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Doha Output Freeze Deal at Coin-Flip Levels – Bloomberg Survey According to the latest Bloomberg survey, oil markets see a 50-50 chance that Russia, Saudi Arabia and other major producers will agree to freeze output in Doha on April 17...

US CPI: Headline Likely Higher Propelled by Gasoline Prices - TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that higher gasoline prices are expected to push US March headline CPI up by a fairly firm 0.2% m/m (up 0.175% m/m at 3 decimal places...

EUR/USD Downside Limited Near 1.1140? – UOB The research team at UOB Group expects the pair to drop further albeit the pullback could be limited around 1.1140. Key Quotes “We have held a neutral EUR view for close to 4 weeks and the break below the key 1...

FxWirePro: EUR/JPY Whipsaws on Strong Support at 123.082 But Prices Still Remain Below DMA's - No Traces of buying Yet Prices whipsaws on support 123.082 that falls below DMA, Oscillators signals no buying but bearish biased, downtrend moving in sloping channel so far...

EUR/USD Door Open for a Visit to 1.1144 – Commerzbank Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, believes the pair could slip towards 1.1144. Key Quotes “EUR/USD charted a minor new high of 1.1465 which was not confirmed by the daily RSI earlier this week”...

USD/CHF Side-Lined Below 0.9700, Awaits Fresh Impetus The US dollar extends its side-trend versus its Swiss counterpart in the early European trades, keeping USD/CHF in the upper band of 0.96 handle. USD/CHF confined in a tight range Currently, the USD/CHF pair trades modestly flat at 0...

Technical Analysis of EUR/USD for April 14, 2016 When the European market opens, some economic news will be released such as the Final Core CPI y/y and Final CPI y/y...

EUR/JPY Deflates from Highs, Returns to 123.20 The renewed weakness around the single currency remains the exclusive drag for EUR/JPY for the time being, now coming down from overnight tops near 123.40...

USD/JPY: Bull Run Off 107.50 Backed Up by Jump in Open Interest Preliminary data from the CME Group shows that futures traders have been adding new long-sided business in the 6J contracts (USD/JPY) during this week, suggesting that the current rebound off 107...

Technical Analysis of USD/JPY for April 14, 2016 In Asia, Japan will release the 30-y Bond Auction and the US will release some economic data such as the 30-y Bond Auction, Natural Gas Storage, Unemployment Claims, Core CPI m/m, CPI m/m...

BoC: On Hold, Raises Forecast with Cautious Tone - Nomura Charles St-Arnaud, Research Analyst at Nomura, notes that as widely expected, the Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its policy rate unchanged at 0...

FxWirePro: Buy Gold Above $1234 With Stop Loss at $1227 and Target $1247 XAU/USD is currently trading around $1234 mark. It made intraday high at $1242 and low at $1228 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at $1228 marks...

FxWirePro: NZD/CAD Faces Strong Resistance Around 0.8905 , Good to Sell on Rallies Major support- 0.8750 The pair has broken minor support 0.8800 and declined till 0.87929. It is currently trading around 0.87929. The Bank of Canada (BOC) as expected kept its interest rates unchanged at 0...

Oil Retreats Further from 5-Month Highs, Doha Talks in Focus Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic fell further into losses on Thursday, moving further away from multi-month peaks as bearish inventory report and nervous ahead of Doha OPEC meeting weighs on investors’ minds...

Daily Analysis of USDX for April 14, 2016 USDX is very close to finding strong resistance around the 94.85 level in an effort to resume the bearish bias toward new lows, as the Index is getting outside of the 200 SMA on the H1 chart...

Daily Analysis of GBP/USD for April 14, 2016 GBP/USD is trying to test the support level of 1.4163, where a breakout can happen to reach new lows. We should keep in mind that a strong resistance is placed around the 1.4278 level, which is also giving us the path for a short-term basis...

Gold Drops to 50-DMA as Equities Extend Rally, Dollar Strengthens Gold prices fell to 50-DMA of $1232.63 as Asian equities extended the risk-on rally seen on Wednesday and the US dollar strengthened to 95.00 handle...

USD/CAD Keeps Highs Near 1.2870, US CPI Eyed The greenback is pushing higher vs. its Canadian peer on Thursday, with USD/CAD testing the area of session highs near 1.2870...

Daily Analysis of Major Pairs for April 14, 2016 EUR/USD: The rally on the USD/CHF pair has forced EUR/USD to break southward. The price is now below the resistance line at 1.1300, going towards the support line at 1.1250...

AUD: Solid Employment Report Not New for RBA – TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that the RBA has long-held the view that the labour market is solid, for a while last year defying otherwise soft economic growth...