Reached a daily high at 1.1052 at the beginning of the New York session, but failed to hold gains and it has been slowly grinding lower over the last hours. EUR/USD retreated to the 1...
has been pressured below the 20 SMA on the hourly chart after a robust start to the week in Asia, despite the troublesome data from China and continued negative outlooks and implications for commodity prices. Also, NZ Finmin warns that RBNZ OCR will likely go down...
USDJPY advanced to fresh highs for the day as the greenback pick up pace over the last minutes, although it remains well within its last week range. USD/JPY broke above the 100-hour SMA and reached a daily peak of 120.77 in recent dealings. At time of writing, the pair was trading at 120...
Prices for the West Texas Intermediate have recovered from session lows in the $45.60 area and are now trading in the mid-$46.00s per barrel...
The drop in the gold prices appears to have stalled around USD 1134.15 (50% of July low-Oct high) after the US ISM data showed manufacturing activity stagnated in October. USD resilient So far, the markets have not reacted negatively to the weak US data...
The greenback is losing the grip vs. its Canadian neighbour on Monday, now sending USD/CAD to the area of 1.3080/75 following US data. USD/CAD turns negative near 1.3080 The pair has left the area above the 1.3100 handle despite better-than-expected results from the US docket today...
The Institute of Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing gauge remained stalled or neutral in October on account of weak global demand. The ISM printed at 50.1, which is slightly above the expected figure of 50.00, but below September’s 50.2...
The Markit’s gauge of manufacturing activity released today in the US showed the activity improved to six-month high on the back of a faster rise in output, new orders and employment levels. The final seasonally adjusted Markit US Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) printed at 54...
The performance of gold prices will hinge on the next move by the Federal Reserve, suggested BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Key Quotes “Our US economics team highlights that recent monetary easing in Europe and China has made a first rate hike by the Fed more likely this year”...
The graceful upward trajectory staged by the GBP/USD on the daily chart, finds an offsetting bearish harami, a pattern comparable to an Western inside bar. Prices challenged the 21-period 2-standard deviation upper band by printing outside of its boundaries in the last two days...
The Australian dollar entered a consolidation phase over the last hours following a positive response to Chinese data, as investors await the RBA policy decision due next Asian session. AUD/USD filed a downward opening gap and rose to a daily high of 0...
On Monday U.S. stock index futures opened in the green territory as investors digested reports on factory activity from China and the euro area, ahead of U.S. manufacturing data and earnings reports...
Gold prices extended the drop to hit a fresh session low of USD 1134.15/Oz amid rising treasury yields ahead of the US manufacturing data. Drops to 50% Fib level The metal fell to USD 1134.15, which is the 50% fib retracement of the move from the July low to Oct high...
Gold futures prices are modestly lower in early U.S. trading Monday and have touched a four-week low overnight. Higher chances of a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike in December are bearish for the precious metals...
European stock markets rose on Monday following a negative start of the day after an index of factory activity in the euro area saw a surprising improvement...
Although Norwegian oil giant Statoil is still investing a lot in the sector, the company is planning for oil to stay near $50 a barrel until 2018...
The shared currency held higher Monday as data showed growth in the eurozone manufacturing sector ticked higher in October...
The British currency jumped Monday after official report said manufacturing activity in the U.K. rose at the fastest rate since June 2014 in October, supporting optimism over the country’s economic outlook and thus the case for higher interest rates...
“If we are convinced that our medium-term inflation target is at risk, we will take the necessary actions,” Draghi said in an interview with Italian Il Sole 24 Ore published on Saturday...
