Friday 20th March: Dollar Continues Relentless March Higher

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Europe’s shared currency extended losses for a third successive session Thursday. Erasing more than 200 points and registering 37-month lows at 1.0654, EUR/USD tunnelled through a number of key technical supports, including the 1.0777 level and the 1.07 handle.

Thursday 19th March: ECB measures fail to rescue markets.

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Global Markets: Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 1.04%, Shanghai Composite down 0.98%, Hang Seng down 2.36%, ASX down 3.44% Commodities : Gold at $1490.90 (+0.88%), Silver at $12.08 (+2.62%), Brent Oil at $26.65 (+7.11%), WTI Oil at $23.72 (+13.87%) Rates : US 10-year yield at 1.231, UK 10-year yield at 0.868, Germany 10-year yield … Continue reading Thursday 19th March: ECB measures fail to rescue markets.

Thursday 19th March: Dollar Remains Bid at Multi-Year Highs.

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Key risk events today: RBA Gov Lowe Speaks; SNB Monetary Policy Assessment and Policy Rate; Philly Fed Manufacturing Index. (Previous analysis as well as outside sources – italics). EUR/USD: The euro ceded further ground against the US dollar Wednesday, shedding more than 100 points. The US dollar index, or DXY, remained on the offensive, reaching … Continue reading Thursday 19th March: Dollar Remains Bid at Multi-Year Highs.