Feb 16


Forex Report 16th February 2011

Forex Currency: EUR/USD
News: The euro weakened as U.S. retail sales rose 0.3% only in January, trailed market estimates.
3 month Comment: Consolidating
Open: 1.3485
Price: 1.3548

Forex Currency: GBP/USD
News: U.K. consumer price index rose 4.0% (YoY) in January, and GBP gained support.
3 month Comment: Bearish
Open: 1.6123
Price: 1.6126

Forex Currency: USD/JPY
News: Japanese yen’s downside was limited as global equities retreated yesterday, risk aversion picked-up.
3 month Comment: Bearish
Open: 83.76
Price: 83.61

Forex Currency: USD/CAD
News: The Loonie was slightly suppressed as crude oil price retreated yesterday.
3 month Comment: Bullish
Open: 0.9896
Price: 0.9866

Forex Currency: USD/CHF
News: The swiss franc’s downside was limited as global equities retreated yesterday, risk aversion picked-up.
3 month Comment: Consolidating
Open: 0.9666
Price: 0.9619

Forex Currency: AUD/USD
News: The Aussie was suppressed yesterday as globalequities retreated yesterday, risk aversion picked-up.
3 month Comment: Bearish
Open: 0.9962
Price: 0.9994

Forex Currency: NZD/USD
News: The Kiwi was suppressed yesterday as global equities retreated yesterday, risk aversion picked-up.
3 month Comment: Bearish
Open: 0.7515
Price: 0.7539

Tagged with:
Dec 02


Forex Currency: EUR/USD
News: The euro rose against most of its major counterparts on speculation European Central Bank policy makers will signal tomorrow their willingness to act to prevent the spread of the region’s debt crisis.
3 Month Comment: Bearish
Open:1.3138
Price:1.3188

Forex Currency: GBP/USD
News: Sterling fell against the dollar for the 8th consecutive day due to news that House prices could fall another 5% in fear of government budget cuts
3 Month Comment: Bearish
Open:1.5619
Price:1.5649

Forex Currency: USD/JPY
News:The yen may strengthen to 81.19 per dollar if the Japanese currency can move through the top line of an ichimoku cloud, according to Royal Bank of Canada.
3 Month Comment: Bullish
Open:84.17
Price:84.13

Forex Currency: USD/CHF
News: The Swissy rallied yesterday due to dollar strength
3 Month Comment: Bullish
Open:1.0021
Price:1.0006

Forex Currency: USD/CAD
News: Canada’s dollar fell to the lowest level in a month versus the greenback after a government report showed the nation’s economy expanded at a slower pace in the third quarter than economists forecast.
3 Month Comment: Consolidating
Open:1.0168
Price:1.0133

Forex Currency: NZD/USD
News: The Kiwi traded near a 10-week low on the back of Australias poor growth figures
3 Month Comment: Bearish
Open:0.7487
Price:0.7525

Forex Currency: AUD/USD
News: Australia’s dollar traded near a 10- week low versus the greenback after a government report showed the economy grew at half the pace that analysts forecast in the third quarter.
3 Month Comment: Bearish
Open:0.9682
Price:0.9685

Tagged with:
Nov 25

25th November 2010 FX Report

Forex Currency:EUR/USD
News: The Euro resumed its upside as investors expected the Irish concern may soon be settled.
3 month comment: Consolidating
Open: 1.3333
Price: 1.3322

Forex Currency:GBP/USD
News: The pound was supported as the U.K. retail sales was up by 0.5% in October, topped the estimates.
3 month comment: Consolidating
Open: 1.5770
Price: 1.5778

Forex Currency:USD/JPY
News: As global equities and commodity prices rebounded yesterday and market risks fell, the yen was suppressed.
3 month comment: Consolidating
Open: 83.53
Price: 83.54

Forex Currency:USD/CAD
News: The Loonie was supported as Canada’s leading index rose 0.2% in October, topped the forecasts.
3 month comment: Consolidating
Open: 1.0097
Price: 1.0097

Forex Currency:USD/CHF
News: As global equities rebounded yesterday and market risks fell, the CHF was undermined.
3 month comment: Consolidating
Open: 0.9956
Price: 0.9995

Forex Currency:AUD/USD
News: As global equities rebounded yesterday and market risks fell, the Aussie was underpinned.
3 month comment: Consolidating
Open: 0.9816
Price: 0.9816

Forex Currency:NZD/USD
News: The Kiwi was strengthened as New Zealand’s consumer price index climbed to 114.5 in November.
3 month contract: Consolidating
Open: 0.7599
Price: 0.7608

