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WTI Off Highs, Still Above $40.00 Crude oil prices are extending the rally today, posting fresh multi-month peaks above the $41.00 mark, albeit deflating a tad afterwards. WTI in fresh 2016 highs The barrel of West Texas Intermediate has managed to advance beyond the $41...
Belgium Consumer Confidence At 5-month Low Belgium's consumer confidence deteriorated for a third straight month to its lowest level in five months, survey data from the National Bank of Belgium showed Friday. The consumer confidence index dropped to -7 from -5 in February...
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Unexpectedly Drops To Five-Month Low In March Consumer sentiment in the U.S. has unexpectedly fallen to a five-month low in the month of March, the University of Michigan revealed in a report on Friday...
Dollar Slides Versus Most Majors Ahead Of Consumer Sentiment Index The University of Michigan is scheduled to release its preliminary consumer sentiment index for March at 10 am ET Friday. Economists expect the index to rise to 92.2 from 91...
Canadian Dollar Extends Rally After Strong Retail Sales Data The Canadian dollar extended its early advance against the other major currencies in European deals on Friday, as Canadian retail sales accelerated at a faster pace in January...
Gold Recovers from 5-DMA Support Gold found support at 5-DMA level of $1247.87, but remains weak on the day around $1252.45 levels amid minor recovery in the USD index and moderate gains in the US stocks. Is Gold unimpressed by dovish Fed...
USD/JPY Extends Gains Ahead of Fed Speak The US dollar stays on a front foot against Japanese Yen, pushing USD/JPY higher to 11.60 levels ahead of speeches from Fed’s Rosengren and Dudley...
EUR/USD Attempts a Tepid Bounce to 1.1300 The single currency is trimming earlier losses vs. the dollar, now pushing EUR/USD back to the area of 1.1290/1.1300 ahead of US data...
GBP/USD Attempting Break Above 1.45 GBP/USD turned positive and is now attempting to break above 1.45 handle after BOE’s quarterly bulletin informed markets about UK economy’s resilience to China slowdown...