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USD/JPY Stays Weak as Anti Intervention Talks Continue USD/JPY remains under pressure around 107.80 levels as present and Ex BOJ and government officials maintain their “no intervention” stance...

FX: Volatility, Volatility Everywhere - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that the negative tone of IMF Chief Lagarde last week and specifically her warnings that time is running out to revive the global economy strengthens a perception held by many investors that many o...

FXWIREPRO: USD/JPY Edges Higher from Fresh Multi-Month Lows at 107.63, Finds Strong Support at 107.60 USD/JPY remains with a bearish bias, has hit fresh multi-month lows at 107.63. The pair finds strong support at 107.60, breaks below could see further weakness. Tests of 106.80 and then 106...

Japan: Time for Intervents-Yen? – ING Research Team at ING, suggests that despite verbal intervention from the MoF last week, the bar for unilateral FX intervention remains high...

JPY: Breaking Point & Yentervention Risks - TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that the USD/JPY has traded decisively below the key support/ psychological level of 110 and for the near term, the balance of risk remains skewed to the downside...

Natural Gas Prices Weekly Forecast April 11 – 15 U.S. natural gas futures retreated on Friday, as market players continued to monitor shifting weather forecasts to assess the near-term outlook for U.S. demand and supply levels...

FXWIREPRO: Gold Breaks Key Resistance at $1242, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish XAU/USD is currently trading around $1250 mark. It made intraday high at $1251 and low at $1239 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at $1242 marks...

FXWIREPRO: ASX200 Faces Strong Support at 5000, Good to Sell on Rallies Major resistance -5000 (55 4H EMA) Major support 4850 ASX200 has slightly retreated after making a high of 5000. It is currently trading at 4925. Short term trend is slightly weak as long as resistance 5000...

FXWIREPRO: Nikkei225 Faces Strong Resistance at 16050, Good to Sell on Rallies Major Support - 15000 (200 W MA) Major resistance - 16050 (55 4H EMA) The index has retreated after making a high of 16020. It is currently trading around 15583...

NZD/USD Peeps Above 0.68 Handle NZD/USD extended Friday’s advanced and jumped above 0.68 handle as commodity currencies are being supported by sharp rise in oil. Supported by hourly 50-MA Pair found bids around hourly 50-MA level of 0.6798 following which it rose to a high of 0.6821 levels...

FXWIREPRO: AUD/NZD Fails to Sustain Below 1.1062, Good to Buy on Dips AUD/NZD is trading around 1.1093 marks. Pair made intraday high at 1.1105 and low at 1.1066 marks. Today Australia released home loans data with negative numbers at 1.5% m/m vs -4.4% previous release...

FXWIREPRO: USD/SGD Hovers Around Key Support at 1.3487, Intraday Bias Remains Neutral USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3490 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3501 and low at 1.3478 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds initial support at 1.3487 levels...

Chinese CPI/PPI Preview - What to Expect in AUD/USD? AUD/USD has been in a wide phase of consolidation of the bullish recovery this year so far of the 2015 downtrend. 0...

Oil: a Cyclical Low Seems to Be In - ANZ Analysts at ANZ explained that movements in oil prices appear to be having a significant influence on sentiment in financial markets...

USD/JPY Makes Fresh Trend Lows, No Signs of BOJ Intervention USD/JPY has made a marginal fresh trend low at 107.63 in Asia, with focus now fully shifted towards a potential imminent break of 107...

AUD/USD: Steady on Key Data Releases We got a muted response to a series of outcomes taking place for AUD/USD, while the main data event came with the CPI and PPI from China, marginally missing expectations. AUD/USD was vertically unchanged after the releases of Chinese March CPI arriving at 2...

NZD/USD: More Upside Risk Ahead - Westpac Imre Speizer, analyst at Westpac offering a 1 week outlook noted that the US dollar remained on the back foot, posing upside risks for NZD/USD again this week...

USD/JPY: Downside Remains Most Compelling Scenario? USD/JPY is currently keeping with the better offered theme in the start of the week within the Tokyo open...

Yen is Over-Stretched - BBH Analysts at Brown Brothers Harriman explained conditions surrounding the Yen. Key Quotes: "The yen is a stretch as illustrated by the weekly close below the lower Bollinger Band (~JPY108.85...