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The buck reverted the initial negative stance following a string of better-than-expected results in today’s US docket. In fact, Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization and JOLTs Job Openings all surprised to the upside, while advanced Consumer Sentiment came in at 102.0 for the current month, the highest level since 2004.

In its monthly report released on Thursday, the IEA increased its global oil demand growth forecast for 2018 and remained supportive of the commodity's minor uptick. The positive outlook, to some extent, was negated by...

The USD/CAD pair was seen oscillating in a narrow trading range and consolidated overnight strong gains to 8-1/2 month tops. The pair has managed to hold with modest gains and seemed rather unaffected by the...

The overnight US dollar rebound lost legs in Asia on the final trading day of this week, as the White House woes returned to markets, with Trump looking to fire the US National...

Many Asia-Pacific stocks were down modestly midday Friday, with markets getting little direction from European and U.S. activity overnight after what has been a choppy trading week...

The GBP/USD is currently trading at around 1.3950. The pound fell 50 pips in the early European session amid escalating tensions between the UK and Russia...

In light of FX Strategists at Scotiabank, the pair could break above the current consolidative theme.

The EUR/USD pair extended its steady decline from an intraday high level of 1.2384 and has now dropped to fresh session lows. The pair extended its overnight retracement slide from multi-day tops, triggered by the...

The GBP/USD recovery once again lost legs just below the 1.40 mark, now pushing the rates to break through the midpoint of the 1.39 handle, as the demand for the greenback has returned to the markets amid ebbing fears of a global trade war. The USD index extends recovery from 89.62 lows to now trade near...

Stocks in Japan and Hong Kong initially dropped by more than 1% following falls in major U.S. benchmarks overnight, but as investors perceived overselling they stepped in and pushed the Nikkei and the Hang Seng back into positive territory. Hong Kong’s recovery was...

The overnight risk-off market profile extended into Asia this Thursday, as lingering worries over a potential global trade war continued to kill the demand for the risk assets while boosting the safe-havens such as the Yen, Swiss franc, and gold. The sentiment soured on mounting concerns over...

Oil prices notched a modest gain on Wednesday, as gasoline futures climbed on the back of a hefty decline in U.S. supplies of the motor fuel, offsetting earlier pressure from a bigger-than-expected rise in crude supplies.

The U.S. dollar retraced some losses achieved after Wednesday data, but remained in a close trading range. The euro a notable decliner after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi expressed concern with subdued inflation in the eurozone.

The pair's latest leg of fall over the past few hours lacked any obvious fundamental trigger and could be attributed to some long-unwinding trade, especially after the recent repeated failures to sustain/build on...

After yesterday's modest rebound, the cross resumed with its prior depreciating slide and so far, traded with a negative bias for the fifth session in the previous six.This coupled with a disappointing EZ industrial production data, showing a...

Forex today was giving us more concerns about the internal affairs of the White House and the revolving door of top personnel with headlines that Secretary of State Tillerson had been fired...

The global pullback in equity markets continued in Asia on Wednesday, where stocks opened lower across the board, following the firing of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

GBP/USD extended gains during the US session and reached a fresh 2-week high at 1.3993. Afterward pulled back modestly and it was trading at 1.3965/70, up more than 50 pips for the day. A weak US dollar across the board boosted the pair. The greenback started to slide after US inflation data (no positive surprise) and

EUR/USD: Neutral (since 05 Mar 18, 1.2335): Pressure shifted back to the downside but expect strong support at 1.2220. No change in view.EUR hit a ‘fresh’ low of 1.2271 last Friday but rebounded to close almost unchanged for the day. We continue to hold the view that the immediate pressure is...

A combination of diverging forces has led to a subdued/range-bounce price action through the mid-European session on Tuesday. A goodish pickup in the US Dollar demand extended some support but the same was largely negated by the...

Currently placed at the lower end of its daily trading range, a goodish pickup in the US Dollar demand was seen one of the key factors weighing on dollar-denominated commodities - like gold. This coupled with a positive tone around the US Treasury bond yields was further seen denting demand for the...

Investors in Asia-Pacific stock markets began shaking off their earlier caution ahead of the latest U.S. reading on inflation, which is likely to give some idea about whether the Federal Reserve will accelerate its pace of interest-rate increases. Shares across the region started to eke out gains in the afternoon or...

Forex today in Asia was a quiet affair in early trades, but volatility soon picked-up as risk sentiment improved. The Yen lost footing amid a solid rally in the Nikkei 225 index, as markets looked past the Japanese political woes. The USD/JPY pair staged a solid rebound and headed back towards the...

