Mar 16


FX Report 16th March

Forex Currency: EUR/USD
News:As Moody’s cut Spain’s credit rating to Aa2 from Aa1 with a negative outlook, suppressed the euro.
3 month Comment:Bullish
Open: 1.3996
Price: 1.3985

Forex Currency:GBP/USD
News: The Bank of England kept interest rates at a record low, sending the sterling lower.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 1.6079
Price: 1.6068

Forex Currency:USD/JPY
News: As U.S. equities fell yesterday, risk aversion picked-up and limited the downside of the Japanese yen.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 80.74
Price: 80.85

Forex Currency:USD/CAD
News: Loonie fell as Canada’s international merchandise trade data trailed market estimates.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 0.9851
Price: 0.9834

Forex Currency:USD/CHF
News: As unrest in Libya intensified, risk aversion picked-up and the swiss franc gained supported.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 0.9163
Price: 0.9162

Forex Currency:AUD/USD
News: China unexpectedly posted a trade deficit in February, suppressed the Aussie.
3 month Comment:Bullish
Open: 0.9892
Price: 0.9940

Forex Currency:NZD/USD
News: As U.S. equities fell yesterday, risk aversion picked-up and weakened the Kiwi.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 0.7315
Price: 0.7327

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Mar 15


FX Report 15th March 2011

Forex Currency: EUR/USD
News:As Moody’s cut Spain’s credit rating to Aa2 from Aa1 with a negative outlook, suppressed the euro.
3 month Comment:Bullish
Open: 1.3986
Price: 1.3949

Forex Currency:GBP/USD
News: The Bank of England kept interest rates at a record low, sending the sterling lower.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 1.6172
Price: 1.6048

Forex Currency:USD/JPY
News: As U.S. equities fell yesterday, risk aversion picked-up and limited the downside of the Japanese yen.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 81.67
Price: 80.87

Forex Currency:USD/CAD
News: Loonie fell as Canada’s international merchandise trade data trailed market estimates.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 0.9735
Price: 0.9865

Forex Currency:USD/CHF
News: As unrest in Libya intensified, risk aversion picked-up and the swiss franc gained supported.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 0.9240
Price: 0.9172

Forex Currency:AUD/USD
News: China unexpectedly posted a trade deficit in February, suppressed the Aussie.
3 month Comment:Bullish
Open: 1.0087
Price: 0.9890

Forex Currency:NZD/USD
News: As U.S. equities fell yesterday, risk aversion picked-up and weakened the Kiwi.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 0.7391
Price: 0.7300

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Mar 14


FX Report 11th March 2011

Forex Currency: EUR/USD
News:As Portugal successfully sold 1 billion euros of 2 year bond at auction, limited the euro’s downside.
3 month Comment:Bullish
Open: 1.3797
Price: 1.3786

Forex Currency:GBP/USD
News: The Pound was supported as U.K. trade deficit narrowed in January.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 1.6058
Price: 1.6008

Forex Currency:USD/JPY
News: As U.S. equities fell yesterday, risk aversion picked-up and limited the downside of the Japanese yen.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 82.96
Price: 82.10

Forex Currency:USD/CAD
News: CAD was supported as Canada’s new housing price index rose 0.2% in January, topped market estimates.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 0.9756
Price: 0.9792

Forex Currency:USD/CHF
News: As unrest in Libya intensified, risk aversion picked-up and the swiss franc gained supported.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 0.9319
Price: 0.9314

Forex Currency:AUD/USD
News: AUD weakened as Australia’s employment fell by 10,100 in February, trailed market estimates.
3 month Comment:Bullish
Open: 1.0004
Price: 1.0014

Forex Currency:NZD/USD
News: NZD fell as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut interest rate by 50 basis points this morning.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open: 0.7352
Price: 0.7382

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Feb 17


FX Report 17th February 2011

Forex Currency: EUR/USD
The News: The Euro weakened as U.S. retail sales rose 0.3% only in January, trailed market estimates.
3 month Comment: Consolidating
Open:1.3566
Price:1.3556

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: 1.6091
Price: 1.6096

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: 83.66
Price: 83.60

Forex Currency: USD/CAD
News: The Loonie was slightly suppressed as crude oil price retreated yesterday.
3 month Comment: Bullish
Open: 0.9847
Price: 0.9844

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: 0.9592
Price : 0.9598

Forex Currency: AUD/USD
News: The Aussie was suppressed yesterday as globalequities retreated yesterday, risk aversion picked-up.
3 month Comment: Bearish
Open: 1.0028
Price: 1.0029

Forex Currency: NZD/USD
News: The Kiwi was suppressed yesterday as global equities retreated yesterday, risk aversion picked-up.
3 month Comment: Bearish
Open: 0.7545
Price: 0.7545

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Feb 11

Forex Report 11th February 2011

Forex Currency: EUR/USD 
News: As the U.S. initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell, USD gained support and triggered euro lower.
3 month Comment: Consolidating 
Open: 1.3602 
Price: 1.3552

