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USD Bias Constructive - Westpac Research Team at Westpac, are sticking with a constructive USD bias, even though it is struggling to develop much forward traction. Key Quotes “Fed officials, even doves like Rosengren and Kaplan, are signaling that June is live and 2-3 rate hikes "make sense...
JPY: GDP Surprised to the Upside - Rabobank Michael Every, Head of Financial Markets Research at Rabobank, notes that today we have seen Q1 Japanese GDP, which has somehow surprised to the upside, rising 1.7% q-o-q annualized vs. expectations of 0.3...
USD/CAD Climbs Further to Test 1.2950 on Stronger USD Broad based US dollar rebound remains the underlying key theme in the Asian trades this Wednesday, pushing USD/CAD further into the positive territory towards the mid-point of 1.29 handle. USD/CAD supported at NY close just ahead of 1...
Mexico: Banxico Intervention Risk Rising – TDS Sacha Tihanyi, Senior EM Strategist at TD Securities, suggests that the MXN trading conditions, relative to a set of indicators, suggest that the peso is in the midst of becoming “unhinged” again, in much the same way that led Banxico to unexpectedly...
FxWirePro: USD/JPY Rebounds from Session Lows at 108.72, Retakes the 109 Handle USD/JPY rebounds from session lows in response to better-than-expected Japanese GDP data for the first quarter of 2016. Data released earlier today showed that Japan's preliminary real Q1 2016 GDP came at 0...
Nikkei Trades Higher While Chinese Markets Drop, Gold Depreciates in Early Asia All the major Asian indices are trading on a mix note on Wednesday morning. Today New Zealand released PPI data with negative numbers while Japan released GDP data with positive numbers...
FxWirePro: ASX200 Faces Strong Resistance at 5400, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 5400 Major Support - 5325 (10 day EMA) ASX200 has broken major resistance 5380 and jumped till 5401. It is currently trading at 5385. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 5325 holds...
FxWirePro: Nikkei225 Faces Minor Support at 16450, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 16985 (11 May High) Major support - 16470 (10 day EMA) Nikkei index has slightly retreated after making a high of 16790. It is currently trading around 16759...
FxWirePro: USD/KRW Hovers Around Key Resistance at 1180, a Break Above Targets 1193 USD/KRW is currently trading around 1179 levels. It made intraday high at 1177 and low at 1180 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds key resistance at 1180 marks...