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FxWirePro: EUR/USD Runs Out of Steam But Maintains Bullish Outlook The EUR/USD rose towards 1.1400 levels on Thursday after European Central Bank held interest rate unchanged at record lows followed by ECB press conference...

WTI Drops to Lows Near $43.00 After posting fresh 2016 highs near $44.50 in early trade, prices for the barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) have quickly fell back to test the $43.00 support...

EUR/GBP Turns Positive on ECB Comments Euro pairs cheered comments from ECB President Mario Draghi that broad financing conditions have improved with EUR/GBP pair recovering sharply from 3-week lows of 0.7854 to turn positive before trading nearly unchanged from Wednesday's close...

EUR/USD Flirts with 1.14 on Draghi The single currency is advancing further vs. the greenback today, taking EUR/USD to the area of daily tops around 1.1400 the figure. EUR/USD cautious on Draghi The pair is trading in a choppy fashion as usual following Draghi’s press conference...

China: Comfortable Keeping USD/CNY Relatively Stable – Deutsche Bank Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that as China continues to liberalize its capital account, the authorities are comfortable keeping the USD/CNY relatively stable for the time being...

EUR/JPY Bulls Aiming for 125.00 Mark After opening with a lower gap and subsequent dropping to the lowest level in over 3-years, the EUR/JPY pair has recovered smartly from Monday's low of 121.71 and post ECB announcement has moved within striking distance of touching 125.00 mark...

USD/CAD Remains a ‘Sell on Strength’ – Scotiabank Strategists at Scotiabank have reiterated the suggestion of selling the upticks in USD/CAD in the short-term...

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...