Gold prices finished modestly lower on Monday, giving back the gains seen in the previous session as investors await U.S. consumer-price index data due Tuesday for the latest clue on the pace of Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes.

EUR/USD rebounded after hitting a fresh daily low at 1.2288. The euro rose back above 1.2300 and recently reached 1.2324, the highest level since the European session. Still remains far from the highs. It continues to consolidate near 1.2300.

EUR hit a ‘fresh’ low of 1.2271 last Friday but rebounded to close almost unchanged for the day. We continue to hold the view that the immediate pressure is on the downside even though ‘neutral’ shorter-term indicators suggest that EUR could trade sideways for a few days first before moving lower to test the solid support at 1.2220...

The GBP/USD pair trimmed some of its early gains and quickly retreated around 20-25 pips from session tops, touched in the past hour. The pair gained some positive traction at the start of a new trading week and jumped back closer to the...

The USD/CAD pair consolidated Friday's slump to 1-1/2 week lows and was seen oscillating in a range just above the 1.2800 handle. The US Dollar continues to be weighed down by the latest US monthly jobs report, showing an addition of...

Asia-Pacific stock markets maintained strong early gains Monday afternoon, building on a late-week rebound. Many markets rose at least 1%, following similar gains Friday in the U.S.—including a record close for the Nasdaq Composite—that followed a strong...

EUR/GBP dropped on Friday for the third day in a row. It bottomed at 0.8873, the lowest level in a week. The pair rebounded from the lows but it was holding under 0.8900, with a bearish tone. The euro weakened after the ECB decision to keep rates and QE unchanged. Despite removing a line in the statement saying it would...

The dollar was little changed against a basket of currencies on Friday as monthly U.S. job growth data was its strongest in over 1-1/2 years while wage gains slowed more than expected, supporting the view the Federal Reserve would not quicken its pace on raising interest rates.

The US dollar ended up mixed against major pairs after the release of the U.S. non farm payrolls (NFP) report for February and news of a potential meet up between North Korea and American leaders. The NFP was a mixed bag with a monster 313,000 jobs gain but...

EUR/USD rebounded on Friday and erased daily losses. It was about to end practically at the same level it had a week ago. The pair bottomed on Friday after the release of the US employment report. According to it, the economy created 313K jobs in February surpassing expectations...

The recent recovery ended abruptly as EUR plunged after touching a high of 1.2446 yesterday (we had previously expected the rebound to extend to 1.2500). The sharp and swift drop took out the key support at 1.2300 with an overnight low of 1.2296. The break of the key support has shifted the pressure back to the downside but at this stage, any weakness is expected to...

EUR/USD remains under pressure at the end of the week in the 1.2300 neighbourhood, all amidst a renewed bid tone around the greenback as market participants continue to digest yesterday’s cautious tone from the...

The GBP/USD pair quickly reversed an early European session bullish spike but has still managed to hold its neck above the 1.3800 handle. The pair did get a minor boost and jumped to an intraday high level of 1.3831 amid a subdued US Dollar price-action. The up-move turned out to be...

Asia today witnessed a recovery in risk sentiment, as attention shifted from the US tariffs news to the North Korean announcement, as the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un offers to...

Most Asia-Pacific stocks posted more wide, strong gains Friday with the region getting a fresh boost from news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump agreed to meet by May. But some of the gains cooled as the morning progressed, with traders digesting...

GBP/USD broke below 1.3850 and dropped quickly to 1.3812, reaching the lowest since Monday. The pair was already lower and extended the decline during the American session. The greenback rose further across the board following Draghi’s press conference. The US dollar gained momentum on the back of easing fears of a...

You don’t have to be a seasoned central-bank watcher to decipher the message in Mario Draghi’s latest comments on trade.

The EUR/JPY cross maintained it’s offered tone through the mid-European session and is currently placed at session lows, around the 131.30-25 region. The shared currency lost some ground on Thursday as traders seemed inclined to lighten their bullish positions heading into...

Trading a couple of standard deviations away from key short-term moving averages typically is a sign that the rubber band has been stretched in an unsustainable fashion in key benchmark indexes. What we are seeing in the stock market is a reversion-to-the-mean type of trade, which is normal after the...

Forex today witnessed a recovery in risk appetite across Asia, as the White House announced that Canada and Mexico, and possibly other countries, may be exempted from...

Asia-Pacific stocks rebounded solidly Thursday, as markets in the U.S. and Europe stabilized overnight following weakness sparked by top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn’s resignation...

Gold traded lower Wednesday as the U.S. dollar gave up the gains it saw in the immediate wake of the resignation of key Trump ally Gary Cohn, purportedly over the gully in their views on trade and tariffs.

