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Yen Rises Against Most Majors The Japanese yen strengthened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday. The yen rose to a 3-day high of 160.95 against the pound, from yesterday's closing value of 161.59. Against the euro and the Swiss franc, the yen advanced to 127.05 and 116...
Pound Falls Against Majors The British pound weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday. The pound fell to 3-day lows of 0.7895 against the euro, 1.3841 against the Swiss franc and 160.95 against the yen, from yesterday's closing quotes of 0.7883, 1.3871 and 161...
FXWIREPRO: Gold Remains Supported Above $1222, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish XAU/USD is currently trading around $1226 mark. It made intraday high at $1228 and low at $1223 levels. Yesterday U.S. released ADP job data with flat numbers at 200K vs 195K expected...
Asian Markets Trading on a Mix Note, Gold Finds Support Above $1222 Asian markets are trading on a mix note on Thursday after U.S. released ADP job data with flat numbers at 200K vs 195K expected. On the other side, Gold fails to sustain above $1242 and trading around $1226 marks...
Normalization of Interest Rates will not End Fed’s Headaches – Nomura Richard Koo, Chief Economist at Nomura, suggests that as the Fed normalizes interest rates, it will also have to pay even higher interest on the $2.3trn in excess reserves...
Eurozone: Mar CPI is Expected at -0.1% y/y - Westpac Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that the Eurozone Mar CPI is expected at -0.1% y/y though core is seen to tick up to 0.9%. Key Quotes “NY Fed president Dudley speaks on financial crises with text and audience Q&A expected...
Japan Bond Holdings Reduced to Lowest Ssince June '15 – Reuters Poll The latest Reuters poll showed the results of stock and bond holdings by the Japanese fund managers in Feb and March. Key Findings: Japan fund managers raise overall stock holdings in March to 43...
NZD/USD Corrects Lower from 9-Month Peaks, Gives Up 0.69 The NZD/USD pair paused its 3-day massive rally to multi-month tops and now extends the retreat on 0.68 handle as the USD sees a minor pullback across the board. NZD/USD halts 3-day rally Currently, the NZD/USD pair trades -0...
BOJ’s Kuroda: No limits or Obstacles to BOJ's Monetary Policy More comments from BOJ Chief Kuroda hitting the wires, as he continues to speak in parliament today...
Asia Defends Mild Gains, Australian Stocks Outperform The stocks on the Asian bourses are seen posting moderate gains, tracking modest gains on the Wall Street overnight after Fed officials backed Yellen’s dovish tone, while month-end as well as quarter-end repatriation flows also keep the sentim...