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UK: Manufacturing PMI Disappoints - ING James Smith, Economist at ING, suggests that heightened concerns about global growth continue to weigh on UK manufacturers, although uncertainty surrounding the EU referendum may be starting to play a role...
Technical Analysis of USDX for April 4, 2016 The Dollar index has been moving sideways for the last two sessions and has not produced any change on the bearish trend. Our weekly target of 93 is still open as long as price is below 96.40...
European Stocks Drop as Oil Weighs Stock markets across Europe fell in early trading on the back of nervous Asian equities and drop in oil prices. At the time of writing, Stoxx 50 index was trading marginally lower. Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC were down 0.05% and 0.10% respectively...
EUR/USD Bullish Above 1.1400 – UOB According to the research team at UOB Group, EUR/USD needs to close above 1.14 to allow further gains. Key Quotes “We are holding on to the view that only a daily close above 1...
UK: Sterling Storms and Fat Tails – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that with the UK’s referendum on EU membership approaching on the 23rd June, short-end GBP vol has risen dramatically...
UK Construction PMI Preview: What to Expect of GBP/USD? UK construction PMI for March is due for release today. The report is the least important compared to UK manufacturing PMI and services PMI report. Market expects UK construction PMI to print at 54...
USD Rally Over? – Danske Bank Senior Analyst at Danske Bank Sverre Holbek hinted at the fact that the USD upside could be nearly over. Key Quotes “The USD was remarkably stable despite the string of better-than-expected US data on Friday”...
Technical Analysis of Gold for April 4, 2016 Gold price remains inside the bearish channel and it is heading towards the 38% Fibonacci retracement of the rise from $1,045. So $1,190-$1,200 is our short-term target area...
Technical Analysis of EUR/JPY for April 4, 2016 General overview for 04/04/2016: The impulsive wave progression to the upside has been completed and now the market is in the corrective cycle...