The terror bombings in Brussels are impacting sterling. The link between the pound and social events in Europe is strong ahead of the UK's watershed vote on EU membership due in the middle of the year...
Cable is not the only major USD rate suffering a volatile session this morning, with USD/CAD now some 70 cents off the highs after a sharp rally to 1.3135-40, and the pull-back equally swift...
GBP/USD Hovers Below 50% Fibo GBP/USD avoided fresh sell-off despite weaker-than-expected UK CPI, but stays on a weak footing around 1.4284 (50% Fibo of post Fed rally). Supported by 38.2% Fibo The sell-off in Cable came to a halt around 1.4255 (38.2% of 1.3835-1...
EUR/USD Extends the Rebound From 1.1190 After bottoming out in the proximity of 1.1180 earlier in the session, EUR/USD has pulled itself together and is now advancing above the 1.1200 handle...
EUR/USD Breaks Major Support 1.1207, Decline Till 1.1100 Is Possible Major support – 1.12070 (trend line joining 1.12558 and 1.12355) Major intraday support – 1.1260 The pair has broken 1.12070 and declined till 1.1883 at the time of writing. It is currently trading around 1.12063...
EUR/JPY Prints Session Low Below 125.00 The EUR/JPY pair hit a low of 124.67 in Europe after the news of a terror attack in Brussels triggered a sell-off in EUR/USD and USD/JPY pair. Hovers above 125.00 The cross now trades around 125...
Morten Helt, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, sees the cross slipping towards 0.7300 in a year’s view. “Given the high uncertainty surrounding the EU referendum, we see risks skewed to the upside for EUR/GBP ahead of 23 June”...
EUR/USD Now Focused on 1.1200 – UOB The research team at UOB Group has now turned its attention to a potential break below the 1.1200 key support. Key Quotes “While the price action after last Thursday’s peak of 1...
#EURUSD continued its downward retracement. At this moment the pair reached the support line of the current short-term uptrend, where the bulls may take retaliatory action. We will consider purchases from the #trend line if the corresponding signals are received from the #indicators...
Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, believes the pair’s rebound could find resistance around 114.16. “USD/JPY’s daily RSI has not confirmed the new low at 110.67”...
USDX Technical Analysis for March 22, 2016 The Dollar index remains in a bearish trend since early Decemeber of 2015. Price is making lower lows and lower highs. The short-term trend remains bearish while the longer-term trend is still neutral as price is trapped inside a trading range...
Gold Technical Analysis for March 22, 2016 Gold price has broken above the short-term bearish channel. Price remains in a sideways channel and could now be starting the final move higher towards $1,300...
Analytical Review of the Currency Pair USD/JPY Technical data of the currency pair: Previous closing: 111.95; Daily range: 111.68-112.20; Opening: 111.95...
Financial markets are starting to take it seriously, and with good reason. Polls show a tightening race ahead of the referendum on June 23rd, while internet searches for “Brexit” are running slightly higher than the peak seen for “Grexit”, when Greece’s status was in jeopardy...
Oil prices have climbed by about 50 percent from their February lows, topping $40 per barrel. But the rally could be reaching its limits, at least temporarily, as persistent oversupply and the prospect of new shale production caps any potential price increase. U.S...
Canada’s highly-anticipated federal budget will be unveiled on Tuesday. The BoC has placed much emphasis on fiscal policy as a necessary tool, and is counting on a combination of infrastructure spending and tax cuts, as promised by PM Trudeau, to provide a moderate boost to growth...
Atlanta Fed head #DennisLockhart surprised market participants with his comments. He said that, in his opinion, the next #Fed rate hike will take place in April. Lockhart is confident that the U.S. central bank will not deviate from the path of monetary tightening...
Technical Analysis of USD/CAD for March 22, 2016 General overview for 22/03/2016: The market had tested the weekly pivot at the level of 1.3098, but the price is still trading inside the bearish zone. The last leg of the corrective cycle in wave Z brown might have been completed at the level of 1...
The eurozone’s balance of payments (BoP) data for January is consistent with the view that eurozone investor appetite to chase higher returns in foreign debt markets will moderate in periods of risk-off, leaving the EUR supported by its large current account surplus...
