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US: Delayed Fed Rate Hike Expectations Prompt Search for Yield - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the US dollar remains on the defensive in the near-term with renewed weakness most evident against commodity related and emerging market currencies...

NZD/USD Strong Rally Halted at 0.7150, Now Trading Sub-0.7100 The NZD/USD pair has given up some of its RBNZ status-quo monetary policy led up-move and has now dropped below 0.7100 handle. Earlier on Thursday, RBNZ surprised markets by leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25...

WTI Drops to Lows Near $50.70 After hitting fresh 2016 highs in the $51.70 area per barrel, the West Texas Intermediate is now grinding lower towards the $50.75/70 band...

USD/CAD Seen Grinding Lower – Westpac Strategist at Westpac Richard Franulovich believes the pair is heading lower in the short term. Key Quotes “May CPI the key data point of note for the week ahead. The data should not fuss, with the core rate likely to rise 0.2% in the month. BoC Gov...

US Dollar Flirting with Highs Near 93.80 The greenback, tracked by the US Dollar Index, has found strong support in the 93.40 area, currently advancing to 93.80, or session highs. US Dollar supported at 93...

FxWirePro: BTC/USD Consolidates in Narrow Range, Good to Sell on Rallies Major resistance - $600 BTC/USD has formed the temporary top around $594 and declining from that level. It is currently trading around $581...

German Bund Yields Hover Around Record Low Levels, Likely to Test Zero Soon The German 10-year bund yields continue to hover around record low levels on Thursday, after testing its 2015 low of 0...

EUR/GBP Clings to Gains Near 0.7850 EUR/GBP is posting meagre gains in the second half of the week following the bearish note around the single currency and the British pound. EUR/GBP upside capped above 0...

FxWirePro: EUR/JPY slips Below 121 Handle, All Targets Hit, Book Full Profits EUR/JPY has slipped below the 121 handle as bid tone around the Japanese currency increases. Risk-off sentiment prevailing across Asian and European equities boosting the safe-haven appeal of the yen...

NZDUSD Stages Strong Rally to 1-Year High NZDUSD staged a strong rally early on Thursday to reach a one-year high of 0.7146. The pair turned more bullish after clearing some important barriers. There was a daily close above the key 0.70 level on Wednesday...

All About Positioning on Rate Moves The overnight volatility on currencies has come from central bank decision and also lack of them. The main surprise was with the cut in rates from the Bank of Korea, cut to 1.25% (from 1.50...

U.S. Equities Approaching Record Highs as the Dollar Falls The Dow Jones finally managed to close above the psychological key 18,000 level for the first time since April, while the S&P 500 closed less than 1% shy from its record high in May 2015...

Long Overdue Correction for Euro Previous: On Wednesday the euro/dollar managed to lift above 1.14. Due to oil and gold prices rising, the euro's strengthening was held back in the EUR/AUD and EUR/CAD crosses...

Dollar Index and Gold Price Action Indicate Renewed Easy Money Perceptions Weaker than expected U.S. economic data, and a renewed easy money push by the Global Central Bankers has elicited a negative Dollar reaction from the markets during the past few sessions...

GBP/JPY Recovery Remains Capped by 154 ahead of UK Data The cross in the GBP/JPY stalled a minor-recovery just shy of 154 handle and now consolidates below the last as we await the UK trade figures due out shortly...

EUR/USD Reverses Sharply from Monthly High, Back Below 1.1400 Handle After printing monthly high level of 1.1416, the EUR/USD pair erased early Asian session gains and turned lower, dropping back below 1.1400 handle to currently trade near session low level...

USD/CAD Ends 4-Day Losing Streak, Rebounds Above 1.2700 The US dollar staged a solid comeback versus its Canadian counterpart in the European session, driving USD/CAD sharply higher above 1.27 handle. USD/CAD recovers from 0.2670 region Currently, the USD/CAD pair trades +0...

NZ: Kiwi Flying High in the Aftermath of RBNZ - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, suggests that the New Zealand dollar has benefitted from the RBNZ’s decision to leave its key policy rate unchanged overnight at 2.25...

EUR/JPY: Sell-Off Extends, Attacks 121 Handle The bearish pressure behind the EUR/JPY cross accentuated post-European open, mainly driven by aggressive yen buying across the board amid risk-aversion. EUR/JPY gives-up 60-pips in the last hour The EUR/JPY pair slumps -0.67% to 121...