WTI oil hits 18-year low on probe below psychological $20 support
WTI future contract opened with gap-lower on Monday and cracked psychological $20 support to hit new 18-year low at $19.90.
Mounting fears that global shutdown on coronavirus could last months and further slash demand for oil.
Low oil…
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Close below key Fibo support and weekly cloud base to signal further weakness
Brief recovery in Asia after Thu/Fri strong fall was capped by broken 200DMA (108.30) and fresh weakness probes below key supports at 107.69 (Fibo 38.2% of 101.18/111.71 upleg) and 107.44 (weekly cloud base.
Strong loss of momentum on…
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Bulls are taking a breather after massive gains last week
Cable edges lower on Monday following last week’s massive rally (6.6%) as bulls face headwinds from weekly cloud despite penetration and weekly close within the cloud.
Overbought stochastic adds to consolidation signals but the action…
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Short-covering looks for extension on break above 20DMA and Fibo 61.8% barrier
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The Australian dollar holds in red in early Monday’s trading, with minor reaction on government’s A$130 billion job-saving package.
The action remains capped by falling 20 DMA (6200) with overbought daily stochastic suggesting…
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Bulls take a breather but remain in play while daily cloud top contains dips
The Euro edges lower in early Monday’s trading as bulls enter consolidation after record 4% weekly advance last week.
Traders took some profits and overbought stochastic also points to consolidative / corrective action before bulls…
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Breaking: US University of Michigan consumer sentiment falls to 89.1 in March
University of Michigan surveys of consumer sentiment slumps in March to the lowest since October 2016.
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Breaking: Bank of Canada cuts key policy rate by 50 basis points to 0.25%
Bank of Canada lowered key policy rate from 0.75% to 0.25% on Friday. The central bank intends to provide support to the financial system and the economy during coronavirus pandemic. BOC says Governing Council stands ready to take further…
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For FX traders, this crisis is unique – Reuters
For those trading major FX markets, this crisis is unique. There have been some big swings but no clear move in one direction across major currencies and no sustained demand for perceived safe assets.
Sterling collapsed and then bounced…
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Euro is consolidating between daily cloud top and 200DMA
The Euro dips below 1.10 handle on Friday after earlier upticks were capped by 200DMA (1.1081).
The pair rallied 1.3% on Thursday, making the biggest daily advance since 12 Jan 2018 and generated bullish signal on close above daily…
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Bulls are pausing ahead of $1700 target, on track for the biggest weekly gains in nine years
Spot gold eases on Friday, taking a breather after bulls failed to clear Fibo barrier at $1643 (76.4% of $1703/$1451 fall) on first attempt.
Overall picture remains positive as the yellow metal advanced nearly 8% this week and on track for…
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