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Gold: Weaker Heading into the FOMC Week Gold futures on Comex is seen making minor recovery attempts so far this session, kicking-off the week on a bearish note as the bulls remains cautious ahead of the key FOMC decision. Gold back above $ 1250 Currently, gold trades -0.20% to 1256...

Asian Stocks Through the Roof, Eyes on Central Banks Events The Asian stock markets opened the week on a bullish note and extended gains for third straight session, tracking the strong gains on the Wall Street and firmer oil prices...

Asian Markets Start the Week on a Higher Note, Gold supported Above $1250 All the Asian markets are opened on a higher note on the start of the new week on Monday as Wall Street booked a solid gain on last Friday and Gold erases previous losses against US dollar and currently remains well support...

Nikkei225 Breaks Major Resistance 17200, Good to Buy at Dips Chart pattern - Ascending triangle Major resistance - 17200 The index has broken major resistance 17200 and jumped till 17267 at the time of writing. It is currently trading around 17267...

AUD/NZD Back Above 1.12 Mark, Good to Buy on Dips Pair is currently trading at 1.1230 levels. It made intraday high at 1.1232 and low at 1.1205 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish for the moment. On the downside, key support level falls at 1.1060 levels...

Japan Core Machine Orders Soar 15.0% In January Core machine orders in Japan surged 15.0 percent on month in January, the Cabinet Office said on Monday - coming in at 934.7 billion yen. The headline figure far exceeded forecasts for an increase of 1.9 percent following the downwardly revised 1...

Singapore Dollar Fails to Sustain Below 1.36, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish USD/SGD is currently supported above 1.3700 levels and trading around 1.3736 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3750 and low at 1.3710 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 1...

USD/JPY Struggle with 114 Continues Ahead of BOJ, FOMC The USD/JPY pair attempts to extend Friday’s gains and reclaim 114 handle in the Asian trades, setting-off the week on an upbeat note amid improved risk sentiment...

AUD/USD: Bulls Taking Back Control on Key Week AUD/USD has been a drift to the upside to start the week and bulls remain in control. The greenback remains on the back foot after the ECB induced rally in the euro and while there has been a recovery in stocks, oil and metal prices...

NZD/USD Outlook - Westpac Imre Speizer, analysts at Westpac offered an insight into the NZ dollar. Key Quotes: "1 Week: NZD/USD is stuck around 0.6700 in the near term...

G10 Key Events: FOMC to Downgrade Rate Outlook? Analysts at Nomura explained the key events for the week ahead in the G10. Key Quotes: "The March FOMC meeting will be in focus, but there will also be key data on producer and consumer prices, as well as consumer, housing and industrial activity...

USD/СAD: Wave analysis and forecast for 11.03 – 18.03: Downtrend dominates. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 1.3450. Our opinion: Sell the pair from correction below the level of 1.3450 with the targets of 1.3054...

USD/JPY: Wave analysis and forecast for 11.03 – 18.03: The pair is likely to decline. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 114.55. Our opinion: Sell the pair from correction below the level of 114.55 with the targets of 108.00 – 107.00...

USD/CHF: Wave analysis and forecast for 11.03 – 18.03: Downtrend continues. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 1.0089. Our opinion: Sell the pair from correction below the level of 1.0089 with the target of 0.95...

GBP/USD: Wave analysis and forecast for 11.03 – 18.03: The pair is undergoing correction. The rise in the pair is possible. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 1.4115. Our opinion: Sell the pair from correction above the level of 1.4115 with the targets of 1.45 – 1.4690...

EUR/USD: Wave analysis and forecast for 11.03 – 18.03: Uptrend continues. Estimated pivot point is at the level of 1.0820. Our opinion: Buy the pair from correction above the level of 1.0820 with the target of 1.15 – 1.16...

USD/JPY Within Familar Range Stuck Around 20 DMA USD/JPY has been better bid for the past number of sessions, although the 20 dma has not been an easy task for the bulls, at 113.32 today while the pair has made highs of 113.92 on dollar weakness to close the week down...

GBP/USD: Consolidation Now, at 1.47 by Year-End Analysts from FX Strategy at Lloyds Bank expect GBP/USD to trade around 1.47 by year-end. Key Quotes: “GBP/USD has had mixed fortunes over the past month. The currency pair fell below 1...

USD/CHF Drops to Fresh 4-Week Lows USD/CHF had a short-lived recovery during the European session and resumed the decline on American hours. Recently fell to 0.9802, hitting the lowest level since February 15. The pair is about to end the week slightly above 0...

NZD/USD Trims Weekly Losses NZD/USD surged after the beginning of the American session and climbed from below 0.6600 to 0.6756, reaching the highest level since the Reserve Bank of New Zeland rate cut surprise. The pair is holding near the highs, currently trading at 0.6742/46, up 1...