Forex Currency: GBP/USD 
News: While Bank of England announced to keep interest rate unchanged yesterday, investors speculated that the central bank may hike rate earlier, limited sterling’s downside
3 month Comment: Bearish 
Open: 1.6096 
Price: 1.6068

Forex Currency: USD/JPY 
News: Japanese yen’s was undermined as investors concern political tension might rise.
3 month Comment: Bearish 
Open: 83.22 
Price: 83.49

Forex Currency: USD/CAD 
News: The Loonie was supported as crude oil price stabilized yesterday.
3 month Comment: Bullish 
Open: 0.9950
Price: 0.9960

Forex Currency: USD/CHF 
News: The swiss franc’s downside was limited as market risk surged amid global equities fell yesterday.
3 month Comment: Consolidating 
Open: 0.9685
Price: 0.9707

Forex Currency: AUD/USD
News: The Aussie was suppressed as the Reserve Bank of Australia governor stated that it is appropriate to maintain the interest rate at current level.
3 month Comment: Bearish 
Open: 1.0043
Price: 0.9982

Forex Currency: NZD/USD 
News: NZD was suppressed as market risk surged amid global equities fell yesterday.
3 month Comment: Bearish
Open: 0.7642 
Price: 0.7579

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Feb 08

Forex Market Report 8th February 2011

Forex Currency:EUR/USD
News:The Euro was supported as the USD was undermined by the U.S. Fed’s rate statement with economic view being less optimistic than expected.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open:1.3581
Price:1.3640

Forex Currency:GBP/USD
News:The pound was supported as the previous rate minutes of Bank of England showed two members voted for a rate hike
3 month Comment:Bearish
Open:1.6107
Price:1.6160

Forex Currency:USD/JPY
News:The yen’s upside was limited as the Treasury yield rose yesterday and the U.S.-Japan yield gap widened.
3 month Comment:Bearish
Open:82.31
Price:82.20

Forex Currency:USD/CAD
News:The Loonie was strengthened as crude oil bounced back sharply yestesrday.
3 month Comment:Bullish
Open:0.9906
Price:0.9892

Forex Currency:USD/CHF
News:The swiss franc was weakened as both global equities and commodity prices rebounded yesterday.
3 month Comment:Consolidating
Open:0.9554
Price:0.9532

Forex Currency:AUD/USD
News:The Aussie was supported as both global equities and commodity prices rebounded yesterday.
3 month Comment:Bearish
Open:1.0133
Price:1.0157

Forex Currency:NZD/USD
News:The Kiwi was underpinned by the rate statement of the New Zealand’s central bank that the economic view was more positive than the previous.
3 month Comment:Bearish
Open:0.7698
Price:0.7777

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Feb 02

Forex Market Reports 2nd February 2011

EUR/USD 
News: The Euro was supported as the USD was undermined by the U.S. Fed’s rate statement with economic view being less optimistic than expected. 
3 month comment: Consolidating 
Open: 1.3827 
Close: 1.3829

GBP/USD 
News: The pound was supported as the previous rate minutes of Bank of England showed two members voted for a rate hike 
3 month comment: Bearish 
Open: 1.6139 
Close: 1.6221

USD/JPY 
News: The yen’s upside was limited as the Treasury yield rose yesterday and the U.S.-Japan yield gap widened. 
3 month comment: Bearish 
Open: 82.34 
Close: 81.42

USD/CAD 
News: The Loonie was strengthened as crude oil bounced back sharply yestesrday.  
3 month comment: Bullish 
Open: 0.9900
Close: 0.9875

USD/CHF 
News: The swiss franc was weakened as both global equities and commodity prices rebounded yesterday. 
3 month comment: Consolidating 
Open: 0.9351
Close: 0.9354

AUD/USD
News: The Aussie was supported as both global equities and commodity prices rebounded yesterday.
3 month comment: Bearish 
Open: 1.0109
Close: 1.0107

NZD/USD 
News: The Kiwi was underpinned by the rate statement of the New Zealand’s central bank that the economic view was more positive than the previous.   
3 month comment: Bearish
Open: 0.7809 
Close: 0.7815

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Nov 29

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: 1.3239
Price: 1.3170

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: 1.5592
Price: 1.5574

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: 84.07
Price: 84.10

Forex currency: USD/CAD
News: The Loonie was supported as Canada’s leading index rose 0.2% in October, topped the forecasts. Consolidating
3 month comment: Consolidating
Open: 1.0209
Price: 1.0200

Forex currency: USD/CHF
News: As global equities rebounded yesterday and market risks fell, the CHF was undermined.
3 month comment: Consolidating
Open: 1.0027
Price: 1.0011

Forex currency: AUD/USD
News: As global equities rebounded yesterday and market risks fell, the Aussie was underpinned.
3 month comment: Consolidating
Open: 0.9641
Price: 0.9632

Forex currency: NZD/USD
News: The Kiwi was strengthened as New Zealand’s consumer price index climbed to 114.5 in November.
3 month comment: Consolidating
Open: 0.7499
Price: 0.7482

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