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Dollar Attempting A Comeback From Early Weakness The dollar dropped against its major European competitors Monday morning, but has begun to pare those losses this afternoon. Markets in Europe are closed today for the Easter holiday and U.S. economic data was largely positive this morning...
FXWIREPRO: GBP/USD Strongly Bearish Despite Upside Attempts GBP/USD rebounded strongly towards 1.4280 levels earlier in mid European session. However, the pair turned back after failing to break resistance level 1.4286, as the pound ran out of strength against US dollar...
FXWIREPRO: USD/JPY Pauses Decline, Scope for Further Upside USD/JPY has paused its declined as positive pending home sales data released earlier in the US session limited the pairs downside. Further downside is expected to be limited as the pair finds strong support at 113...
FXWIREPRO: Gold Retreats from Daily High, Outlook Bearish Gold has retreated after finding resistance at 1223 levels to trade around 1218 levels, erasing some earlier gains made in the US session...
Yen Down on Two Main Counts - Scotiabank Analysts at Scotiabank ranked the Yen as an under performer. Key Quotes: "The JPY is the main under-performer on the day on better risk appetite (US equity futures) and PM Abe’s suggestion that his “three arrows” policy has corrected the strong JPY...
EUR/USD Trims Gains, Hovering Around 1.1200 EUR/USD moved off session highs during the last hours, as the US dollar recovered part of the lost ground across the board. Greenback dropped sharply earlier after US personal income and spending report...
US Oil Exports in Decline - BBH Analysts at Brown Brothers Harriman recall that the US lifted its ban on oil exports in December, but explained it appears, however, that US oil exports have fallen rather than risen here at the start of 2016...
GBP/USD Has Limited Upside Scope GBP/USD has no clear catalyst driving the price higher, except that there has been technical space to do so following last week's sharp sell off from the 1...
USD/JPY Hunting Down Feb Highs on 115.0 Handle USD/JPY bulls have fought back in a strong rally, away from the March 17 multi-year low. We are now in positive territory, trading in the upper end of its range from mid-February...