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US Treasuries Flat in Thin Trade The U.S. Treasuries were trading nearly flat on Monday amid subdued trade with investors seeking riskier assets. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note which moves inversely to its price stood unchanged at 1...
USD/CAD Finds Resistance Ahead of 1.3000 USD/CAD has extended gains on Monday, supported by a steep decline in oil prices which sent the loonie stumbling. USD/CAD broke above Friday’s highs and climbed to its highest level in 3 weeks at 1...
Gold Drops to Lows Near $1,270 The troy ounce of the precious metal is trading on a negative fashion on Monday, coming down to test the vicinity of $1,270, or daily lows...
Oil Erase Early Gains to $46.00, Turns Negative but Holds $44.00 WTI crude oil futures once again are seeing selling pressure at higher levels, near $45.90-$46.00/barrel mark, forcing the commodity to erase all of its early gains to currently trade at low point of the day $44.20...
Oil: Market Hit with the Tragic Wildfires Spreading through Canada – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the big story for energy markets are the tragic wildfires spreading through Canada currently...
Would Brexit Lead to a UK Rate Cut? – Investec Research Team at Investec, notes that the Sunday Times was reporting yesterday that the Bank of England has asked banks to prepare for the possibility of a rate cut if Britain leaves the EU, without attributing the statement to any particular source...
GBP/USD Back to Square One GBP/USD has returned to the starting point after the bounce from fresh 2-week lows was capped by the 1.4480 zone. Cable hit its lowest level since Apr 22 at 1.4373 during the European session, but managed to recover ground afterwards...
EUR/USD Neutral/Bearish Near-term – Scotiabank Shaun Osborne, Chief FX Strategist at Scotiabank, has reiterated the neutral/bearish stance of the pair in the near term. Key Quotes “The EUR is trading modestly weaker against the USD and its G10 peers in quiet trading”...
USD/JPY Recovery Gains Momentum to Reclaim 108.00 Level The USD/JPY bulls extended the pair's firm bid tone, pushing the pair through 108.00 handle for the first time since late April to a 2-week high level of 108.37...