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USD/JPY Downside is Slowing Down – UOB The research team at UOB Group believes the pair’s downside could run out of steam in the next 1-3 weeks. Key Quotes “When we turned bearish two days ago (see FX Insights on 06 April when spot was at 110...

USD/CAD Off Lows, but Stays Below 1.31 as Oil extends Rally The Canadian dollar reversed more than half of previous losses and now remains strongly bid against its US counterpart in Europe, keeping USD/CAD deep in the red below 1.31 handle. USD/CAD capped below 20-DMA at 1...

EUR/CHF Keeps the Negative Stance – Commerzbank Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analyst at Commerzbank, has reiterated the negative bias around the cross. Key Quotes “EUR/CHF has recently broken down from a triangle, our bias is negative”. “It has reached the 1...

AUD/USD Off Highs, Returns to 0.7540 After advancing to the area of 0.7570, AUD/USD lost upside traction and has returned to the 0.7545/40 band. AUD/USD well supported near 0...

EUR/USD Advances to Highs Near 1.1390 The common currency has reverted the initial negative tone on Friday, now lifting EUR/USD to daily highs around 1.1390. EUR/USD rebounds from 1.1350 After a drop to the mid-1...

USD/JPY Fails to Resist Above 109 Amid Risk-on The bulls face exhaustion in the European session, now pushing USD/JPY back below 109 handle as focus now shifts towards the upcoming Fed speak for fresh cues on the Fed rate hike prospects...

PBoC Intervention on the Cards? – Danske Bank Sverre Holbek, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, sees the possibility that the Chinese central bank could act in case of unwelcomed depreciation of the Yuan...

GBP/USD Tests 1.4100 on UK Data The British pound has abandoned the area of daily peaks vs. the dollar, with GBP/USD wobbling around 1.4100 following UK’s releases. GBP/USD bid despite poor data Spot has retreated from session highs near 1...

EUR/GBP Attempts Recovery After Weak UK Data The recovery in the EUR/GBP pair is gathering pace after the UK trade deficit figure printed higher than estimates, while manufacturing production contracted sharply. Trades around 0.8070 The cross hovers around 0.8070 from the pre-data level of 0...

EUR/USD Still Neutral Near Term – UOB In view of analysts at UOB Group, EUR/USD keeps its neutral bias for the next 1-3 weeks. Key Quotes “EUR touched 1.1453 yesterday but dropped quickly from the high”...

US Oil Breaks Major Trend Line Resistance, Targets $39.35/$40 Major support - $36.80 (200 day 4HMA) Major resistance - $38 (trend line joining $40.11 and $38.26) US Oil has taken support near 200 day 4H MA and recovered from that level. It is currently trading around $38.16...

Swiss Fx Reserves Increases in Past 12 Months EUR/CHF was under moderate pressure in the past few days. It is now trading much below the mark of 1.09 again. The new exchange rate regime does not work to avert increase in balance sheet of SNB, according to Commerzbank...

Oil Extends Gains, WTI Rises 3% Oil prices extended gains in Europe, with both benchmarks trading at least 3% higher on the day as traders cheered Fed’s bullish comments on economy and strong German data. At the time of writing, WTI futures were up 3.5% at $38.57/barrel. Brent futures traded 3...

USD/JPY Door Open for a Visit to 106.63 – Commerzbank According to Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, spot remains headed towards the 106.60 area. Key Quotes “USD/JPY remains on course for the 106.63/38.2% retracement of the move up from 2012”...

GBP/USD Clinches Highs Beyond 1.4100, UK Data Eyed A bout of buying interest in the risk-associated space has given extra wings to the sterling, helping GBP/USD to regain the 1.4100 handle and above...

USD/JPY Attempting Break Above Hourly 50-MA The corrective move in the USD/JPY strengthened further in Europe, with the pair making a failed attempt to break above hourly 50-MA located at 109.10 levels...

Technical Analysis of USDX for April 8, 2016 The Dollar index is showing signs of a possible reversal that is near. Several bullish divergence signals are given despite the new low. The trend remains bearish but dollar bears should be very cautious as a reversal could occur any time now...

Technical Analysis of Gold for April 8, 2016 Gold made an upward move yesterday towards the $1,240 critical resistance level but did not manage to break it. The weekly trend remains supportive but, in my overall view, long positions are preferred only after a deeper decline towards $1,170-$1,100...

US: Yellen Provides Balance to Previous Pessimism - MUFG Derek Halpenny, European Head of GMR at MUFG, notes that the Fed Chair Yellen was last night more eager to emphasise the positives while sharing the stage with the previous three Fed Chairmen – Volker, Greenspan and Bernanke...