened on a higher note on the start of the new week on Monday as Wall Street booked a solid gain on last Friday and Gold erases previous losses against US dollar and currently remains well support...
Nikkei225 Breaks Major Resistance 17200, Good to Buy at Dips Chart pattern - Ascending triangle Major resistance - 17200 The index has broken major resistance 17200 and jumped till 17267 at the time of writing. It is currently trading around 17267...
AUD/NZD Back Above 1.12 Mark, Good to Buy on Dips Pair is currently trading at 1.1230 levels. It made intraday high at 1.1232 and low at 1.1205 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish for the moment. On the downside, key support level falls at 1.1060 levels...
Japan Core Machine Orders Soar 15.0% In January Core machine orders in Japan surged 15.0 percent on month in January, the Cabinet Office said on Monday - coming in at 934.7 billion yen. The headline figure far exceeded forecasts for an increase of 1.9 percent following the downwardly revised 1...
Singapore Dollar Fails to Sustain Below 1.36, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish USD/SGD is currently supported above 1.3700 levels and trading around 1.3736 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3750 and low at 1.3710 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 1...
USD/JPY Struggle with 114 Continues Ahead of BOJ, FOMC The USD/JPY pair attempts to extend Friday’s gains and reclaim 114 handle in the Asian trades, setting-off the week on an upbeat note amid improved risk sentiment...
AUD/USD: Bulls Taking Back Control on Key Week AUD/USD has been a drift to the upside to start the week and bulls remain in control. The greenback remains on the back foot after the ECB induced rally in the euro and while there has been a recovery in stocks, oil and metal prices...
NZD/USD Outlook - Westpac Imre Speizer, analysts at Westpac offered an insight into the NZ dollar. Key Quotes: "1 Week: NZD/USD is stuck around 0.6700 in the near term...
G10 Key Events: FOMC to Downgrade Rate Outlook? Analysts at Nomura explained the key events for the week ahead in the G10. Key Quotes: "The March FOMC meeting will be in focus, but there will also be key data on producer and consumer prices, as well as consumer, housing and industrial activity...
Comments from European Parliament President Martin Schulz in a TV interview over the weekend Neither the US nor Europe is prepared for Trump to be US President Says Trump is a populist, has no international experience "Trump belongs to these people that we also have here in Europe, who have a sca...
Two more (separate) items from China this weekend Shang Fulin, chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said cuts to ratings/outlooks on China and its financial institutions were a misjudgement Its not news that China isn't happy about ratings cuts: China People's Daily: 'Misund...
