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European Economics Preview: Swiss ZEW Economic Sentiment Data Due Economic confidence and economic forecast reports from Switzerland are due on Wednesday, headlining a light day for the European economic news. At 3...
Fitch Says China Banks Profitability Pressures To Continue Fitch Ratings said major Chinese banks' are likely to see subdued earnings growth in 2016, underscoring its negative sector outlook. Chinese bank's results for 2015 are set to be released next week...
EUR/USD: Higher Still on Valuation as ECB Gives Up its Euro Fight – Danske Bank Christin Tuxen, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, suggests that the US data have started to surprise on the upside while that out of Europe continues to disappoint...
Gold Drops After Failing to Rise on Good News Gold is down 1% today as investors are losing interest in the metal, which failed to rise on good news flow throughout last week. Eyes 23.6% Fibo support Prices appear on track to extend losses and test $1227 (23.6% Fibo of Dec low-Mar high...
Major Currency Pairs Forecast – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, lists down the near-term forex forecast for the major currency pairs...
EUR/USD Losing Altitude, Breaches 1.1200 The offered tone is now picking up pace around the single currency, dragging EUR/USD to test sub-1.1200 levels, or session lows...
NZD: Scope for Short-term Rates to Move Lower Over Time - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that with the market not fully pricing in the 50bps of RBNZ cuts they expect over 2016, there is scope for short-term rates to move lower over time...
ECB: Less Focus on Rates, More on Volumes – Rabobank Research Team at Rabobank, notes that the ECB announced a comprehensive easing package on 10 March, including a 10bp deposit rate cut, new 4-y TLTROs and an expansion of QE by EUR20bn to EUR80bn a month, with IG non-bank corporate sector bonds...
USD/CAD Upside Capped Around 1.3100 The Canadian dollar is giving away part of the recent gains vs. its neighbor on Wednesday, with USD/CAD trading on a firm note near 1.3080...
Currency Truce and Polanyi’s Paradox – SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, notes that the term ‘Currency Wars’ was used by Brazil’s erstwhile Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, in September 2010 in response to moves by some (Asian) countries to resist upward pressure on their currencies from...
Pivot Points_Daily Last Updated: Mar 23, 10:15 am +03:00 Symbol S3 S2 S1 P R1 R2 R3 EUR/USD 1.1077 1.11487 1.11819 1.12204 1.12536 1.12921 1.13638 USD/JPY 109.83 110.944 111.635 112.058 112.749 113.172 114.286 GBP/USD 1.38492 1.40562 1.41299 1.42632 1.43369 1.44702 1.46772 USD/CHF 0.96202 0...
Pivot Points-Hourly Last Updated: Mar 23, 10:15 am +03:00 Symbol S3 S2 S1 P R1 R2 R3 EUR/USD 1.11667 1.11819 1.1187 1.11971 1.12022 1.12123 1.12275 USD/JPY 112.143 112.241 112.296 112.339 112.394 112.437 112.535 GBP/USD 1.4147 1.41668 1.41759 1.41866 1.41957 1.42064 1.42262 USD/CHF 0.97268 0...
ECB Speakers in Focus Today – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that a few ECB appearances scheduled with both Lautenschlaeger and Weidmann set to speak today...
GBP/USD Weakness Persists, Slides Below 1.42 Sterling is once again being offered in early Europe leading to a break in the GBP/USD pair below 1.42 levels on increased Brexit fears. Offered at 1.4227 The spot turned lower from the Asian session high of 1...
EUR/GBP Wobbles Around 0.7900 EUR/GBP is trading almost unchanged on Wednesday, keeping the trade in the upper bound of the in the boundaries of 0.7900 the figure...
Pre European Open, Daily Technical Analysis Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Please note that due to market volatility, some of the below sight prices may have already been reached and scenarios played out. EUR/USD Intraday: key resistance at 1.1245. Pivot: 1...
Technical Analysis of Silver for March 23, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: Silver hit $15.95/16.00 levels yesterday and reversed lower as expected. The metal is trading at $15.75 levels at the moment, looking to drop lower towards $15.40 and further as depicted here...
Technical Analysis of Gold for March 23, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: Gold has dropped lower after hitting resistance at $1,260.00 levels yesterday, a tad bit higher than expected but the direction has been lower since then. The metal is seen to be trading at $1,235.00/36...
Technical Analysis of GBP/CHF for March 23, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: The GBP/CHF pair dropped lower below 1.3880 levels yesterday, taking stops out on long positions. The pair is still holding above the 1...