USD/CAD Struggles to Surpass 1.3340 The Canadian dollar is giving away part of the recent advance vs. its American peer on Tuesday, taking USD/CAD back above the 1.3300 handle. USD/CAD focus on oil The continuation of the rally in crude oil prices – with the barrel of WTI above $37...
Gold: Bulls Unstoppable, $ 1280 Back on Sight Gold futures on Comex prolong their upwards trajectory into fifth-day today on no Fed rate-hike chatter next week and on robust fund inflows. Gold bounces-off a dip near hourly 50-SMA Currently, gold rises 0.76% to 1273...
Swiss Jobless Rate Drops In February 2016 Switzerland's unemployment rate decreased marginally in February, in line with expectations, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said Tuesday. The unadjusted jobless rate dropped to 3.7 percent in February from a near six-year high of 3...
Euro Mixed Ahead Of German Industrial Output Data Destatis is slated to release Germany's industrial output data for January in the pre-European session on Tuesday at 2:00 am ET. Output is forecast to rise 0.5 percent on a monthly basis, reversing a 1.2 percent fall in December...
Franc Rises Ahead Of Swiss Unemployment Data The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs releases Swiss unemployment data for February in the pre-European session on Tuesday at 1:45 am ET. The jobless rate is forecast to remain unchanged at 3.8 percent in February...
Japan Eco Watchers Index Falls Unexpectedly To 15-Month Low A measure of peoples' assessment of the Japanese economy decreased unexpectedly in February to the weakest level in fifteen months, survey figures from the Cabinet Office showed Tuesday...
FXWIREPRO: EUR/JPY Holds Above Channel Base Support at 124.25, Weakness Only on Breaks Below EUR/JPY upside capped at 125 levels which is strong resistance for the pair. Downside for now is holding above channel base support at 124.25, breaks below could accentuate weakness, tests of 122...
UK Permanent Job Placement Growth At 3-Month High Permanent job placements in the U.K. grew at the fastest pace in three months in February, the Report on Jobs compiled by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and Markit Economics showed Tuesday...
Commodity Currencies Slide Amid Rising Risk Aversion Commodity currencies such as the Australian, the New Zealand and the Canadian dollars weakened against their major counterparts in the Asian session on Tuesday amid rising risk aversion, with some of the markets erasing early gains following th...
EUR/GBP Challenges Highs Near 0.7740 EUR/GBP is picking up further pace following the closing bell in Asia on Tuesday, eyeing the upper bound of the range near 0.7740. EUR/GBP focus on EMU releases, risk The European cross keeps navigating within a narrow range in the low-0...
GBP/USD Recedes in Early Europe After 6-Day Winning Streak The bullish momentum in the GBP/USD pair stalled in the late NY session, making way for a corrective move. The spot is down in early Europe near 1.4240 levels...
Canadian Dollar Drops Against Most Majors The Canadian dollar weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The Canadian dollar fell to 4-day lows of 1.4708 against the euro and 84.57 against the yen, from yesterday's closing quotes of 1.4627 and 85.39, respectively...
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 4-day lows of 1.6304 against the euro and 76.30 against the yen, from yesterday's closing quotes of 1.6162 and 77.13, respectively...
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 1.4863 against the euro and 83.69 against the yen, from yesterday's closing quotes of 1.4745 and 84...
AUD/USD Dumped on Awful China Trade, 0.7400 Eyed? The selling pressure behind the AUD intensified following the release of poor Chinese trade data, knocking-off AUD/USD to fresh session lows. AUD/USD nears 5-DMA at 0.7417 Currently, the AUD/USD pair drops -0.58% to 0...
China Feb Trade Data: Surplus Shrinks More Than Expected, Exports Slump In yuan terms, China trade balance for February came in at +209.5bn vs. +341bn expected and 402.20 previous. While exports saw a bigger than expected slump, falling -20.6% y/y vs. -11.3% exp and -6.6 prior...
Oil is Strong, Rising Above $40 and 6% Overnight Analysts at ANZ explained that crude oil prices were strong. Key Quotes: "Brent crude rose above USD40/bbl for the first time since December. Sentiment continues to improve as discussion about a production freeze lingers...
Oil Drops Over 1% in Asia, Brent Off 2016 Highs Having reached fresh multi-week highs in the previous session, oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic now attempt a minor correction in Asia this Tuesday, as focus now remains on the Chinese trade data and the API stockpiles report...
EUR/USD Regains Momentum, Challenges Monday’s High The EUR bulls appear to have taken a breather in the Asian trades, with EUR/USD now consolidating the recent bullish run to 200-DMA at 1.1045 levels. EUR/USD extends beyond 1.1000 Currently, EUR/USD trades 0.08% at fresh session highs of 1...
