For more Forex news & info, please visit www.ufxmarkets.com... The US Dollar continued weakening versus all other major currencies as stocks and Commodities made advances following better than expected corporate earnings. Investors wait for the unveiling of the plan by European leaders to contain the debt crisis. Comments regarding progress made over the weekend summit helped stocks and higher yielding currencies keep their bullish momentum.
The dollar declined sharply Thursday after Singapore decided to widen and raise its trading band for the Singapore Dollar. That showed tightening bias for Asia which weakened the US Dollar, which is on a path to loosen its monetary policy. US data meanwhile showed a widening trade deficit, a jump in jobless claims, though higher producer prices. News Provided by CMS Forex www.cmsforex.com Forex Market Analyst Nick Nasad
The EUR/USD pair tested the 1.40 level as yesterday's FOMC meeting minutes show the Fed ready to undertake more quantitative easing while the ECB looks to exit its emergency stimulus measures. With US equities higher on earnings reports from Intel and JP Morgan, higher yielders like the Australian and Canadian Dollar rallied, pushing towards parity against the greenback. News Provided by CMS Forex www.cmsforex.com Forex Market Analyst Nick Nasad
Currency markets mainly consolidated ahead of tomorrow's non-farm payroll report. The ECB extended its unlimited cash to banks throughout this year, an attempt to not take away special liquidity measure when financial markets remain fragile. US data showed labor productivity slid in the 2nd quarter - a sign companies may have to start hiring, while a measure of pending home sales surprised on the upside - a rare positive release for the US housing market.
www.fxtrainingzone.com GBP/USD trend continuation (Long) trade based on the 4 hour closing candle: - Belt holding 4H close above previous resistance at the 23.6 fib level 1.6468. - Price action found support off the 8EMAon 4H and closed aggressively above the 1H box range. - 1D shows the 8EMA had taken control with price finding support off the 21EMA. - Angle and separation developing nicely on the 8 & 21 EMA's on 1H and 4H charts.
www.fxtrainingzone.com GBP/USD short trade with an early 4 hour entry: - Important long term monthly levels. - 1H price action found resistance off 50% retracement line - Candles showing lack of conviction to the upside. - Monthly 21EMA present
Forex Technical Update 6/1/2010: forex trading, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, EUR/JPY, XAU/USD, Gold, technical analysis Fan Yang CTA www.fxtimes.com There was a broad slide in the US dollar to start the week. However the Euro bore even more pressure as the EUR/USD pair hammers at its 1.2150 support. The GBP/USD pair is in consolidation but looks much stronger than the EUR/USD. The EUR/JPY made a convincing rally attempt today, but it is within a side-ways consolidation with bearish bias. Finally Gold continues to rally towards the record high near 1250 as anticipated.
