The euro weakened versus 13 of its 16 major counterparts
USD/JPY opened the Asian trading session on Monday morning with an upside-gap price of 76.59, up from 76.54 Friday down from the recent (4-day high) of 76.13 printed last week. The euro fell 0.2 percent to $1.3129 as of 8:15 a.m. in Tokyo from the close in New York on Feb. 3. It lost 0.3 percent to 100.50 yen. GBP/USD has traded a limited 1.5785/1.5823 range at the start of trading this Monday, last at 1.5800.
AUD/USD has been slowly declining since Tokyo opened at 00:00 GMT. Data for both retail sales and jobs ads were disappointing in Aus., retail sales fell -0.1% expected to come in positive +0.2%, newspaper job ads fell -2.6% internet job ads rose +6.4. USD/CAD. After falling around 100 pips from its intra-day high at 1.0040, the Dollar has found support versus the Canadian at the lowest level seen since October 31 at 0.9930.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
2012-02-06 00:31 GMT | Australia Retail Sales s.a. (MoM) (Dec)
2012-02-06 08:00 GMT | United Kingdom Halifax House Prices (3m/YoY) (Jan)
2012-02-06 09:30 GMT | EU - Sentix Investor Confidence (Feb)
2012-02-06 11:00 GMT | Germany Factory Orders s.a. (MoM) (Dec)
FOREX NEWS
2012-02-06 05:43 GMT | GBP/USD pressured in risk-off Asia
2012-02-06 03:38 GMT | AUD/USD trades down to 1.0700
2012-02-06 00:32 GMT | Australia ANZ Job Advertisements 6% in Jan
2012-02-06 00:31 GMT | Australia Dec Retail Sales s.a. (MoM) -0.1%
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EURUSD 1.30599 / 1.30605
DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY
High: 1.31307 | Low: 1.30545 | Chg: -0.0097 -0.74%
1.3274 | 1.3241 | 1.3205 | 1.3167
1.3026 | 1.2986 | 1.2947 | 1.2909
SUMMARY : Down
TREND : down trend
MA10 : bearish
MA20 : Bearish
STOCHASTIC : overbought
MARKET ANALYSIS - Intraday Analysis
The EURUSD continued to rise from 1.3026 (S1) and reached a high yesterday at 1.3205 (R2). It seems the pair is moving downwards and it will retest the first support 1.3026 (S1) soon. A break below that level would suggest a target of 1.2986 (S2) and a further decline will then focus on the next target at 1.2947 (S3). On the upside, if the price rebounds from the first support level 1.3026 (S1) we can expect retesting of 1.3167 (R1). A further rise will then bring focus to the next resistance level at 1.3205 (R2).
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GBPUSD 1.57723 / 1.57738
DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY
High: 1.58217 | Low: 1.5765 | Chg: -0.0044 -0.28%
1.5913 | 1.5882 | 1.5860 | 1.5831
1.5749 | 1.5704 | 1.5653 | 1.5615
SUMMARY : Down
TREND : down trend
MA10 : bearish
MA20 : Bearish
STOCHASTIC : neutral
MARKET ANALYSIS - Intraday Analysis
The GBPUSD is under bearish pressure as it is approaching towards a crucial support level 1.5749 (S1). The pair reached a high at 1.5882 (R3) and then fell back towards 1.5749 (S1). Further fall will test 1.5704 (S2) and decline below this level, suggesting target at 1.5653 (S3). On the other hand, if price manages to stay above 1.5749 (S1) then we expect the price to retest 1.5831 (R1) and then further rise to 1.5860 (R2). We look for short positions in today’s session with a stop loss above 1.5831 (R1).
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USDJPY 76.705 / 76.708
DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY
High: 76.802 | Low: 76.494 | Chg: 0.118 0.15%
77.97 | 77.58 | 77.29 | 76.89
76.01 | 75.54 | 75.05 | 74.69
SUMMARY : up
TREND : up trend
MA10 : Bullish
MA20 : bullish
STOCHASTIC : overbought
MARKET ANALYSIS - Intraday Analysis
USDJPY rise sharply on Friday (70 pips) and made a top at 76.74. If it breaks above first resistance level 76.89 (R1) we can expect the price to approaches towards 77.29 (R1). Be on the alert for a correction downwards towards 76.49 and then a continuation to an upward move. Both of our Moving Averages are pointing to a bullish signal. We believe that the bullish pressure will continue.
Source: FX Central Clearing Ltd, (http://www.fxcc.com)
URL: https://support.fxcc.com/email/technical/06022012