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NZD/USD Neutral Near-Term – Westpac Strategist at Westpac Imre Speizer noted the neutral perspective for the Kiwi dollar for the week ahead. Key Quotes “NZD/USD remains in an upward trend which dates from mid-Jan, our upside target for the month ahead being 0.7175 (the Feb 2015 low)”...

GBP/USD Tests 1.4440, Daily Highs The Sterling has now picked up further upside momentum, lifting GBP/USD to fresh daily tops near 1.4440. GBP/USD stronger on US selling Spot has seen its upside renewed in response to a persistent sell-off in the US dollar, challenging the critical 94...

GBP/USD Points Southwards – Scotiabank Eric Theoret, FX Strategist at Scotiabank, sees the Sterling keeping its neutral/bearish stance in the near-term. Key Quotes “GBPUSD remains range-bound between short-term resistance at 1.4420 and support at 1.4350”...

AUD/USD Seen Grinding Lower in H2 – Westpac Sean Callow, Strategist at Westpac, believes the Aussie dollar could resume its downside in the second half of the year...

EUR/GBP Trims Losses Post-ECB EUR/GBP has managed to bounce off session lows post-ECB decision, currently hovering over the 0.7875/80 band...

USD/CAD Registers Minor Recovery from 10-Month Low After falling below 1.2600 mark for the first time since July 2015, on the back of a rally in oil futures, the USD/CAD pair has managed to register a minor recovery and is slowly heading back towards 1.2700 mark. 1...

USD/CHF Trade Idea Major resistance- 0.9690 Major support - 0.9630 The pair has broken major resistance 0.9690 and jumped till 0.9733.It is currently trading around 0.9704. Intraday trend is bullish as long as support 0.9630 holds. Any violation below 0.9630 will drag the pair down till 0.9580/0...

EUR/USD Keeps 1.1300 on Steady ECB The European currency keeps its buoyancy intact today, with EUR/USD now trading in session highs near 1.1330...

EUR/NOK Downside Attractive, Avoid GBP/USD, USD/Asia Trendless – Deutsche Bank Oliver Harvey, Macro strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the EUR/USD is still their top scoring currency pair as it is moderately trending and breaking new ground (to the upside...

GBP/USD Gains Appear Capped Around 1.45 – Westpac Richard Franulovich, Strategist at Wetspac, believes the pair’s upside could struggle to surpass the 1.45 handle. Key Quotes “Doubt GBP has the vigour to punch much above 1.45 - if at all - into the UK referendum late June”...

EUR/USD: Anticipating a Period of Stability – Deutsche Bank George Saravelos, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that following last month’s ECB and Fed meetings, we pushed our EUR/USD parity forecast out to the end of the year, anticipating a period of stability in coming months...

JPY Longs Rise While Leveraged Funds AUD Longs Shrink - Nomura Research Team at Nomura, notes that according to the IMM data for the week ended April 12, leveraged funds continue to ramp up long positions in JPY (37% of total leveraged funds’ contracts) after flipping to net long around mid-Jan 2...

JPY: Expectations Galore from BoJ - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the BOJ meets next week. Key Quotes “There is heightened speculation that new initiatives will be unveiled that could include more asset purchases, such as ETFs, and possibly deeper negative interest rates...

EUR/USD Reclaims 1.1300 Mark ahead of ECB The US Dollar failed to extend its overnight strength against the Euro and the EUR/USD pair has now managed to reclaim 1.1300 mark just ahead of the ECB announcement. EUR/USD trading near key juncture Although the pair has managed to move back above 1...

EUR/USD a Sell into 1.17 If Seen – Westpac Strategist at Westpac Richard Franulovich has recommended selling the pair on occasional attempts towards 1.17...

Oil Prices Continue to Drive Sentiment - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that the oil prices continue to drive sentiment in financial markets...

Oil Rises to 5-Month, Holding Steady above $44.00 Mark On Wednesday, crude oil future broke through a very strong resistance near 42.45-50 area, coinciding with the very important 200-day SMA, after the official US crude inventories data showed domestic production falls for sixth consecutive week...

Gold Firmer, Advances Beyond $1260 The precious metal is confirming its upside momentum on Thursday, pushing higher to fresh weekly tops above $1260.00...

ECB Meeting is the Session's Highlight – BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that it is unreasonable to expect the ECB to take fresh policy initiatives in today’s policy meet. Key Quotes “Last month it announced several new measures, and all of them have not been implemented...

Riksbank Cautiously Takes their Foot Off the Accelerator - TDS Research Team at TDS, notes that the Riksbank left rates unchanged at –0.50% and extended QE by a further SEK45bn over H2 as we expected...