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USD/JPY Bounces-Off 109 in Early Europe, Fed Minutes Eyed The USD/JPY pair bounced-off a dip to 109 handle and almost regained lost ground as the US dollar continues to hover near two-week tops amid recovering risk appetite. USD/JPY retesting daily highs...

USD/CHF Potential Test of 0.9990/1.00 – Commerzbank According to Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, the pair could test the 0.9990/1.0000 band if it clears the 0.9830 area. Key Quotes “USD/CHF is poised to encounter the 200 day moving average at...

FOMC Minutes at the Centre Stage Today – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that the release of the minutes from the April FOMC meeting is likely to get the most attention today as the calendar is thin...

FxWirePro: Gold Trades Lower on revived Rate Hike Expectations, Good to Sell on Rallies Gold has slightly retreated after making high of $1282 on revived rate hopes expectations...

Australian Bonds Mixed on Soft Economic Data, Firm Crude The Australian government bonds traded mixed on Wednesday after data showed weaker than expected first quarter wage price index. Also, firmer crude oil prices restricted investors from safe-haven buying...

FxWirePro: AUD/CAD Holds Major Support at 0.9418, Good to Go Short on Breaks Below AUD/CAD trades with a downward bias. Momentum studies on dailies are bearish. The pair is currently holding above strong trendline support at 0.9418, weakness to resume on breaks below...

FxWirePro: USD/SGD Breaks Key Resistance at 1.3740, Good to Buy on Dips USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3735 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3747 and low at 1.3685 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 1.3698. A sustained close above 1...

FxWirePro: Kiwi on the Back-Foot, NZD/USD Slips Below 0.78 Handle, Good to Sell Rallies NZD/USD had gained some traction overnight in the US session on the back of the GDT auction, but US dollar picked-up significant strength across the board on upbeat US CPI figures...

FxWirePro: Indian Rupee Hits Fresh Monthly Low Against US Dollar, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish USD/INR is currently trading around 66.91. It made intraday high at 66.96 and low at 66.82 marks. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds key resistance at 66.91 marks...

USD/CAD Keeps Highs Near 1.2940 The better tone in the greenback has pushed USD/CAD to the upper band of the range near 1.2940...

AUD/USD Drops Back Below 0.7300, Erasing Tuesday’s Gains The AUD/USD pair erased all of its Tuesday’s gains on the back of not so dovish RBA meeting minutes and dropped back below 0.7300 handle as investors now look forward to minutes from April’s FOMC policy meeting...

RBNZ: Rate Cut Likely at June Meeting - Westpac Imre Speizer, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that the RBNZ held the OCR steady at 2.25% on 28 April, in line with Westpac’s forecast...

Oil Consolidates Near 6-Month Tops ahead of EIA Report Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic take a breather from the overnight upsurge and trades modestly flat as attention now turns towards the EIA inventory report and FOMC minutes due later today. WTI to test $ 50 mark on EIA report...

EUR/GBP Closer to 0.7800 ahead of UK Data The risk-off sentiment has been prevailing throughout the Asian session today. Sending EUR/GBP to the area of daily lows near 0.7800 the figure...

Stronger GDP to Have Positive Implications for USD/JPY - Deutsche Bank Taisuke Tanaka, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the USD/JPY likely to vacillate near the current level in the near term, though expecting bias toward downward risk over the next few months...

EUR/JPY Finds Support Near 123 Handle, EZ Data Eyed The EUR/JPY cross keeps losses in early Europe, although stages a minor-bounce from near 123 handle as the yen’s relative weakness aids the recovery. EUR/JPY bounces-off a dip below 123 handle The EUR/JPY pair now drops -0.23% to 123...

USDCHF: Targets Further Bullishness On Bull Pressure USDCHF: Having the pair strengthened further on Tuesday, further move higher is expected in the days ahead. On the downside, support lies at the 0.9750 level. A turn below here will open the door for more weakness towards the 0...

Oil Prices More Sustainable, Metals Price Increase Limited - Nomura Research Team at Nomura, notes that the commodity prices declined sharply since their peak in mid-June 2014 but, since the beginning of 2016, have recovered almost 30%, based on the GSCI index...

EUR/USD Hits Fresh 3-Week Lows Near 1.1280, EZ CPI in Focus The EUR/USD pair is gradually extending its downbeat momentum seen earlier in the Asian session, and now tests session lows as risk-off returns to markets amid broad based US dollar strength. EUR/USD eyeing a test of 100-DMA at 1...