Oil Majors: Pause or Beginning Of The End?
Oil Majors See Record Profits in 2022The explosion in profits for energy companies over 2022 was one of the key headlines in the equities space. In 2022 overall, leading US energy companies Exxon and chevron made a combined $100 billion in profit, recording their best years on record. Against this backdrop, both companies saw their […]
EUR/USD adds to recent gains and retargets 1.0900, FOMC eyed
EUR/USD adds to Tuesday’s advance and approaches 1.0900. EMU Flash inflation Rate, Unemployment Rate next of note in the bloc. The FOMC event, ISM Manufacturing take centre stage later in the session. The European currency keeps the optimism unchanged for the second session in a row and lifts EUR/USD back to the vicinity of the […]
To test the 20-day EMA after hitting a new session high around 130.50
USD/JPY recovers some ground as traders brace for a busy US economic calendar. Buyers are eyeing a test of the 20-day EMA, as the RSI and RoC suggest the USD/JPY could print a leg-up in the near term. SUD/JPY Price Analysis: Remains downward biased, but it could aim higher. USD/JPY erases last Friday’s losses and […]
Upside bias alleviated below 0.7040 – UOB
According to UOB Group’s Markets Strategist Quek Ser Leang and Senior FX Strategist Peter Chia, AUD/USD could see its upside momentum mitigated on a breach of 0.7040. Key Quotes 24-hour view: “We highlighted last Friday that ‘upward pressure has eased and AUD is unlikely to advance much further’ and we expected AUD to ‘trade in […]
GBP/USD retreats after facing a wall of resistance in 1.2400, slips to 1.2370s
GBP/USD is set to finish Friday with losses of at least 0.20%. United States inflation continues to wane but remains twice elevated of Fed’s target. GBP/USD Price Analysis: To remain sideways ahead of the Fed and BoE monetary policy decisions. GBP/USD snaps two days of gains and tumbled below Thursday’s close of 1.2406, slumping toward […]
Bullish harami looms, with bulls targeting 131.50
USD/JPY remains downtrend but is about to form a bullish harami candle pattern, suggesting an upward correction on the cards. USD/JPY Price Analysis: Once it clears 129.50, it could rally towards 131.57 before turning neutral. USD/JPY slumps in a choppy New York trading session and edges beneath 130.00 after a round of US economic data, […]
Remains firm around 0.9210 after hitting a high shy of 0.9240
USD/CHF is downward biased but subject to a mean reversion move towards 0.9300. Solid resistance lies at 0.9235/40, with the confluence of technical indicators rejecting the USD/CHF rally. USD/CHF Price Analysis: Bulls are hopeful if the pair remains above 0.9158. After slumping on Wednesday, the USD/CHF stages a comeback recovering the 0.9200 psychological level, eyeing […]
EUR/USD holds at around 1.0860s as traders brace for the Fed and ECB’s decisions
The US core PCE, the Fed’s preferred gauge for inflation, edges down, sparking speculations for a Fed pivot. Consumer Sentiment improved, while inflation expectations ticked lower. EUR/USD Price Analysis: Upward biased, but short-term neutral, ahead of Fed and ECB’s decisions. The EUR/USD got rejected from the 1.0900 psychological barrier for two consecutive days and on […]
USD/CAD bounces off multi-week lows near 1.3300
USD/CAD picks up some pace and retests 1.3330. US headline, Core PCE drifted lower in December. US Consumer Sentiment comes next in the docket. USD/CAD now gathers some upside traction and revisits the 1.3330 region on Friday, leaving behind at the same time earlier lows in the vicinity of 1.3300, an area last traded back in late November […]
US Dollar struggles to capitalize on upbeat data ahead of PCE inflation
Here is what you need to know on Friday, January 27: The US Dollar Index managed to post small daily gains on Thursday following the robust macroeconomic data releases from the US but seems to be struggling to gather further bullish momentum early Friday. The benchmark 10-year US Treasury bond yield holds steady above 3.5% […]