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Thursday 9th May: Dollar steady ahead of Fed Chair Powell speech and PPI figures.

The DXY, or US dollar index, retained its bid tone yesterday, though remains struggling to overthrow a weekly resistance positioned at 97.72.

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Technical Analysis
Wednesday 8th May: Greenback grinds north, though has gains capped on trade concerns.

US equities declined sharply Tuesday, as financial markets contended with the risk of an all-out trade war between China and the United States. The S&P 500 ended the session down 1.65%.

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Technical Analysis
Tuesday 7th May: Dollar remains languishing beneath weekly resistance; further downside possible.

Sterling reclaimed a large portion of Friday’s NFP-induced gains Monday, weakened on the back of comments from senior Labour figures, who chucked cold water over the prospect of an imminent cross-party development.

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Technical Analysis
Monday 6th May: Weekly technical outlook and review.

Violating a two-week bearish phase within the parapets of a long-standing demand zone at 1.1119-1.1295, the EUR/USD recovered in reasonably strong fashion last week.

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Technical Analysis
Friday 3rd May: Greenback eyes 98.00 ahead of today’s NFP.

The US dollar index also regained weekly resistance at 97.72, potentially offering support going forward.

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Technical Analysis
Thursday 2nd May: Pound eyes 1.30 ahead of ‘Super Thursday’

Sterling maintained recent momentum Wednesday, reinforced by better-than-expected Markit manufacturing PMI as well as upbeat rhetoric regarding the state of cross-party Brexit negotiations.

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Technical Analysis
Wednesday 1st May: Dollar trades on the back foot ahead of the highly-anticipated FOMC meeting.

A faster-than-anticipated pickup in the Eurozone economy during the first quarter, as well as a diminishing greenback, elevated the H4 candles beyond its 1.12 neighbourhood to a session high of 1.1229.

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Technical Analysis
Tuesday 30th April: Slew of Eurozone data eyed in early Europe – remain vigilant.

The price of gold, in $ terms, kicked off the week on a negative tone, concluding the day down nearly 0.50%. Reclaiming a large portion of Friday’s gains, daily flow is seen eyeballing a retest of a support area coming in at 1272.5-1261.5.

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Technical Analysis
Monday 29th April: Weekly technical outlook and review.

In recent sessions, the US dollar fell as the market shrugged off a GDP beat. Despite this, the currency managed to hold the majority of the week’s gains around the 98.00 handle (US dollar index).

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