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Red Sea Tensions Underpinning Oil Oil prices are softening a touch ahead of the US open on Friday. However, crude futures are still on course to end the week in the green and are currently trading above the December highs, keeping the focus on further upside near-term. Oil prices have seen fresh upside pressure recently […]
GDP Beats Forecasts The US Dollar is pushing higher on Friday following yet a further set of positive data yesterday. Advance Q4 GDP was seen at 3.3% vs 2% expected. While down from the prior quarter’s 4.9%, the reading was far stronger than expected and shows the US economy is holding up a lot better […]
Daily Market Outlook, January 26, 2024 Munnelly’s Market Minute…“China Stimulus Bid Fades” Asian markets have experienced broad declines following a recent period of gains. The negative sentiment follows disappointing projections from chipmaker Intel, despite a strong finish to trading on Wall Street. U.S. markets were lifted by a robust GDP report, showing annualized growth of […]
The Japanese yen, paired with the US dollar, continues to balance in a sideways range. The current USDJPY exchange rate stands at 147.76. A week ago, the instrument reached a peak at 148.80. Core inflation in Tokyo in January dropped to 1.6% y/y, compared to the previous figure of 2.1% and a forecast of 1.9%. […]
The primary currency pair is in decline on Friday. The current EURUSD quote stands at 1.0842. At its meeting in January, the European Central Bank maintained the current monetary policy structure unchanged. The interest rate remained at 4.5% per annum, a historical maximum. In its comments, the ECB explained that the rate is at a […]
TitleEURUSD H4 | Rising to resistance TypeBullish Bounce Preference:Currently, the price has bounced off the pivot point at 1.08307, a swing-low support. Price is on an uptrend and could rise to 1st resistance at 1.09298, an overlap resistance. Alternative scenario:It might reverse and breakout of pivot point, from there it could fall to 1st support […]