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Copper rises from 4-1/2 month low, EU crisis weighs
(Reuters) - London copper rose 0.8 percent on Thursday as the market took a breather after sinking to a 4-1/2 month low in the previous session on risk aversion triggered by worries over Greece's possible exit from the euro zone.
Copper, which has lost almost 10 percent this month, may find support from positive U.S. housing data, although gains were capped as the market remains vulnerable to the implications for the global economy after European leaders were unable to deliver meaningful measures to resolve the region's debt crisis.
"Prices of copper have come off quite heavily in recent weeks so there might be some sense that maybe it was an overreaction," said Alexandra Knight, an economist with National Australia Bank. "From my perspective Greece will ultimately stay in the euro zone ...
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CAD Reaches Four-Month Low vs. USD
The Canadian dollar slipped to the four-month low against its US counterpart and the three-month low versus the Japanese yen. The currency gained against the euro and the Australian dollar.
Interestingly enough, traders were scared by the meeting of European chief in Brussels tonight. Previously, the European Union summits were a source of optimism for market participants, but it looks like now people just get tired from empty promises and do not believe that anything good would come out from the meeting. Speculators are still worried that Greek elections on June 17 may result in an exit of the country from the eurozone.
Commodities taken a beating and fell on negative market sentiment. The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Index, which tracks 24 commodities, fell 1.9 percent. It is not a surprise ...
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Metaquotes integrates MT5 with Integral’s FX Grid
Metaquotes continues its effort to plug Metatrader 5 platform into as many liquidity sources as possible. Latest were Currenex and CitiFX Pro. Connecting to Integral’s FX Grid will allow brokers with the right liquidity relationships to plug MT5 to liquidity pools they are able to access through FX Grid.
MetaQuotes Software Corp. announces integration of its MetaTrader 5 Trading Platform with FX Grid, a global inter-institutional connectivity and trading network developed by Integral Development Corp. Thus the brokers that use MetaTrader 5 get access to one more liquidity platform in the forex market.
The MetaTrader 5 connects to Integral through new gateway, which was developed by MetaQuotes Software Corp. The connection of the trading platform with the diverse sources of liquidity on ...
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Gold lower but recovers some ground; trade eyes $1,525/oz
(Reuters) - Gold managed to recover most of the ground it lost in a brutal sell-off earlier on Wednesday even as sentiment and the euro remained fragile as European leaders met to discuss the deepening euro-zone debt crisis.
Gold tested key support levels for a second time in a week as a wave of selling hit commodities, the euro and equities, before bouncing off those lows in New York afternoon trading.
Money had piled into bonds and the dollar, assets considered low risk, on Wednesday ahead of a meeting of European Union leaders later in the day. The leaders are expected to discuss growth-boosting measures and the idea of a joint euro zone bond.
Spot gold prices dropped as low as $1,534.25 an ounce, down over 2 percent, as the euro slumped to its weakest against the dollar in nearly ...
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EUR/USD Breaks 1.26 Level, Traders Running from Euro
The euro fell below the 1.26 level against the US dollar, reaching lowest level since July 2010. That level was considered to provide strong support to the shared 17-nation currency and, now that the support line is broken, traders are afraid that the currency would spiral down to even lower price.
The members of the European Union are meeting at summit today, but most analysts and traders are pessimistic about the outcome of the meeting. Germany still rejects the implementation of eurobonds even as other countries, including France, support the idea. Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, claimed that the European financial crisis will be discussed at tonight’s meeting in Brussels only “at the very end”.
The Bundesbank stated that a Greek exit “would be significant but ...
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Natural gas futures end up for second day
(Reuters) - Natural gas futures ended higher on Wednesday for a second straight day, as tighter supply-demand fundamentals and forecasts for warm weather offset early selling on the milder outlook for late next week.
Gas prices, which rallied 9 percent last week, are nearly flat so far this week, with investors cautious about prices near 3-1/2 month highs ahead of a three-day weekend.
NYMEX floor trading will be closed on Monday for the U.S. Memorial Day holiday.
Since posting a 10-year low of $1.90 per million British thermal units in April, nearby futures are up nearly 44 percent amid signs that record production was finally slowing while demand was picking up as more electric utilities switch from coal to cheaper gas for power generation.
Technical traders had been expecting Monday' ...
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Euro Slips Before EU Summit; Oil Dips Below $90
Sentiment is still locked with pessimism on Wednesday as the euro fell to its weakest level against the dollar sine almost four years with mounting speculation the EU summit will struggle to shore up debt-laden Greece amid increasing odds the country will leave the shared currency.
Worries about the outcome of the EU summit and the disorderly Greek exit from the euro zone continue to weigh on risk assets. Equities slumped heavily and the euro, but those worries pushed the dollar index to a 20-month high, as traders sought the safest assets amid worsening financial crisis.
With risk offset, the Japanese yen and the dollar remain at the top of the list. The USDIX, which tracks the performance of the greenback against a basket of major currencies including the euro, the pound and the ...
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Gold sinks over 2 percent; close to technical support
(Reuters) - Gold fell more than 2 percent on Wednesday as a wave of selling triggered by better-than-expected home sales and heightened by despair surrounding the euro zone sent prices toward key technical support levels and wiped out year-to-date gains.
Spot prices dropped as low as $1,534.25 an ounce, down 2.15 percent, by 12:08 p.m. EDT (1608 GMT), flirting with a bear market with a drop of 20 percent from September record highs.
Market players are watching whether gold can hold key technical support at $1,525 an ounce.
The sell-off took bullion back to December lows hit in last week's rampant selling and reignited concerns that a recovery in recent days was a "dead-cat bounce", slang used to describe a small, temporary rally that follows a significant decline.
U.S. gold futures for ...
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Bank of Japan Inaction Helps Yen
The Bank of Japan decided against taking any more action to ease at this time, and that is helping the Japanese yen. Forex traders had been expecting the Bank of Japan to ease further, in an attempt to keep the yen weak, but the BOJ offered something of a surprise following the recent downgrade by Fitch.
Citing faster economic growth, Bank of Japan officials decided to forgo additional easing measures during the most recent BOJ policy meeting. Leaders insist that public investment has increased, along with private consumption. This situation has resulted in the BOJ deciding that further easing in an attempt to stimulate the economy is not needed.
Without the specter of more easing (at least for now), Forex traders feel a little more confident about buying the yen. The yen has ...
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