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GBP/JPY Trade Idea Major resistance – 154.80 (3 W EMA) Minor support -153.25 The pair has jumped till 154.22 on Friday and declined from that level. It is currently trading around 153.34. Short term trend is slightly weak as long as resistance 154.80 holds. Any break above 154...
US Stock Futures Rise, Investors Eye Alcoa Earnings US stock futures are trading on a positive note today as risk appetite strengthened in Europe, while investors await Alcoa results. At the time of writing, Dow futures were trading 64 points or 0.37% higher...
WTI Off Highs, Returns to $40.00 The barrel of the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) keeps its daily gains today, albeit it has retraced the earlier spike to levels above the $40.00 mark. WTI looks to regain the $40.00 handle Crude oil prices have bounced off last week’s lows in the $35...
GBP/USD Clings to Daily Gains The pound has been recovering ground against a softer greenback on Monday, with GBP/USD reaching 6-day highs at the 1.4250 area. The British currency is among the best performers of the day, posting decent gains versus the yen and the euro as well...
EUR Shorts Reduced, USD Longs Consolidating - Rabobank Jane Foley, Senior FX Strategist at Rabobank, lists down the IMM Net Speculators’ Positioning as at 05 April 2016. Key Quotes • “Despite the dovish position of the ECB, speculators have reduced their net EUR shorts for three consecutive weeks...
BoC: Not Expected to Change Policy - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the Bank of Canada (BoC) meets this week, and is not expected to change policy...
EUR/USD Neutral/Bearish Short-Term – Scotiabank Shaun Osborne, Chief FX Strategist at Scotiabank, has reiterated the neutral/bearish outlook for the pair in the near-term. Key Quotes “EURUSD has spent the last seven days trading narrowing around the 1.14 area”...
China: Important Inflation Numbers Out – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that there were important inflation numbers out of China this morning. Key Quotes “CPI for the month of March has printed at +2.3% yoy which was a smidgen below expectations (of +2...
US Dollar Surrenders Gains, Near 94.10 ahead of Fed The greenback, tracked by the US Dollar Index, has faded the earlier bullish attempt towards the 94.30/35, returning the 94.10 area. US Dollar now looks to Fed The index keeps the trade in the area of yearly lows in the vicinity of the 94...
ECB May Have Exhausted the Room to Cut Interest Rates - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the euro turned higher in the middle of the Draghi's post-ECB press conference last month when he indicated (yet again) that the central bank may have exhausted the room to cut interest rates (with a m...