Brent Oil futures on ICE rebounded sharply today, extending its recovery mode from six year lows, and is set to for a weekly increase amid falling output as tensions escalate in Libya. Eyes USD 59/ barrrel Currently, Brent oil trades 2.22% higher at USD 57...
EUR/USD is shedding some of yesterday gains, focused on the US Payrolls although keeping the trade above 1.1400. “Intra-day, the pair may remain supported going into the US NFP tonight (1330 GMT) and a breach of 1.1500 may invite a test towards 1...
For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the GBP rose 0.97% against the USD and closed at 1.5335, extending its previous session gains. Yesterday, the BoE made no changes in its monetary policy and maintained its key interest rate unchanged at a record-low of 0.5...
For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the EUR rose 1.23% against the USD and closed at 1.1477, on the back of stronger than expected factory orders data in Germany, coupled with the European Commission's upbeat assessment about the Euro-economy. Data showed that German factory orders rebounded 4...
Economic Data (AU) AUSTRALIA JAN AIG PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION INDEX: 45.9 V 44.4 PRIOR; 3rd month of contraction (JP) JAPAN JAN OFFICIAL RESERVE ASSETS: $1.26T V $1.26T PRIOR Index Snapshot (as of 03:30 GMT) Nikkei225 +0.6%, S&P/ASX +0.3%, Kospi -0.2%, Shanghai Composite -1...
For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD declined 0.46% against the CHF and closed at 0.9214. The Swiss Franc gained ground, after Switzerland's SECO consumer confidence data surprisingly improved to a reading of -6.0 in January, confounding market expectations of a fall to a level of -13.0...
Gold prices on Comex rallied to fresh session highs, snapping losses from the previous session. However, gold prices are poised to record biggest weekly loss in almost two months. Rises from 1262.50 levels Currently, gold trades higher by 0.40% at 1267...
Asian shares climbed this Friday, ahead of the key U.S. non-farm payrolls report for January later in the session and after mixed views on the economy in Australia. Greece's drama is being eyed...
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ FX Team offers his outlook int the EUR/USD for the week ahead. Key Quotes "The US dollar has lost some upward momentum early this month after very strong gains recorded in January...
Valeria Bednarik, chief analyst at FXStreet explained that GBP/USD trades near a fresh 5-week high of 1.5342 early in the Asian session. Key Quotes: "Boosted by broad dollar weakness and stronger than expected house prices in January in the UK according to the Halifax measure, which rose 2.0% m/m...
Denmark’s biggest investor, pension fund ATP, says it hasn’t bothered setting up a hedge to protect its assets if the krone’s peg to the euro should break because the scenario is too far-fetched to warrant such a move...
The common currency remains buoyant above the 1.1400 handle on Thursday, withEUR/USD attempting to consolidate around 1.1430. EUR/USD capped at 1...
US DOLLAR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Prices may be readying to turn lower after producing a bearish Evening Star candlestick pattern. Negative RSI divergence reinforces the case for a downside scenario. A daily close below the intersection of the 14...
USD/CAD is trading at 1.2430 with a high of 1.2588 and a low of 1.2407. USD/CAD has been unstable while the price of oil has been making a come back and a bottom is appearing to form...
The Canadian dollar has taken back yesterday’s losses versus the greenback, supported by a strong oil recovery and better than expected Canadian trade data. USD/CAD has lost more than 150 pips throughout the day, retreating from near 1.2600 to a low of 1...
The Danish central bank lowered its deposit rate to -0.75% from -0.50% today, its fourth rate cut in the past three weeks. The bank kept the lending rate, the discount rate and the current account rate unchanged at 0.05%, 0.0% and 0.0%, respectively...
Crude prices in the US trade at USD 50.60/barrel, after having bounced-off from the 10-DMA located at 47.57 levels earlier today. Concerns of excess supply linger The Energy information Agency data released yesterday showed the crude oil inventories in the US rose by 6...
AUD/USD failed to sustain gains above 0.7800 and pulled back at the beginning of the American session, trimming intraday gains. The Australian dollar reached a daily high of 0.7823 versus the greenback, but lacked follow-through and retreated toward the 0.7780 area in recent dealings...
The stock markets in the US are likely to open higher, after a lackluster performance in the previous session that was widely attributed to a sharp fall in oil price. At the time of writing, the DJIA futures traded 0.61% higher at 17,673.50 levels, while the S&P futures traded 0...
