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Crude Oil Hits Fresh 2016 High On Wednesday, WTI crude oil futures rose to $45.10 mark, hitting its highest level in 2016, before retracing a bit to $44.80 ahead of weekly inventory data and the key Fed monetary policy decision...
US FOMC Preview: 10 Major Banks Expectations We are closing into the FOMC’s April policy meet decision and the markets are going into the FOMC announcement without many expectations...
USD/CAD Dips Below 1.2600 Mark to Hit Fresh 2016 Low Tracking strength in WTI crude oil prices, the USD/CAD pair dropped to fresh 2016 low of 1.2574 before attempting a pull-back towards 1.2600 round figure mark...
AUD/USD Slammed to 0.7600 Mark on Weak Australian CPI Data The AUD/USD pair witnessed a sharp fall on Wednesday, dropping to 0.7600 round figure mark, as Australian core CPI fell to its lowest level since 1999...
NZD Slipped by 0.3% in Response to the AUD Move - SocGen Kit Juckes, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the NZD has fallen 0.3% in response to the AUD move, so driving AUD/NZD sharply lower. Key Quotes “I’d rather be short NZD/USD than AUD/USD around these levels...
CHF/JPY Faces Strong Resistance at 114.65, Break Above Targets 115.20/116 Major resistance – 114.65 (200 4 HMA) Major support – 113.40 The pair has broken minor resistance 114.27 and jumped till 114.59. It is currently trading at 114.59. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 113...
AUD: Short-Term Market Caught the Wrong-Footed – BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the short-term market was caught the wrong-footed when Australia reported an unexpected decline in Q1 CPI. Key Quotes “The 0.2% decline contrasts to expectations for an increase of the same magnitude...
GBP/NZD Surges Post UK GDP Data The GBP/NZD pair surged past 2.1300 mark to trade near day's peak of 2.13300 after the first quarter UK GDP meet consensus estimates...
USD/CAD Recovery from 9-Month Lows Falters Near 1.2600 The USD/CAD pair is seen trying hard to extend the recovery above 1.26 handle, but in vain, as higher oil prices and a broadly lower USD continue to weigh. USD/CAD rejected near daily pivot Currently, the USD/CAD pair drops -0.09% to 1...