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EUR/JPY Tumbles to Over Three-Year Low Level of 121.00 After flirting with 122.00 support for major part of the day, the EUR/JPY pair finally broke through the handle support and tumbled to 121.00 mark, its lowest level since March 2013...

Scope for Volatility in GBP in the Run Up to Referendum Day May is likely to prove a challenging month for markets with a number of risks events in store, including the Fed monetary policy meeting on June 15th and the UK referendum on June 23rd...

UK Construction PMI Misses Forecasts, Extends Slowdown in May The seasonally adjusted Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) missed forecasts at 52.5 and printed at 51.2 in May, down from 52.0 in the previous month...

The ECB Kept Today Its Monetary Policy Unchanged as was Widely Expected European shares traded volatile today, but dropped lower in the afternoon, reversing earlier gains. Currently, most European indices trade slightly lower...

No Surprises from OPEC There was never a chance that OPEC would cut production today, meaning there are no real surprises from the outcome of this meeting resulting in OPEC failing to reach an output deal...

USD/JPY Sell-Off Continues, Tumbles Below 109.00 Level Despite of a broader recovery for the greenback, tracked by the US Dollar Index, the USD/JPY pair maintained its undertone and extended its slide further below 109.00 handle to currently trade around the mid-point of 108.00 level...

NZD/USD Bullish Above 0.6840 – UOB In opinion of analysts at UOB Group, the outlook for the Kiwi dollar could turn to bullish on a surpass of 0.6840. Key Quotes “While the strong 0...

USD/JPY Forecast: Fresh Lows on Risk Aversion Fresh lows on risk aversion. The USD/JPY pair continued declining this Thursday, down below the 109.00 mark ahead of the US opening and after ECB's economy policy decision...

AUD/USD Rallies Could Struggle Near 0.7350 – Westpac Strategist at Westpac Sean Callow sees bullish attempts in the Aussie dollar to remain somewhat capped in the mid-0.7300s. Key Quotes “May was AUD/USD’s weakest month (-4...

US Dollar Turns Positive Near 95.50 The greenback, tracked by the US Dollar Index, has reverted the initial bearish tone and is now testing the positive territory in the 95.45/50 band. US Dollar rebounds from 95.15 After bottoming out in the 95...

EUR/USD Turns Volatile, Drops to Session Low 1.1160 as Draghi Disappoints As the ECB press conference got underway the EUR/USD pair turned volatile, initially jumped to the vicinity of session high but faded the spike and touched a fresh session low of 1.1160...

EUR/USD: Draghi Disappoints, EUR Still Mute EUR/USD Current Price: 1.1181 The dollar got a short lived boost from Mario Draghi, as the ECB's head left the economic policy unchanged, as expected, whilst made the poorest upward revision ever for inflation, lifting expectations for this 2016 to 0...

US Treasuries Gain ahead of Employment Report The U.S. Treasuries gained on Thursday as investors were cautious ahead of May employment report on Friday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell 1-1/2 basis point to 1.832 percent by 12:45 GMT...

Oil Fall Sharply to $48.00 ahead of EIA Inventory Data WTI crude oil futures turned negative and dropped to session low of $48.00 on news (via Bloomberg) that OPEC member have not reached an agreement on output freeze. Of late, the ongoing bullish momentum in oil prices stagnated near $50...

EUR/GBP Keeps Lows Near 0.7750 EUR/GBP’s price action remains depressed on Thursday following the press conference by President M.Draghi. EUR/GBP gains capped near 0...

Improving Economic Background Should See RBA on Hold at June 7th Meet RBA surprised the markets at its May 5th meeting by lowering its main interest rate to 1.75% from 2% and cut its Dec-16 inflation forecasts by a full percentage point in its quarterly Statement of Monetary Policy (SoMP...

CAD to Remain Low Against USD in Short-Term, Likely to Appreciate Significantly in 2017 The Canadian dollar has slightly recovered from its multiyear lows at the start of 2016 due to rebound in the oil price and as the US Fed has still refrained from raising interest rates...

USD/CHF Trades Weak on Brexit Fears, Decline Till 0.9660 Is Possible Swiss franc has gained significantly after Brexit fears looms. It has recovered after making a low of 0.99510 yesterday...

FxWirePro: Copper Forms Bullish Gartley Pattern, Good to Buy at Dips Harmonic Pattern- Bullish Gartley Pattern Potential Reversal Zone (PRZ) – 2.020 Copper is expected to complete its Bullish Gartley pattern at 2.020 level. The commodity has declined till 2.037 and slightly jumped from that level...

GBP/USD is at Critical Support In the wake of major economic releases today, we can see that the GBP/USD pair is very close to critical support. Maybe it is time for a retracement. Current price action suggest a possible retracement towards 1.4540-50 zone (POC). 1...