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EUR/USD Hits New Session Highs Near 1.1370 on CPI Fresh bids emerged for the EUR/USD pair at 1.1350 levels following the release of Euro zone flash CPI estimate, resending the prices towards 1.14 handle. EUR/USD: 1.1400 still on sight? Currently, EUR/USD trades 0.20% higher at 1...

Technical Analysis of EUR/JPY for March 31, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: The EUR/JPY pair is trading higher at 127.55 levels. As depicted on the daily chart view, the Fibonacci 0.618 resistance is seen at 128.30 levels going forward...

USD Continues to Suffer - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that yesterday currency markets enjoyed a 'risk on' feel as the US Dollar continued to suffer in the aftermath of Fed Chair Janet Yellen's cautious rhetoric on Tuesday...

EUR/GBP Hovers Over 0.7900 on EMU Data EUR/GBP keeps the 0.7900 area in the wake of the release of flash inflation figures in the euro area. EUR/GBP bid after data releases The European cross keeps its daily gains near the 0...

Technical Analysis of GBP/CHF for March 31, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: The GBP/CHF pair is showing mixed signals for now and it is trading lower at 1.3830 levels. Please note that the pair has stalled and reversed from the Fibonacci 0.618 resistance of the drop between 1.4050 and 1...

Technical Analysis of USDX for March 31, 2016 The Dollar index continued its slide towards the previous low of 94.60 and for now it holds above it. As I said yesterday, the price was more likely to move to new lows but we should be looking closely for the possibility of a double bottom formation...

Technical Analysis of Gold for March 31, 2016 Gold remains inside the short-term bearish channel and as we expected from our previous analysis, the price has made a lower high around the $1,235-40 area and is pulling back down...

Technical Analysis of USD/CHF for March 31, 2016 USD/CHF is expected to trade in a lower range as key resistance is at 0.9715. Despite the recent technical rebound, the pair remains under pressure below its nearest resistance at 0.9715. The relative strength index lacks upward momentum...

Technical Analysis of NZD/USD for March 31, 2016 NZD/USD is expected to trade in a higher range, with a bullish bias above 0.6845. The pair is currently consolidating, but still holds above its key support area around 0...

Technical Analysis of GBP/JPY for March 31, 2016 GBP/JPY is expected to trade in a lower range as the pair is under pressure. The pair stays on the downside and remains under pressure below its key resistance at 161.85. The descending 50-period moving average maintains a bearish bias...

Elliott Wave Analysis of EUR/NZD for March 31 - 2016 Wave summary: We have likely seen a low at 1.6229 just above the 1.6210 target. To confirm that a low has been seen, we need a break above minor resistance at 1.6508 and, more importantly, a break above resistance at 1...

Elliott Wave Analysis of EUR/JPY for March 31 - 2016 Wave summary: We continue to look for more corrective upside pressure close to 128.91 before the final decline to below 122.06 is ready to take over for the final decline closer to 117...

Technical Analysis of EUR/USD for March 31, 2016 When the European market opens, some economic news will be released such as the Italian Prelim CPI m/m, Core CPI Flash Estimate y/y, CPI Flash Estimate y/y, German Unemployment Change, Spanish Flash CPI y/y, French Prelim CPI m/m, French Consumer S...

Technical Analysis of USD/JPY for March 31, 2016 In Asia, Japan will release the Housing Starts y/y and the US will release some economic data such as Natural Gas Storage, the Chicago PMI, Unemployment Claims, and Challenger Job Cuts y/y...

Daily Analysis of Major Pairs for March 31, 2016 EUR/USD: The EUR/USD pair broke further upwards on Wednesday, testing the resistance line at 1.1350. There is a Bullish Confirmation Pattern on the 4-hour chart...

European Stocks Drop on Commodity Share Weakness Stock markets across Europe fell in early trading with commodity shares leading the way lower. At the time of writing, Euro Stoxx 50 index was down 0.66%. Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC were down 0.32% and 0.68% respectively...

‘Brexit’ will be a Big Q2 Theme - SocGen Kit Juckes, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that ‘Brexit’ will be a big Q2 theme of course...

Where to for AUD and NZD? – Deutsche Bank Robin Winkler, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that their short AUD and NZD have suffered from a sharp improvement in risk appetite thanks to benign signals from the Fed and China...

JPY: Q2 Theme will be Further Unwinding of Yen Strength - SocGen Kit Juckes, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that this morning’s weekly Japanese securities investment data reinforce his view that one Q2 theme will be some further unwinding of yen strength...

NZD/USD: At New Cyclical High – ANZ Research Team at ANZ, notes that the Kiwi broke to a new cycle high overnight as USD liquidation continued. Key Quotes “The break opens the way for a test above 0.70, with the next solid resistance around 0.7160-0.72...