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FxWirePro: EURUSD trades higher on dovish Fed, jump till 1.1500 likely

Mar 20, 2019 18:15 pm UTC| Technicals

EURUSD trades higher and jumped more than 40 pips after Fed monetary policy. Fed has kept its rates unchanged as expected to downgraded growth forecast for Q1 to 2.6% form 2.9%. It hits intraday high of 1.14139 and is...

FxWirePro: EUR/CHF recovery capped at 20-DMA, break below 100-DMA to see further downside

Mar 20, 2019 13:00 pm UTC| Technicals

EUR/CHF chart - Trading View EUR/CHF has retraced from session highs at 1.1350 and is currently trading at 1.1342 at 1145 GMT. Recovery in the pair has been capped at 20-DMA, price has slipped below...

FxWirePro: USDCHF Trade Idea

Mar 20, 2019 12:08 pm UTC| Technicals

USDCHF continues to trade lower for past one week and hits 2-week low around 0.99785.The pair has formed temporary top around 1.01242 on Mar 7th2019. Markets eyes US Fed and SNB monetary policy for further direction. Both...

FxWirePro: EURUSD trades flat,markets eye Fed dot plot for further direction

Mar 20, 2019 11:41 am UTC| Technicals

EURUSD trades flat after hitting high of 1.13616 yesterday and was trading with positive bias for past past 1-week. Markets eye Fed policy meeting for further direction. Fed is expected to be more dovish and investors...

FxWirePro: Cable’s interim uptrend in consolidation phase forms rising wedge pattern but never buck major trend – Trade boundary strikes

Mar 20, 2019 11:35 am UTC| Technicals

Technical chart and candlestick patterns:GBPUSD(cables) interim uptrend has formed a rising wedge pattern on daily terms. The current price is trading at 1.3231 levels with mild weakness. While both leading and lagging...

FxWirePro: NZD/CHF slips below 20-DMA, on track to test 55-EMA at 0.68

Mar 20, 2019 11:08 am UTC| Technicals

NZD/CHF chart - Trading View NZD/CHF is trading 0.16% lower on the day at 0.6837 at 1030 GMT, bias lower. The pair has slipped below 20-DMA and is on track to test 55-EMA support at 0.6807. Technical...

FxWirePro: GBPJPY attempts to break above 148 fails, markets eye Brexit vote

Mar 20, 2019 10:23 am UTC| Technicals

Major support -147 GBPJPY has failed to break convincingly above 148 once again and formed almost a double top near 148.05. the pair lost more than 60 pips for the day amid slightly better UK CPI data. UK CPI data...

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Economy

U.S. Stock Futures Steady Amid Iran Ceasefire Talks and Trump Address

U.S. stock index futures held steady Wednesday evening as investors turned their attention to a primetime address from President Donald Trump regarding a possible military de-escalation with Iran. The cautious tone in...

Trump Claims Iran Sought Ceasefire as Middle East War Escalates

Tensions in the Middle East reached a new flashpoint this week as U.S. President Donald Trump publicly claimed that a senior Iranian official requested a ceasefire, a statement Tehran swiftly and firmly rejected. The...

Oil Prices Slide as Iran Tensions Ease and U.S. Crude Stockpiles Swell

Oil prices continued their downward trend during Asian trading hours on Thursday, pressured by fading geopolitical risk and a larger-than-expected rise in American crude stockpiles. Brent crude futures for June delivery...

Gold Prices Surge as U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Talks Spark Market Optimism

Gold prices climbed sharply on Wednesday, marking the sixth gain in eight sessions as easing geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran renewed investor appetite for the precious metal. Spot gold XAU/USD rose...

South Korea's Inflation Rises Modestly in March Amid Oil Price Pressures

South Koreas consumer inflation climbed at a slower-than-anticipated pace in March, offering mild relief even as surging global oil prices driven by the ongoing Iran war continued to weigh on the broader economy. The...

Politics

Congress Eyes Two-Bill Strategy to Resolve DHS Funding Crisis

Republican congressional leaders have unveiled a two-pronged legislative strategy to end the ongoing Department of Homeland Security funding deadlock, aiming to reopen the agency, ensure federal workers receive back pay,...

Trump's Claim That the U.S. Can Cover Global Jet Fuel Shortfall Doesn't Add Up

President Donald Trump urged nations facing jet fuel shortages caused by Irans blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to simply purchase their supply from the United States. We have plenty, Trump posted on Truth Social. But...

FBI Launches Independent Cuba Probe After Deadly Speedboat Shootout

A team of FBI agents traveled to Cuba this week to conduct an independent investigation into a deadly maritime confrontation involving ten Cuban exiles who attempted to infiltrate the island by speedboat under cover of...

Carney and Trump Discuss Middle East Crisis in High-Stakes Phone Call

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump connected over the phone on Wednesday to address the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, among other pressing global issues. The call marked another...

Bahamas Calls Snap Election for May 12 Amid Cost of Living Concerns

Prime Minister Philip Davis announced Wednesday that the Bahamas will hold an early general election on May 12, moving the vote several months ahead of its originally scheduled mid-October date. Davis confirmed he will...

Science

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Technology

SpaceX Eyes Historic IPO at $1.75 Trillion Valuation

Elon Musks aerospace giant SpaceX has quietly filed a confidential IPO registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to Bloomberg News sources familiar with the matter. The move signals that the...

Annie Altman Amends Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Annie Altman has filed an amended civil lawsuit against her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, accusing him of sexually abusing her over a span of nearly a decade. The amended complaint was submitted Wednesday in St. Louis...

TSMC Japan's Second Fab to Produce 3nm Chips by 2028

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the worlds leading contract chipmaker, has confirmed plans to begin equipment installation and mass production of 3-nanometre wafers at its second fabrication plant in...

Apple Turns 50: From Garage Startup to AI Crossroads

In early 1976, engineer Steve Wozniak finished designing a computer circuit board he planned to share with fellow hobbyists at a local California tech club. His friend Steve Jobs recognized a commercial opportunity, and...

Rubio Directs U.S. Diplomats to Use X and Military Psyops to Counter Foreign Propaganda

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has instructed American diplomats to leverage social media platform X and collaborate with Pentagon psychological operations units as part of a broader strategy to combat foreign...