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AUD/USD Hovers Near 7-Week Lows AUD/USD has recovered from a fresh 7-week low and is back at square one at the beginning of the New York session. AUD/USD bottomed out at 0.7459 but managed to recover slightly as the greenback weakened across the board, and it was last trading around 0...
AUD/USD Appears Well Supported Around 0.74/0.75 – Westpac Strategists at Westpac have noted the relevant support zone in the 0.74/0.75 band in AUD/USD. Key Quotes “The A$ has been hit hard by a trifecta of negative factors in the last week”...
USD/RUB Off Highs, Returns Near 66.00 The Russian currency is sharply lower vs. its American peer on Wednesday, helping USD/RUB to print 3-day tops near 66.55 although losing some stamina later. USD/RUB up from 64...
Oil Recovers Sharply to $44.40 Ahead of EIA Inventory Data WTI crude oil futures recovered from day’s low of $43.40 and has gained momentum in last week hours, lifting it back above $44.00 mark to $44.40 level...
EUR/GBP Fades a Spike to 0.7940 After hitting a fresh two-week of around 0.7940 on Wednesday, the EUR/GBP pair has given away some pips and has now returned to 0.7920 level...
USD/JPY Still Bearish Near Term – Westpac Spot could meet further downside pressure in the upcoming weeks, suggested strategists at Westpac. Key Quotes “We shift back to a bearish USD/JPY bias, the catalyst being the ‘shock’ no change from the BoJ”...
AUD/USD Could Re-test 0.7410 – UOB In opinion of analysts at UOB Group, the Aussie dollar risks a potential visit to the 0.7400 neighbourhood in the near term. Key Quotes “AUD breached our bearish stop-loss at 0.7690 yesterday before reversing sharply to end the day 0.7485”...
Dollar Reaction to ADP Employment Report a Must Watch ADP employment data to be released at 12:15 GMT is today’s most vital dockets from US to be watched by market participants. This report is of a time when dust of volatility has somewhat settled and economic dockets remained relatively strong...
GBP/USD Recovers Back Above 1.4500 handle The GBP/USD pair recovered from day’s through level of 1.4462 and moved back above 1.4500 level on disappointing employment number from the US ADP report...