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Gold Inches Higher Post Disappointing US Economic Data Gold extended its bid tone after the release of disappointing Empire State manufacturing index from the US, lifting the yellow metal to a six-day high level of $1288.77...

EUR Shorts Reduced for Eight Consecutive Weeks - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, lists down the IMM Net Speculators’ Positioning as at 10 May 2016...

GBP: Volatility Ahead? - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, notes that the Bank of England Governor Carney yesterday defended the warnings over a Brexit that were contained in the Bank’s policy statement last week...

NZD/USD Rebounds Back above 0.6800 from the Vicinity of 100-DMA Support On the first trading day of the week, the NZD/USD pair started on back-foot led by weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data. The pair, however, witnessed a remarkable recovery from morning lows of 0...

EUR/JPY Recovers to 123.30 but Remains Vulnerable to Further Downside The EUR/JPY pair recovered over 65-pips from session low of 122.61 and has now moved to session peak level of 123.24...

EUR/USD in Highs above 1.1330 Post-US Data The buying interest around the common currency is now gathering further steam, lifting EUR/USD to fresh daily highs in the 1.1330/35 band...

FTSE, CAC Drop Amid Holiday-Thinned Markets The sentiment on the European equity markets remained calm, with only London and French markets open for trading, while rest of Europe enjoys Whit Monday holiday. Hence, a quiet trading calendar and low volumes kept the trading activity largely subdued...

AUD/USD Regains 0.7300, Session Highs The Aussie dollar is now picking up further pace, lifting AUD/USD to the area above the 0.7300 handle, or daily highs. AUD/USD up on USD-selling After bottoming out in the mid-0.7200s in early trade, the pair has now regained the key barrier at 0...

USD/CHF Poised for Further Upside – Commerzbank Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, sees the likelikess of further upside in the pair. Key Quotes “USD/CHF last week sold off to and bounced off the previous downtrend at...

USD Expected to Gather Further Traction – Danske Bank Thomas Harr, Global Head of FICC Research at Danske Bank, believes the greenback could edge higher in the next periods. Key Quotes “The market has become overly pessimistic on US growth in our view”...

NZD/USD Flirts with 0.68 Handle Amid Oil-Price Rally The recovery in the NZD/USD pair gained further traction in the European session, as markets shrugged-off weaker Chinese data dump and cheered a fresh rally in the oil prices. NZD/USD: A break of 0...

GBP/USD Bearish Below 1.4300 – UOB The research team at UOB Group sees GBP/USD's downside accelerating below the 1.4300 handle. Key Quotes “While the breach of 1...

Steady Up-Move in Oil Continues to Hinder Recovery for USD/CAD Tracking a surge in crude oil prices to a fresh six-month high, the USD/CAD pair has witnessed a steady decline towards 1.2900 handle...

USD/JPY Clings to Gains Near 108.80 The rally in the greenback seems to be losing some momentum on Monday, with USD/JPY clinging to gains in the 108.80 area. USD/JPY gains capped near 109.00 The pair has almost faded the overnight spike to the boundaries of 109...

EUR/USD Fails to Resist above 50-DMA, Back to Square One A renewed bout of buying interest seen around the EUR appears to wane over the last hour, with the EUR/USD pair reversing a spike to daily highs printed above 50-DMA. EUR/USD deflates from 1.1330 Currently, EUR/USD trades modestly flat at 1...

Oil Rises above $47.00 Mark to a Fresh 6-Month High WTI crude oil futures kicked-off the fresh trading week on a strong footing, moving back above $47.00/barrel mark for the first time since early November 2015 on bullish comments from a leading investment banker...

GBP/USD Forecast: Eyeing 1.4250 The British Pound consolidates near its recent lows against the greenback, with the pair confined to a tight 40 pips range ever since the day started, but overall, with the bearish trend firm in place, given that the pair broke last Friday, below the 61...

Oil higher but FTSE static By Brenda Kelly The oil market has very swiftly made an about-move in recent days...

EUR/USD Forecast: Bouncing, but Downward Risk Prevails The EUR/USD pair has bounced modestly from the 1.1285 low posted last Friday, so far struggling to overcome the 23.6% retracement of the latest daily decline between 1.1446 and the mentioned low around 1.1320...