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Euro, stocks gain on Greece bailout hopes
(Reuters) - The euro hit an eight-week high against the dollar on Tuesday, helping lift stocks and commodities on signs a Greek bailout agreement was near, but the rally paused after a key meeting on Greece was postponed by a day.
The euro rallied after Greece appeared to be close to terms on a 130-billion-euro bailout. A government official said Athens was drafting a list of painful reforms to clinch a new financial package, moving it a step closer to a deal that is needed to avoid a chaotic ...
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Bernanke urges Congress to address Bush tax cuts
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday warned Congress that putting off a decision on the fate of expiring Bush administration tax cuts could unsettle businesses and households, undercutting the U.S. economic recovery.
With presidential and congressional elections looming in November, many analysts think Congress is unlikely to act until the final months of the year. The tax cuts expire on January 1.
Bernanke told the Senate Budget Committee that lawmakers might not have ...
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Euro leaps to eight-week peak vs dollar on Greece deal optimism
(Reuters) - The euro rallied across the board on Tuesday, hitting an eight-week high against the dollar on optimism that Greece is about to agree on a bailout deal that will enable it to avoid a messy default.
A Greek official's statement suggested that the Greek government has completed negotiations with lenders on its 130 billion-euro rescue package, although agreeing to the painful austerity measures that come with the bailout could be a challenge.
Greek political leaders had balked at the ...
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Greek talks check euro, results hit shares
(Reuters) - The euro was underpinned on Tuesday by hopes a way would be found to push through a second bailout deal for Greece, though fresh signs of exposure to Europe's economic troubles among leading banks rekindled investor unease, sending shares lower.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to the unresolved Greek deal weighing on Wall Street at the open, ahead of Senate testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that may grab the spotlight at 1500 GMT (10 a.m. EST) after last week's ...
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Euro supported by Greek hopes, Aussie buoyed by RBA
(Reuters) - The euro held its ground against the dollar on Tuesday as most traders clung to hopes Greece would finally clinch a rescue package despite its politicians postponing a decision to accept painful terms by yet another day.
Greek optimism also helped equities and other risk sensitive currencies including the Australian dollar. The Aussie also got a boost when the Reserve Bank of Australia surprisingly kept interest rates steady at 4.25 percent.
Failure to secure the 130 billion euro ($ ...
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YouTradeFX Daily Market Analysis : 07/02/2012
Fundamental News:
Today's highlight;
· Fed Chairman Bernanke Testifies. (US, 15:00, GMT)
The EUR/USD is trading down at 1.3055 from early 1.3085, having been as low as 1.3028. European trading was a worrisome as investors could not decide what was happening. News from Greece was not promising.
Greece failed to agree on new austerity measures across political parties yesterday, a requirement for the proposed bailout to avoid default in March. There was some progress on bank ...
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Lack of Greek Deal Sends EUR Tumbling
The euro was largely bearish yesterday, after Greece once again failed to come to an agreement with its creditors to restructure its debt. Losses were seen against most of its main currency rivals, including the US dollar, Japanese yen and British pound. Today, in addition to any euro-zone developments that may occur, traders will want to pay attention to a speech from the US Fed Chairman at 15:00 GMT. Any positive statements could help the USD extend its recent bullish trend.
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Technical analysis of the XAU/USD (Gold) pair on February 7th, 2012
Commentary of the XAU/USD (Gold) pair:
The pair XAU/USD has faked yesterday the breakout of 1720 points.
The pair XAU/USD continues to move on the upper band of its long term bullish channel (long term analysis).
Indicators stay globaly bullish.
We continue to advise long positions as far as 1720 points is support.
A return above 1730 points will comfort our bullish feeling.
The breakout of 1750 and 1800 points will both give a new buy signal.
In case of return below 1720 points, we will wait ...
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Technical analysis of the AUD/USD parity on February 7th, 2012
Commentary of the AUD/USD parity:
The pair AUD/USD has found support yesterday on 1.07 and is currently testing again the resistance at 1.08.
The pair is still moving above its falling wedge and above a bullish slant (blue line).
All indicators are bullish.
We continue to advise long positions as far as 1.0650 is support.
The breakout of 1.08 and 1.09 will both give a new buy signal.
In case of return below 1.0650, we will wait a breakout of 1.06 to advise short positions.
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