When we turned neutral two days ago (05 Mar, spot at 1.2335), we viewed EUR’s strength as a ‘correction’ but were of the view that the immediate bias is for a ‘probe’ higher towards the top of the expected 1.2220/1.2430 consolidation range.

The euro has edged higher in the Wednesday session. Currently, EUR/USD is trading at 1.2452, up 0.17% on the day. On the release front, Eurozone Revised GDP posted a gain of 0.6% for a fourth straight quarter. This matched the estimate. In the US, today’s key indicator is ADP nonfarm payrolls, which is expected to drop sharply to...

On bids for the fifth consecutive session amid persistent USD weakness. • The up-move lacked strong conviction ahead of Thursday’s ECB decision. • US private sector employment details eyed for some trading impetus...

The central bankers’ speeches and economic releases played a second fiddle to the risk-off market condition that dominated the Asian trades this Wednesday, after the US Chief Economic Adviser Gary Cohn, a proponent of free-market trade, announced his resignation overnight. Cohn’s departure re-ignited worries over...

Asia-Pacific stocks were broadly lower Wednesday with investors spooked by news that Gary Cohn would resign as President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser after he lost a...

After making a return trip from 1.3817 back through the 1.3877 European AM sell-off point, cable is looking fragile again, currently, trading at 1.3894, up 0.35% on the day, having posted a daily high at 1.3931 and low at 1.3817.

We just turned neutral on EUR yesterday (05 Mar, spot at 1.2335) and there is no change to the view. The strong rebound from last week’s 1.2153 low is deemed as a ‘correction’ and not the start of a bullish phase. That said, the immediate bias is for a probe higher towards the top of the expected 1.2220/1.2430 consolidation range.

Andrew Ticehurst, Research Analyst at Nomura, suggests that with the release of partial data for Australian economy this week covering inventories, profits, net exports and...

Persistent worries over a possible global trade war, stemming out of the US President Donald Trump's recent proposal to impose steep tariffs on imported steel and...

In light of CME Group’s preliminary data for GBP futures markets, open interest decreased by more than 4.4K contracts on Monday - recording the third consecutive...

We had an eventful Asian session this Tuesday, dominated by the Australian data dump and RBA rate decision amid risk-on market profile, as the US tariffs...

The U.S. dollar gave up its earlier gains during Monday’s session as the British pound jumped after Prime Minister Theresa May said a Brexit transition deal between...

Our recent bearish expectation (01 Mar, spot at 1.2185) was proven wrong quickly as EUR easily took out the ‘stop-loss’ at 1.2320 level last Friday (high of 1.2336). Despite the strong rebound from last week’s 1.2153 low, it is too soon to expect the start of a bullish phase. The current movement in EUR is viewed as...

The pair is struggling to extend its march north on Monday, while it seems to have found strong resistance at recent peaks in the...

WTI (oil futures on NYMEX) stalled its upbeat momentum and reversed a part of the intraday gains, as the sentiment was dented following the release of the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts...

The AUD/USD pair maintained its offered tone through the early European session and is currently placed within striking distance of over 2-month lows set last Thursday. Despite the prevalent negative sentiment surrounding the US Dollar, the pair failed to attract any buying interest and was being...

The Euro witnessed a mixed start to the week, initially having received a boost following the weekend’s German SPD’s vote in favor of the coalition deal. However, the upside was short-lived as sentiment soured on the Italian election’s projected outcome of a...

The main events for the next day in the Eurozone, according to analysts from Danske Bank, are the Italian Parliamentary election being held and the results of the German SPD’s member vote on the coalition due to be released on Sunday.

The US dollar was set to end the week on a positive note after Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified twice and other Fed speakers signalled a hawkish view on the economy. The USD had appreciated on a weekly basis up until Thursday when President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent on aluminium imports. Markets reacted to the protectionist...

EUR/USD is about to end the week trading above 1.2320, at the highest level in three days. The pair was able to...

Gold peaked today at $1325/oz, reaching the highest level since Tuesday. After the beginning of the US session moved of highs and pulled back to $1317. Near the end of the week, it was hovering around...

The USD/CHF is currently trading down 0.7% at about 0.9360 since it retraced sharply lower from yesterday’s highs seen at...

Asian stocks fell sharply Friday, weighed down by greater fears of an escalation of trade protectionism after U.S. President Donald Trump announced...

The shared currency is extending yesterday’s recovery and is now lifting EUR/USD to the vicinity of the key...

The GBP/JPY is trading down 0.4% at around 145.70 on Brexit-related uncertainties and the Japanese Yen...

Risk-off market profile prevailed in Asia at full steam, as the Asian equities tracked the overnight sell-off in their US counterparts, after the US President...

