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USD/CAD Upside Capped by 1.30 So Far USD/CAD is posting marginal gains at the end of the week, with gains so far limited around the critical 1.3000 barrier...

EUR/GBP is Undergoing a Retracement - SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, notes that the EUR/GBP faced resistance at the multiyear descending channel limit near 0.81/0.8150 and has been undergoing a retracement...

AUD/USD Attempting to Build On to its Move above 0.7200 Handle The AUD/USD pair is attempting to build on to its Thursday's minor rebound back above 0.7200 handle to currently trade with marginal gains at 0.7230, still within Thursday's range...

EUR/GBP in a Tight Range Near 0.7630 The bounce off recent lows in the mid-0.7500s has found strong resistance in the low-0.7600s so far, leaving EUR/GBP slightly in red around 0.7630...

Oil Extends Retreat Ahead of US Rigs Data Eyed Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic extend the retreat from seven-month peaks and now looks to breach $ 49 mark, as the bulls take a breather ahead of the US rigs count and GDP data...

Guide to Today's Important Data and Events Not many economic dockets scheduled for today, focus is on GDP number from U.S. Upcoming – France – Consumer confidence in May will be released at 6:45 GMT. Spain – Retail sales for April will be released at 7:00 GMT. Prior 4.4%, expected 3.9...

FxWirePro: USD/JPY Holds Major Support at 109.80, Weakness Only on Break Below USD remains bid as markets digest hawkish speeches from the Fed officials, Fed’s Powell suggested overnight that Fed should raise rates ‘fairly soon’...

FxWirePro: AUD/NZD Fails to Break Key Resistance at 1.0747, Good to Sell on Rallies AUD/NZD is trading around 1.0704 marks. Pair made intraday high at 1.0718 and low at 1.0694 marks. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 1.0747 marks. A daily close below 1...

USD: New Phase in the Appreciation Cycle – ANZ Daniel Been, Senior FX Strategist at ANZ, suggests that the dollar is back as the recalibration of Fed rate hike expectations drove a sharp recovery in US real yields and a broad USD rally has taken hold...

AUD/USD Under Pressure on Weaker Commodities, 0.7200 Eyed? The AUD/USD pair failed near Thursday’s high and turned lower from there in the Asian session, now consolidating the previous rally below 10-DMA at 0.7228. AUD/USD targets 0.7200 Currently, the AUD/USD pair trades -0.07% lower at 0...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: May 27 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD had a bullish momentum yesterday topped at 1.1216 and now struggling around the daily EMA 200 as you can see on my daily chart below...

ECB Could Take a Further Step This Year - Commerzbank Dr Jörg Krämer, Chief Economist at Commerzbank, suggests that as core inflation should tend to disappoint the ECB and the euro looks set to continue appreciating, we expect the central bank to ease its monetary policy again later this year...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: May 27 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD was indecisive yesterday. Price attempted to push higher, slipped above 1.4700 and the daily EMA 200 as you can see on my daily chart below but unable to make a clear breakout so far and hit 1.4656 earlier today...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: May 27 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY was indecisive yesterday. The bias is neutral in nearest term and we need a clear break from the range area as you can see on my H1 chart below to see clearer direction. Buy around 109.10 or sell around 110...

USDCHF Daily Forecast: May 27 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF was indecisive yesterday. The bias remains neutral in nearest term probably with a little bearish bias. Overall price is still in a bullish phase after a breakout above 0.9795 targeting 1...

ASX200 Breaks Major Resistance 5400, Targets 5485/5530 Major resistance - 5400 Major intraday Support - 5350 ASX200 has broken major resistance 5400 and jumped till 5431. It is currently trading at 5417. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 5350 holds...

Nikkei225 Faces Strong Resistance 17000, Break Above Targets 17685 Major resistance - 16985 (100 day EMA) Major support - 16410 (100 day 4H MA) Nikkei index faces strong resistance at 17000 and is struggling to break above that level. It is currently trading around 16839...

FxWirePro: USD/KRW Hovers Around Key Support at 1177, a Break Below Targets 1153 USD/KRW is currently trading around 1178 levels. It made intraday high at 1190 and low at 11870 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral for the moment...

Gold Slumps to Fresh 8-Week Lows Below 100-DMA, US GDP, Yellen Eyed The bears appear relentless in the Asian trades, slamming the bullion further into the negative territory as Fed officials continue to talk up chances of an early Fed rate hike, suggesting a June lift-off...

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