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Japanese yen fell versus major currencies before BOJ’s meeting
Japan’s yen fell against major currencies with the beginning of the day, where investors are waiting this week’s BOJ’s meeting minutes which expected to contain another stimulus plans, which negatively on yen’s demand to feel against most of currencies.
From another side, the significant incline of Japanese yen against American dollar during the past three weeks increased pressure on BOJ to raise its financial programs that aims to support companies and compensate the recent massive incline.
USD/JPY pair inclined to record high of 79.24 during today’s Asian session, after recording low of 79.11 to be now at 79.04. Euro/JPY pair inclined also to the highest in two session recording high of 101.40 and low of 100.97.
AUD/USD pair slightly inclined in a correction trend after the massive ...
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Crude down, hits biggest 3-week loss since Aug '11
(Reuters) - Crude oil futures fell more than 1 percent on Friday, down for the sixth straight session, as worsening problems in Greece and Spain raised worries of contagion in the euro zone.
Oil futures fell on the drumbeat from global stock markets, which erased the year's gains as investors pared holdings for safe-haven assets such as gold, on growing concerns about the euro zone debt crisis.
On Wall Street, equities dipped after a messy opening-day trade for social networking darling Facebook (FB.O) failed to lift the spirits of investors. .N
U.S. gasoline futures bucked the day's trend in energy markets, gaining slightly after six days of losses and climbing above its 200-day moving average after falling below that level on Thursday for the first time since February.
Oil investors ...
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Majors keeps declining on Confidence absence
High risk and instability in financial markets negatively affected on major currencies and led them to fell to leave the chance for American dollar to gain profits against other currencies, where the Greek worries keep worsen which increase expectations about Greek that will exit euro zone, which made the Euro traded near the lowest in four months.
EUR/USD pair slumped with the beginning of today’s Asian session to record low of 1.2697 after opening at 1.2734 and high of 1.2734.Euro recorded the lowest in almost three months against yen at 102.08.
USD/JPY pair inclined today after releasing Japan’s machinery orders that fell in March, which negatively on Japanese yen against dollar, while yen did not affected against other high revenues currencies according to the weak demand on them.
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Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview : 05/15/2012
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis
EUR
Investors battered European stocks, dumped the bonds of Spain and Italy, and bid the euro down against the dollar Monday after the collapse of weekend coalition talks in Greece edged that country closer to an exit from the euro zone.
USD
Retail sales in the U.S. rose in April at the slowest pace of the year, showing unseasonably mild weather and pre-Easter shopping may have pulled consumers to stores the prior month.
GBP
Governor Mervyn King looks set to leave the door open to more support for the struggling economy when he presents the Bank of England's new economic outlook on Wednesday, which is likely to show a tricky mix of lower growth and higher inflation ahead.
CHF
Swiss stocks lost ground on Monday on concern Greece will exit the Eurozone.
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Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview : 05/14/2012
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis
EUR
Industrial production in the 17 countries that use the euro fell unexpectedly in March, leaving little doubt the region contracted for a second straight quarter in the first three months of the year and returned to recession, data by Eurostat showed Monday.
USD
Stocks fell, commodities declined to their cheapest level this year and the euro weakened to a three- month low on concern that Greece will exit the single European currency and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party lost a state election.
GBP
The government, and many economists, say the U.K.'s austerity plan has succeeded in reassuring financial markets that the government is focused on wrestling down the country's debt, which had ballooned to the highest levels since World War II. As a ...
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Stocks rebound, euro gains on U.S. sentiment data
Global stocks rebounded on Friday on data that showed U.S. consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in more than four years in early May, but commodity prices fell after weak data from China reduced demand expectations.
European and U.S. stocks turned higher after the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan survey showed nearly twice as many Americans reported hearing about new job gains than fresh job losses, despite a recent slowdown in job growth.
The gains in equity markets helped trim losses in crude oil and led the euro to rebound against the U.S. dollar.
"Households are feeling more comfortable. It's pretty good news for consumer spending," said Gus Faucher, senior macroeconomist at PNC Financial Services in Pittsburgh.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 35.12 ...
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Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview : 04/11/2012
Dukascopy Fundamental Analysis
EUR
European stocks declined as company earnings missed estimates, talks on forming a Greek government entered a fifth day and JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted a $2 billion trading loss. Asian shares and U.S. futures fell.
USD
Wholesale prices in the U.S. fell in April for the first time in four months, led by a decline in fuel costs that signals inflation may cool. The producer price index dropped 0.2 percent after no change in March, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington.
GBP
Britons turned gloomier last month as a slump in construction pointed to an even deeper recession and producers ramped up prices, highlighting the long and difficult road back to economic health.
CHF
Swiss stocks fell for the seventh day, heading for the biggest weekly ...
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Dukascopy Morning Forex Overview : 11/05/2012
Fundamental Analysis
EUR
"The overall manufacturing trend remains weak."
- Pierre-Olivier Beffy, chief economist at Exane BNP Paribas
French industrial production fell in March, said the national statistics office Insee on Thursday. Output contracted 0.9 per cent from February, when it gained 0.2 per cent.
USD
"It’s hard to get nervous that imports are rising."
- Dean Maki, chief U.S. economist at Barclays Capital Inc.
The number of Americans claiming for unemployment benefits fell to 367,000 in the week ended May 5 from 368,000 the week before, said the Department of Labor on Thursday.
GBP
"Our forecast is that they are done with QE, but you can’t rule out more later this year."
- Ross Walker, an economist at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc
The Bank of England kept rates on hold ...
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Dukascopy Morning Forex Overview : 08/05/2012
Fundamental Analysis
EUR
" show that despite the crisis in the euro area, Germany is growing and benefiting from a revival in international trade."
- Klaus Baader, senior economist at Societe Generale SA
German factory orders rose by more than forecast in March, a sign Europe’s largest economy is weathering the debt crisis.
USD
"From where we sit right now, we think the economy looks fundamentally stronger."
- Marisa Di Natale, an economist at Moody’s Analytics in West Chester
U.S. stocks closed mixed on Monday after Francois Hollande was elected as a French president and Greek voters turned to antibailout parties.
GBP
"… the challenging economic backdrop suggests that a significant acceleration in prices or activity is unlikely in the near term."
- Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s ...
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