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Gold Extends Slide Below $ 1280, US ADP Jobs Eyed The bearish pressure around the yellow metal aggravated during the European trading hours, pushing the prices further into the red territory below $ 1280 mark. Gold: Losing sight of 15-month tops? Currently, gold drops -0.62% to 1276...
What Factors Will Influence Gold Going Ahead? Gold this year has gained sharply after bottoming around $1050/troy ounce last year and from the bottom it has strengthen more than 20%, riding on varieties of factors ranging from weaker U.S...
GBP/USD Drops Further to Fresh Weekly Lows Near 1.4470 The bears tightened their grip on the pound in the last hour, knocking-off GBP/USD to fresh weekly lows further below 1.45 handle. GBP/USD down 1 big figure intraday The GBP/USD pair trades -0.43% lower near fresh 1-week lows of 1...
USD/JPY Deflates from Highs, Near 106.80 The Japanese yen is reclaiming some of the ground lost in early trade vs. the dollar, with USD/JPY coming back to trade below the 107.00 handle on Wednesday...
EUR/USD Remains Capped Below 1.1500, US ADP in Focus The EUR/USD pair is seen making minor-recovery attempts in the last hour, with the bulls striving hard to reclaim 1.15 barrier amid weaker Euro zone macro data as well as European equities. EUR/USD fades a downward knee-jerk to 1...
GBP/USD Could Re-test 1.4400 in the Near-term – UOB The research team at UOB Group suggested the likeliness of a visit to the 1.4400 area in the next 1-3 weeks. Key Quotes “GBP touched a high of 1.4770 before reversing abruptly and sharply to take out the stop-loss at 1.4540”...
Kiwi Strength Takes Toll on Commodities Exporters According to research firm ANZ, its commodity index declined -0.8% in April, down -16.8% from a year ago. Dairy items were particularly weak in April, with prices of butter, Cheese and Casein declining -5.1%, -1.1% and -5.9% respectively...
USD/CAD: Sell the Upticks to 1.29/1.30 – Westpac Strategists at Westpac have recommended selling the pair on strength into the 1.29/1.30 band. Key Quotes “Near term outlook more neutral but a better seller into 1.29-1.30 if seen”...
USD/CAD Eyeing 1.2750 for Further Recovery The USD/CAD pair seems to build on to its' Tuesday's recovery gains and is now comfortably trading above 1.2700 round figure mark at 1.2730 level. Weakness in crude oil prices helped the USD/CAD pair to stage a sharp recovery from Tuesday's low of 1...