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Euro Mixed Ahead Of German Retail Sales Data Destatis is slated to release German retail sales for February in the pre-European session on Thursday at 2:00 am ET. Economists forecast sales to grow 0.4 percent on a monthly basis, following a 0.7 percent rise in January...
FXWIREPRO: NZD/USD Holds Above Strong Support at 0.6880, Good to Buy Dips Broad based US dollar strength and downbeat NZ business confidence data adds to bearish pressure on the bird. ANZ NZ business confidence 3.2% in March vs 7.1% in February. NZ own activity outlook for March 29.4% vs 25...
U.S. Dollar Advances Against Most Majors The U.S. dollar strengthened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday. The U.S. dollar rose to a 2-day high of 1.4328 against the pound, from yesterday's closing value of 1.4377...
AUD/JPY Heavy, On its Way to Hourly 100-SMA? The AUD/JPY cross is relentlessly offered this Thursday so far, with the bears bringing a halt to five straight sessions of gains against a backdrop of broad USD rebound. AUD/JPY back below 86 handle Currently, the AUD/JPY pair drops -0.44% to 85...
GBP/JPY – Challenging Bids Around 161.00 GBP/JPY is testing bids around 161.00 as weakness in European equity futures is keeping JPY on a front foot ahead of BOE governor Carney’s speech...
EUR/USD Unmoved by German Data, Stoxx 50 Futures Open Lower Contract in German retail sales failed to move EUR/USD pair, which trades on a weaker note around 1.1315 levels amid weak action in the European equity futures...
AUD/USD Upside Appears Capped Above 0.77 – UOB According to the research team at UOB Group, the pair’s upside could striggle around 0.7740. Key Quotes “While the break above the month’s high of 0...
Oil Drops to 2-Week Lows on Rising US Crude Reserves Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic prolongs its downward trajectory for the seventh straight session this Thursday, hitting fresh two-week lows on omnipresent supply glut concerns...
USD Losing Momentum? – Danske Bank Jens Pedersen, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, has assessed the recent performance of the greenback. Key Quotes “USD bulls are losing confidence as Fed Chair Yellen’s latest comments seem to undermine previous hawkish comments from other board members”...