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USD/CAD: Bears are Fefending 1.30 Handle CAD bulls are working hard amid wobbly oil prices to ensure the USD/CAD pair does not move beyond the psychological level of 1.30. Focus on Oil Dovish comments from Bank of Canada’s (BOC) Patterson could be behind the weakness int the CAD today...

USD/CHF Recedes to 0.9640, USD Recovery Losing Steam? The recovery in the USD/CHF faltered near 0.9660 region after the USD bears took over control, with the US dollar receding gains against its major peers. USD/CHF revisits daily lows Currently, the USD/CHF pair turns negative at 0...

Euro Mixed Ahead Of German Retail Sales Data Destatis is slated to release German retail sales for February in the pre-European session on Thursday at 2:00 am ET. Economists forecast sales to grow 0.4 percent on a monthly basis, following a 0.7 percent rise in January...

FXWIREPRO: NZD/USD Holds Above Strong Support at 0.6880, Good to Buy Dips Broad based US dollar strength and downbeat NZ business confidence data adds to bearish pressure on the bird. ANZ NZ business confidence 3.2% in March vs 7.1% in February. NZ own activity outlook for March 29.4% vs 25...

U.S. Dollar Advances Against Most Majors The U.S. dollar strengthened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday. The U.S. dollar rose to a 2-day high of 1.4328 against the pound, from yesterday's closing value of 1.4377...

AUD/JPY Heavy, On its Way to Hourly 100-SMA? The AUD/JPY cross is relentlessly offered this Thursday so far, with the bears bringing a halt to five straight sessions of gains against a backdrop of broad USD rebound. AUD/JPY back below 86 handle Currently, the AUD/JPY pair drops -0.44% to 85...

GBP/JPY – Challenging Bids Around 161.00 GBP/JPY is testing bids around 161.00 as weakness in European equity futures is keeping JPY on a front foot ahead of BOE governor Carney’s speech...

EUR/USD Unmoved by German Data, Stoxx 50 Futures Open Lower Contract in German retail sales failed to move EUR/USD pair, which trades on a weaker note around 1.1315 levels amid weak action in the European equity futures...

AUD/USD Upside Appears Capped Above 0.77 – UOB According to the research team at UOB Group, the pair’s upside could striggle around 0.7740. Key Quotes “While the break above the month’s high of 0...

Oil Drops to 2-Week Lows on Rising US Crude Reserves Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic prolongs its downward trajectory for the seventh straight session this Thursday, hitting fresh two-week lows on omnipresent supply glut concerns...

USD Losing Momentum? – Danske Bank Jens Pedersen, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, has assessed the recent performance of the greenback. Key Quotes “USD bulls are losing confidence as Fed Chair Yellen’s latest comments seem to undermine previous hawkish comments from other board members”...

Crude Oil Prices Update: WTI & Brent Decline Sharply, Why? Crude Oil prices WTI and Brent fell sharply during the Asian session. Investors failed to prevent losses in crude oil price...

Asian Currencies Gain as Dollar Weakens on Fed Afterglow Huileng Tan @huileng_tan...

Dollar Heads for Biggest Quarterly Loss in Five Years on Yellen Lilian Karunungan and Chikako Mog Commodity currencies gain on signs U.S...

CAD: Setting Up for Real GDP (January) – TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that strong activity-level data will lend support to what should be a stellar month for the Canadian economy. Key Quotes “Real industry-level GDP is forecast to grow at an above-consensus 0...

USD/JPY: Further Downside Expects Below 111.97 – Commerzbank Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, believes the pair could re-test 110.67 in case it breaks below 111.97. Key Quotes “USD/JPY’s correction higher has failed at the top of a 6 week channel at 113...

EUR/JPY Testing Lows Around 127.00 The overnight decline in EUR/JPY seems to have met buyers in the 127.00 neighbourhood, pushing the cross back to 127.10/55...

GBP/USD Hourly 50-MA is Back as Resistance in Early Europe GBP/USD drifted lower in Asia, re-establishing hourly 50-MA as resistance ahead of BOE Carney’s speech and UK GDP release. Focus on Carney Governor Carney’s comments are scheduled to hit the wires well ahead of the UK GDP release...

USD/CAD Stalls Recovery from 5-Month Lows Near 1.3010 The USD/CAD pair stalls its overnight recovery mode near 1.3011, and now consolidates around 1.30 handle amid lower oil prices and a broadly higher greenback. USD/CAD retreats from 5-month lows Currently, the USD/CAD pair gains 0.26% to 1...

US: Stronger ADP Report Confirms Robust Labour Market Conditions - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, notes that the ADP report for March showed jobs rose 200k - a touch higher than expectations (195k) and confirming that the labour market remains robust...