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USD/JPY Dips Lelow 110.00 Level The USD/JPY pair failed to built on to its early Asian session up-move to 110.38 and has now dropped back below 110.00 handle to currently trade near session low at 109.90...
Dollar Rally Stalls, But Bid Remains Market Drivers May 19, 2016 AU Labor data in line UK Retail Sales Strong beat Nikkei -0.01% Dax -1.59...
FTSE Sinks Despite Surge in Retail Sales The stronger US dollar appears to be the key theme in play as hawkish Fed minutes handed the US dollar direction back to the bulls...
Hawkish Fed Sends Stocks Lower The FTSE 100 is trading sharply lower this morning after last night’s FOMC minutes showed a notable hawkish shift amongst the voting members, bringing the possibility of a US rate hike in June back to the table...
GBPUSD Strong Upside Intact Fears of Brexit have diminished at least for the time being as latest polls suggest that pro EU option leads by 10 % (55 % vs 45...
EUR/USD Now Eyes 1.1140/45 – UOB The research team at UOB Group expects EUR/USD to grind lower to the 1.1140 area. Key Quotes “The 1.1215 target that first highlighted earlier this week was exceeded with a low of 1.1200/05”...
GBP/USD Off Highs, Back Near 1.4640 After climbing as high as the vicinity of 1.4660 in early trade, GBP/USD has now surrendered some gains and is now hovering over the 1.4630/40 band...
European Bonds Slide on FED Rate Hike Outlook The European bonds slumped Thursday as investors cooled on safe-haven assets after FOMC April meeting minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s strengthened bets of an interest rate hike in June...
GBP/USD Forecast: Bullish on Self-Strength The Pound keeps rallying this Thursday, underpinned by surprisingly better-than-expected retail sales data. According to official readings, Retail Sales surged by 1.3% last April, against expectations of a 0.5% advance. Yearly basis, it surged to 4...