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Asian Stocks Drop on BOJ’s Status-quo, Commodities Sell-off The stocks on the Asian indices were hit by a renewed selling wave after the BOJ kept rates on-hold and hinted at no further easing at its monetary policy decision announced earlier on the day...

Global equity markets have increased their gains at the start of the week, with European indices closing between 0.3 to 1.6 per cent higher today. In the US, shares on Wall Street were trading higher at the time of this writing...

Gradual EUR/USD Depreciation More Likely - Nomura Yujiro Goto, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that over the next three months or so, EUR trading will likely depend on three factors: i) efficacy of the ECB policy package, ii) external environment, especially Fed policy and risk sentiment, an...

BoJ Retains Interest Rate, Stimulus Unchanged The Bank of Japan refrained from raising its monetary stimulus and kept its negative interest rate unchanged on Tuesday...

NZ Dollar Slides Against Most Majors The New Zealand dollar weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The NZ dollar fell to a 5-day low of 0.6644 against the U.S. dollar, from yesterday's closing value of 0.6673...

Australian Dollar Falls Against Majors The Australian dollar weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The Australian dollar fell to 4-day lows of 0.7479 against the U.S. dollar, 85.04 against the yen and 1...

BoJ in 'Wait-and-See' Mode, Removes Negative Rates Language Following last month's surprising decision, today's Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting saw no changes, keeping the interest rate at -0.1% and maintaining 80 trln yen base money target...

Gold Sits Near 2-Week Lows Around $ 1230, Fed in focus Gold futures on Comex extend the sell-off for the third consecutive day this Tuesday, and hovers near the lowest levels since March 2, as all eyes remain on the upcoming central banks’’ events globally...

AUD/USD Sellers in Control post-RBA minutes, Below 0.7500 The AUD/USD pair extends losses for the second straight session this Tuesday, moving further away from eight month tops reached the day earlier, after the RBA minutes was read a tad more dovish than expected...

BOJ Preview: What to Expect in USD/JPY? Most market participants are expecting the Bank of Japan to leave its monetary policy unchanged today, following the dramatic and unexpected decision to set a negative interest rate program in its last meeting...

USD/JPY: Yen Better Bid Heading into BOJ Decision The JPY bulls fought back complete control and now defend mild gains versus the greenback post-China open, with USD/JPY once again sold-off near 114 handle. USD/JPY drops sharply to 5-DMA at 113...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: March 15 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD had a bearish momentum yesterday bottomed at 1.1077. The bias is bearish in nearest term but as long as stays above 1.1065 price is still in a bullish phase targeting a trend line resistance located around 1...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: March 15 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD failed to continue its bullish momentum yesterday and hit 1.4271 earlier today. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing 1.1.4230. A clear break and daily close below that area could trigger further bearish pressure testing 1...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: March 15 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY was indecisive yesterday. There are no changes in my technical outlook. The bias remains neutral in nearest term probably with a little bullish bias testing 114.50...

USDCHF Daily Forecast: March 15 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF was corrected higher yesterday topped at 0.9881. The bias is neutral in nearest term probably with a little bullish bias testing 0.9930/50 but as long as stays below 1...

AUDUSD. Having the pair capped its strength at 0.7593 level to close lower on Monday, a move further lower is now underway. On the downside, support resides at the 0.7450 level where a breach will aim at the 0.7400 level. Below that level will set the stage for a run at the 0...

Calculated level for today: Support (S1 / S2 / S3 = 39,36 / 38,97 / 33), resistance (R1 / R2 / R3 = 40,64 / 41,03 / 67). Key resistance levels (1st from 40.63 to 39.95 at the end of the day, the 2nd of 40.70 to 40.23...

Calculated data levels: Support (S1 / S2 / S3 = 113,57 / 45/26), resistance (R1 / R2 / R3 = 113,95 / 114,07 / 26). Key support levels (1st from 113.52 to 113.73 at the end of the day, the 2nd of 113.45 to 113.30...

Calculated levels today: Support (S1 / S2 / S3 = 0,9811 / 16 / 0.9792) and resistance (R1 / R2 / R3 = 0,9880 / 95 / .9920). Key resistance levels (1st from 0.9840 to 0.9845 late in the day, the 2nd of 0.9946 to 0.9853...

Calculated level for today: Support (S1 / S2 / S3 = 1,4290 / 68/31), resistance (R1 / R2 / R3 = 1,4364 / 86 / 1.4423). Key support levels (1st from 1.4350 to 1.4344 late in the day, the 2nd of 1.4276 to 1.4336...