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EUR/USD hourly cloud top offers resistance at 1.1406

Feb 17, 2015 10:32 am UTC| Technicals

Pair breaks into the hourly Ichimoku cloud, at base of 1.1385 The top of the cloud now provides resistance at 1.1406. Current high is 1.1399 Stick with selling rallies under Mondays 1.1429 high Supports...

EUR/CHF maintains firm close to 1.0651

Feb 17, 2015 09:58 am UTC| Technicals

Crosss bid raised to the 200 HMA at 1.0535 as prices move north High 1.0645 on Monday, step closer to post-floor-break bounced high at 1.0651 61.8% of the Jan 15 session failure is at 1.0669 A breakout...

GBP/USD sees dip buyers emerging after UK inflation data

Feb 17, 2015 09:52 am UTC| Technicals

Dip buyers seen after knee-jerk GBP drop on UKJan inflation data Annualized CPI falls to 0.3%, as per Reuters poll forecast GBP bulls emphasize expansion of UK earnings growth vs CPI UK annualized core...

USD/JPY returns to levels above Ichimoku cloud top

Feb 17, 2015 09:48 am UTC| Technicals

Pair pushed through Ichimoku cloud top, which fell to 118.71 today The 200 HMA holds efforts to boost at 118.82 intraday 61.8% contained weakness yesterday by 118.10 before rebound Cloud will twist at 118.095 on Feb 25,...

EUR/USD intraday lift halted by hourly Ichimoku cloud

Feb 17, 2015 09:40 am UTC| Technicals

Pair sees sharp rebound intraday through 200 HMA and 100 HMA at 1.1365 and 1.1371 Base of hourly Ichimoku cloud halts at 1.1385 and slight easing kicks in A break back inside the cloud finds resistance...

USD/JPY contained well, large expiries, volumes under pressure

Feb 17, 2015 08:53 am UTC| Technicals

Pair trails Nikkei, 118.24-118.65 range today, 118.11-88 yesterday Technical support at 118.10 (61.8% of 116.64-120.48). Stops seen sub 118.00 200HMA initial resistance 118.67, before daily cloud top...

EUR/SEK – Swedish CPI data slightly stronger than expected

Feb 17, 2015 08:42 am UTC| Technicals

Soft inflation data out of Sweden, m/m core falls -1.0% vs +0.2% previous Market looked for a 1.1% mm fall, yy posted a surprise +0.6% Headline prices fall as well EUR/SEK bid into the data but comes away...

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