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Yen Rises Against Majors The Japanese yen strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The yen rose to a 4-day high of 160.64 against the pound and a 2-day high of 112.06 against the U.S. dollar, from yesterday's closing quotes of 161.60 and 112.55, respectively...

NZD/USD Struggles to Extend Beyond 0.6900 The NZD/USD pair is extending its struggle with 0.69 handle into late-Asian/ early European trades, as the auspicious China PMI reports failed to provide a lift to the sentiment around the bird. NZD/USD recovers from 0...

RBA on Hold; Unchanged Rhetoric on AUD – Westpac Bill Evans, Chief Economist at Westpac, suggests that the Australia’s Reserve Bank Board meets next week on April 5 and they expect that the Board will decide to hold rates steady...

USD: Evidence of FX Reserves Rebalancing – Nomura Research Team at Nomura, suggests that the FX reserves rebalancing may explain some of the weakness in USD...

EUR/USD Looking for a Retest of 1.1400 Amid Risk-Aversion The overnight corrective slide in EUR/USD found some support near 1.1365 region, with the prices now making fresh attempts to conquer 1.14 handle once again...

AUD: Flying too High? – Westpac Robert Rennie, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that after rising about 5% against the US dollar over the past month, the Aussie will surely be a hotter topic at the RBA Board’s meeting on Tuesday than it has been for quite some time...

CAD: Canadian Growth Surprises - Nomura Charles St-Arnaud, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that a recovery in the manufacturing sector and in most sectors has pushed the Canadian growth higher. Key Quotes “Monthly GDP increased by 0...

Oil Price Forecasts Raised for the 1st time in 10 months – Reuters poll The latest Reuters poll result showed that the economists and oil analysts raised the average oil price forecasts for 2016 for the first time in 10 months, although with a cautious tone...

Oil Eases in Asia, Brent Flirts with $ 40 Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic resumed their broader downtrend after a brief stint to the upside seen on Thursday, as a stronger US dollar weighed on the black gold...

AUD/USD Finds Fresh Bids at 0.7650, Re-takes 0.7700? The selling pressure behind the AUD gained further traction over the last hour, sending AUD/USD lower to the half-way point on 76 handle, before the bulls were rescued by China data...

USD/JPY Smashed on Risk-off, but Stays Above 112 The USD/JPY pair is seen reversing a brief dip just ahead of 112 barrier amid widespread risk-aversion into markets as the Asian stocks tumble in sync with oil...

AUD/JPY Under Pressure, Risk-off Weighs Charles St-Arnaud, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that a recovery in the manufacturing sector and in most sectors has pushed the Canadian growth higher. Key Quotes “Monthly GDP increased by 0...

FXWIREPRO: AUD/USD Breaks Strong Trendline Support, Good to Go Short AUD/USD was dragged down by risk-aversion in early Asian session, the pair slipped from day's highs at 0.77 to hit lows of 0.7647...

Australian Dollar Falls Against Most Majors The Australian dollar weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The Australian dollar fell to 85.78 against the yen, from yesterday's closing value of 86.17. Against the euro and the U.S. dollar, the aussie dropped to 1...

Asian Stocks in Red Ahead of Non Farm Job Results, Gold Finds Support Around $1230 All the major Asian markets are trading in red as market await NFP job results. In addition, Gold remains supported around $1230 mark...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: April 01 2016 EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD continued its bullish momentum yesterday topped at 1.1411. The bias remains bullish in nearest term testing 1.1450 – 1.1500 region which remains a good place to sell. Immediate support is seen around 1.1365...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: April 01 2016 GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD was indecisive yesterday. Price attempted to push higher, slipped above 1.4400 but again, failed to stay consistently above 1.4400. The bias remains bearish in nearest term testing 1.4280 – 1.4200 region...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: April 01 2016 USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY had another indecisive movement yesterday. There are no changes in my technical outlook. The bias remains bearish in nearest term testing 111.50 region. Immediate resistance remains around 112.80...

USDCHF Daily Forecast: April 01 2016 USDCHF Forecast The USDCHF attempted to push lower yesterday bottomed at 0.9571 but closed a little bit higher at 0.9614. The bias is bearish in nearest term especially if price able to make a clear break below 0.9570 testing 0.9500 or lower...