Tagged with:
Sep 09

Foreign Exchange Report 9th September 2010

Forex Currency: EUR/USD
News: Portuguese and Poland’s bond auction drew stronger
than expected demand, eased concern on European debt crisis, which stabilized the euro.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open:1.2723
Price:1.2685

Forex Currency:GBP/USD
News: As U.K. manufacturing expanded for a third month in July, which supported the pound.
3 month Comment:Bearish
Open:1.5472
Price:1.5423

Forex Currency:USD/JPY
News: As global equities surged yesterday, market risk
receded and limited the upside of the yen.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open:83.86
Price:83.72

Forex Currency:USD/CAD
News: Bank of Canada increased interest rate by 25 basis
points to 1% yesterday, and underpinned the Loonie.
3 month Comment:Bearish
Open:1.0368
Price:1.0373

Forex Currency:USD/CHF
News: As global equities surged yesterday, market risk
receded and limited the upside of the swiss franc.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open:1.0110
Price:1.0110

Forex Currency:AUD/USD
News: As U.S. equities and crude oil prices surged yesterday,
risk appetite picked-up and supported the AUD
3 month Comment:Bullish
Open:0.9184
Price:0.9214

Forex Currency:NZD/USD
News: As U.S. equities and crude oil prices surged yesterday,
risk appetite picked-up and supported the NZD.
3 month Comment:Bullish
Open:0.7228
Price:0.7217

Tagged with:
Jul 26

Forex Market Report 26th July 2010

Currency: EUR/USD
News: German service PMI rose from 54.8 to 57.3 in July, the highest in almost three years, which supported the euro.
Comment: Bullish
Open: 1.2902
Current Price: 1.2939

Currency: USD/JPY
News: As global equities and oil prices surged yesterday, risk appetite picked-up and limited the upside of the Japanese yen.
Comment: Bearish
Open: 87.41
Current Price: 87.37

Currency: GBP/USD
News: U.K. retail sales climbed 0.7% (M/M) in June, topped market estimates, and supported the pound.
Comment: Consolidating
Open: 1.5417
Current Price: 1.5472

Currency: USD/CHF
News: As global equities and oil prices surged, market risk picked-up and supported the Swiss franc.
Comment: Consolidating
Open: 1.0545
Current Price: 1.0517

Currency: USD/CAD
News: Canada retail sales unexpectedly dropped 0.2% (M/M) in May, trailed market estimates, which limited the upside of the Canadian dollar.
Comment: Bearish
Open: 1.0357
Current Price: 1.0350

Currency: AUD/USD
News: As U.S. corporate earnings results were better-than expected, risk appetite picked-up and favored the high-yielders like Aussie.
Comment:Consolidating AUD
Open: 0.8952
Current Price: 0.8980

Currency: NZD
News: As speculation the Reserve Bank of New Zealand may hike rate by 25 bps in next Thursday, spurred interest rate expectation and supported the Kiwi.
Comment: Consolidating
Open: 0.7273
Current Price: 0.7294

Tagged with:
Jul 14

Forex Currency: EUR/USD 
News: In May, the U.S. trade deficit widened to $42.3 billion in May. 
Comment: Bullish 
Open: 1.2727 
Current Price: 1.2706

Forex Currency: GBP/USD 
News: In June, U.K. inflation rate soared to 3.2% (YoY)  
Comment: Consolidating 
Open: 1.5177 
Current Price: 1.5198

Forex Currency: USD/JPY 
News: Yesterday, U.S. equities and crude oil prices surged.
Comment:Consolidating 
Open: 88.67 
Current Price: 88.96

Forex Currency: USD/CAD
News: In May, Canada’s recorded a trade deficit of C$503 million
Comment:Bearish 
Open: 1.0308 
Current Price: 1.0311

Forex Currency: USD/CHF 
News: Yesterday, U.S. equities and crude oil prices surged 
Comment:Consolidating 
Open: 1.0543 
Current Price: 1.0602

Forex Currency: AUD/USD 
News: In July, Australia’s Westpac consumer confidence rose 11.1%. 
Comment:Consolidating 
Open: 0.8834 
Current Price: 0.8818

Forex Currency: NZD/USD 
News: In May, New Zealand’s retail sales rose 0.4% (MoM) 
Comment:Consolidating
Open: 0.7195 
Current Price: 0.7172

Due for release today is the GBP Claimant Count Change, USD Core Retail Sales, USD Retail Sales m/m, USD FOMC Meeting Minutes, CNY CPI y/y, CNY GDP y/y and CNY GDP q/y.

Tagged with:
preload preload preload