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USD/CHF Still Targets 0.9806 Near Term – Commerzbank In view of Axel Rudolph, Senior Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, the pair could reach the 0.9800 area in the shorter run. Key Quotes “USD/CHF has sold off to and continues to rebound from the 2015-2016 uptrend at .9643”...
USD/CAD eases from highs near 1.3280 The greenback has resumed its advance vs. its Canadian peer today, with USD/CAD testing fresh highs in the 1.3280 area, albeit deflating afterwards...
EUR/USD Stays Weak Despite 1% Drop in Stoxx 50 Index The drop in the European equity markets is offering no support to the common currency, leaving the EUR/USD pair weaker around 1.1160 levels...
U.S. Dollar Advances Against Majors The U.S. dollar gathered momentum against its major rivals in early European deals on Thursday. The greenback climbed to 8-day highs of 1.1157 against the euro, 112.97 against the yen, 1.4073 versus the pound, 0.7478 against the aussie, 0...
Finland PPI Falls At Faster Rate In February Finland's producer prices decreased at a faster pace in February, figures from Statistics Finland showed Thursday. The producer price index for manufactured products fell 4.1 percent year-over-year in February, much faster than the 2...
German Consumer Confidence Set To Weaken In April German consumer confidence is set to fall in April on global risks, survey data from GfK showed Thursday. The forward-looking consumer sentiment index dropped to 9.4 from 9.5 points in March. It was forecast to remain unchanged at 9.5...
German Import Prices Decline Most Since 2009 Germany's import prices decreased at the fastest rate in more than six years during February, as lower energy prices continued to dampen inflationary pressures, preliminary data from Destatis showed Thursday. The import price index dropped 5...
DXY Seen Gathering Traction – Westpac Strategist at Westpac Richard Franulovich has assessed the likeliness of further appreciation of the greenback in the next weeks. Key Quotes “Conditions slowly becoming propitious once again for a decent multi-day USD bounce”...
GBP/USD Trades Below 1.41 Ahead of UK Data GBP/USD stays on the back foot below 1.41 handle with traders awaiting UK retail sales data release followed by US durable goods orders release in the US session...