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FxWirePro: Aussie falls After RBA's Monetary Policy Statement AUD/NZD is trading around 1.0796 marks. Pair made intraday high at 1.0858 and low at 1.0781 marks. Today RBA released monetary policy statements...

Looking at a Weaker USD, Higher EUR/USD - BTMU Analysts at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi explained that a weak start to the calendar year for the US economy, the third in a row, prompted heightened recession concerns which reinforced US dollar weakness as well in the near-term...

DAX Consolidates Near Lows European stocks were buoyed on oil's advance, although a holiday in Germany kept action around the DAX limited. The index ended the day 23 points higher at 9.851...

Nikkei Futures Point to a Lower Opening - FXStreet The Japanese Nikkei will reopen this Friday after a three-day holiday, having had its latest official close at 16,147.38...

Oil Settles Higher as Canadian Fire, Libya Conflict Limit Supply Crude oil prices rallied at the beginning of the day, with WTI futures posting a daily high of $46...

USD/CAD: Targeting 1.35 in Next Few Months - Scotiabank Analysts at Scotiabank noted that Yesterday’s weak Canadian trade report provided the exclamation point to our assertion on Tuesday that the good Canadian news was largely priced in to the CAD around the 1.25 area...

NZD/USD Heavy, Set to Test 50-DMA as Oil Deepens Losses NZD/USD’s recovery from NY lows faltered just shy of 0.69 handle, and the prices came under renewed selling pressure as Oil resumed decline and triggered fresh risk-aversion wave across the financial markets...

Goldman Sachs Hiked Iron Ore Price Forecasts In its latest report published on Friday, Goldman Sachs upwardly revised their iron-ore price outlook for 2016. Key Points: For Q2 2016, iron-ore price forecast raised by 47% to $55 / metric ton Q3 2016 forecast up 20% to $45...

Gold Rebounds in Asia, but Stays Below 5-DMA - NFP Eyed The yellow metal caught a fresh bid-wave in the Asian session, staging a recovery from four back-to-back sessions of losses ahead of the highly influential US jobs data. Gold flirts with $ 1280 barrier Currently, gold jumps +0...

FxWirePro: USD/KRW Stable Around 1168, Intraday Bias Remains Neutral USD/KRW is currently trading around 1168 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds key resistance at 1168 levels...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: May 06 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD had a bearish momentum yesterday bottomed at 1.1385. The shooting star formation I showed you on Wednesday gave us a valid signal of a bearish pullback. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing 1.1275 region...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: May 06 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD was indecisive yesterday but overall still able to maintain its bearish bias since the false breakout above the daily EMA 200 as you can see on my daily chart below. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing 1.4400 – 1.4350 region...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: May 06 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY was indecisive yesterday but overall still able to maintain its bullish intraday bias. The bias is bullish in nearest term testing 107.60...

USDCHF Daily Forecast: May 06 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF had a bullish momentum yesterday topped at 0.9696. The bias is bullish in nearest term testing 0.9715 – 0.9765. Immediate support is seen around 0.9625...

USD/JPY: Yen in Demand Amid Risk-Off, 107 Tested The USD/JPY pair found support just ahead of 107 handle and now makes minor-recovery attempts as the JPY bulls jumped back on the bids amid poor risk sentiment across Asia. USD/JPY fails once again near 107.50 Having faced rejection just below 107...

Japan Re-Opens in the Red, Drags Asia Lower ahead of US NFP The Asian equities extend their losing streak into an eighth-day this Friday, headed for the biggest weekly loss since February, as weaker sentiment on the US stocks amid renewed oil price sell-off extended into the Asian trades...

AUD/USD Meets Fresh Supply on RBA SoMP, Attacks 0.7400 The AUD/USD pair snapped the previous rebound and resumed its recent downtrend, with the bears tightening their grip following the release of RBA’s Statement of Monetary Policy (SoMP). AUD/USD drops from 0...

AUD Hammered, RBA Hints at Further Rate Cuts The Australian Dollar has fallen sharp following the release of the RBA Quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy, in which the doors were left wide open for further rate cuts...

RBA's SoMP: Inflation Forecasts Slashed, Lowers Wages Outlook The RBA’s quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy (SoMP), issued quarterly, has been published, with the Central Bank lowering its inflation forecasts and wages outlook...

Action in Commodities: Energy Higher - ANZ Analysts at ANZ explained the action in the commodity sector. Key Quotes: "Energy was higher. Supply disruptions and closures helped push crude oil prices higher, despite the stronger USD...