Trading within a heavy trend to the downside on Brexit concerns, GBP/USD is catching a bid on dollar weakening...

EUR/USD is turning up the gas as we progress through the NY session with the DXY capped by the 55-D MA at 90.91 ahead of the 18 Jan high of 91.04. Currently...

Currency traders buckle up — the two biggest currencies in Europe are facing a volatile couple of days, with a trio of political events poised to shove both the euro and pound sharply lower...

The USD/CAD pair finally broke out of its Asian/early European session consolidation phase and refreshed session tops in the last....

The demand for the single currency remains absent so far this week, forcing EUR/USD to drop to the area of 1.2180 earlier in the session, where it seems to have met some dip-buyers.

The FX markets witnessed a classic risk-off action in the NY session as fears of faster Fed rate hikes saw Dow take a 380 point drop. The American dollar strengthened against most majors and gold but suffered losses against the Japanese Yen.

The broad based bid tone around the greenback is not echoing in USD/JPY, which remains on the defensive gyrating around...

EUR/JPY is making further ground below the 200-D SMA while the euro falls below the rising 50-D SMA and US stocks take a...

The euro fell to a six-week low on Wednesday after an upbeat assessment of the U.S. economy by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell boosted the dollar, while slowing euro zone..

Oil futures fell Wednesday, as the effects of a stronger dollar continued to pressure the commodity, while investors braced for supply data due later that’s expected to show a further build in U.S. stockpiles.

Having posted a session high level of 1.2242, the EUR/USD pair met with some fresh supply and drifted into negative territory for the second consecutive session.

The overnight bullish tone around the US dollar extended into Asia this Wednesday, as the dust settled over the new Chair Powell’s Congressional testimony, which cheered the hawks. However, the JPY bulls fought back control following the reports that the BoJ...

Asia-Pacific equities faded Tuesday, led by Chinese big caps, as buying appetite for global stocks appeared to be waning at the end of a roller-coaster month...

The continuation of the selling pressure around the greenback is helping EUR/USD to stick to the daily gains...

For the first time in his new role as the Fed chairman Jerome Powell will deliver semi-annual testimony before Congress...

A quiet Asian affair across the fx space this Tuesday, as a sense of calm prevailed in anticipation of the new Fed Chair Powell’s testimony, despite the risk-on rally in the Asian equities. As a result...

EUR/JPY is correcting away from the cliff edge and is currently, EUR/JPY is trading at 131.63, up 0.17% on the day, having...

There were wide gains of at least 0.5% for Asia-Pacific stock indexes. The rebound allowed benchmarks in Australia and Singapore to move back...

ECB Governing Council member Benoit Coeure was out on the wires last minutes, delivering the welcome address at the first meeting of the Working Group on Euro Risk-Free Rates, at the ECB, Frankfurt....

Gold prices edged up at the start of a new trading week and recovered around 50% of last week's losses of more than 1%, buoyed by a weaker greenback. Currently trading around the $1339-40 region, testing session tops, a fresh wave of US Dollar selling pressure was...

EUR traded within a surprisingly narrow range of 1.2278/1.2337 last Friday; the 59 pips is the smallest 1-day range since late December. Nevertheless, we continue to hold a ‘negative’ view on EUR and see...

EUR/USD is climbing ahead of the European markets, testing into 1.2325 as of writing. Risk appetite returned to markets to kick off the new week of trading, and the Euro has begun to claw back up the charts following a bounce from February's low of 1.2260.

The strong euro currency is a “point of attention” for policymakers at the European Central Bank, Belgium’s ECB Governing Council member Jan Smets said.The single European currency’s value increased by some...

The USD appreciated during the week against major pairs. The currency got a boost from the release of the minutes from the January Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The brief statement was slightly hawkish, but the full notes from the meeting revealed the US central bank upgraded its economic projections from those made in December and expects the 2 percent inflation target to...

The GBP/USD pair extended its retracement slide from the 1.40 neighborhood and tumbled to fresh session lows in the last hour, albeit quickly recovered few pips thereafter. It is turning out to be yet another volatile session for the major, which initially spiked to an intraday high level of 1.3995 but then retreated sharply closer to the 1.3900 handle on the back of incoming Brexit headlines.

Crude-oil futures Friday were marginally lower, but looked set to mark a second straight weekly advance, as bullish inventory reports underpinned bullish sentiment.

The shared currency stayed apathetic following the publication of January’s inflation figures...

Gold came under some renewed selling pressure on Friday and has now eroded a major part of previous session's goodish recovery...

The A$ has underperformed over the last week, down 1.8% versus the US$ and at 6 month lows versus the NZ$, points out Robert Rennie, Research Analyst at Westpac.