Oil prices remain well supported by expectations for further rise in global demand
WTI oil price kept firm tone on Monday and probed above $72 per barrel, following last week’s pullback from new 26-month high ($74.93) which briefly dipped below psychological $70 support.
Repeated failure to register close below rising…
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Cable bounces from nine-week low
Cable jumped from nine-week low in European trading on Monday, driven by 30% rise in share of Morrisons, after one of largest UK grocers rejected takeover, with weaker dollar after strong rally last week, adding to pound’s strength.…
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Aussie hit six-month low on firm greenback, strong iron ore’s drop
The Australian dollar is holding near new six-month low (0.7476) hit following last week’s nearly 3% drop after US central bank signaled earlier than expected action in changing monetary policy that inflated US dollar.
The Aussie was…
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Bears are taking a breather after last week’s 2% fall
The Euro is consolidating within a narrow range in early Monday’s trading following last week’s almost 2% drop, sparked by hawkish Fed.
Friday’s close below key Fibo support at 1.1918 (61.8% of 1.1704/1.2266) added to bearish signals…
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Turkish lira is holding near all-time low and about to enter uncharted territory
The USDTRY advanced 4% this week and approached new record high at 8.7536, posted on June 2, Fed’s signals of stimulus tapering and rate hikes, probably earlier than expected, strongly boosted dollar.
This week’s advance nearly fully…
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Gold is on track for the biggest weekly drop in 15 months
Bears are taking a breather on Friday after strong bearish acceleration in past two days started to run out of steam and found a footstep at key Fibo support at $1768 (61.8% of $1677/$1916 rally) and just above the base of rising and…
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UK retail sales drop in May and consumers spend more in hospitality following eased lockdown…
The UK retail sales unexpectedly fell in May, with month on month figure showing 1.4% drop following 9.2% rise in April and disappointed expectations for increase of 1.6%.
Annualized figure shows that retail sales were 24.6% higher than…
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Weaker than expected UK retail sales add to pound’s bearish stance
Cable holds in red and extends steep fall into fourth straight day, on track for the biggest weekly fall since the second week of June 2020.
Sterling weakened on Brexit tensions and delayed lift of Covid restrictive measure and came under…
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Euro falls further as downbeat US jobless claims further sour weak post-Fed sentiment
The Euro extends sharp post-Fed fall on Thursday and fell to two-month low, additionally pressured by downbeat US weekly jobless claims data, after being deflated by hawkish Fed.
Massive Wednesday bearish daily candle (down 1.1% for the…
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Dollar rallies across the board on Fed’s hawkish shift
The US dollar surged across the board after the US Federal Reserve brought forward its projections for the first post-pandemic crisis interest rate hike in 2023.
Hawkish shift towards earlier than expected start of policy changes was…
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