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XAUUSD & BRN are under pressure amid stronger dollar.

15 Nov 09.38

XAUUSD & BRN are under pressure amid stronger dollar.

XAUUSD has fallen below $2,560 as the US dollar surges. Meanwhile, BRN slips under $72, driven by concerns of oversupply.

Gold

Bullion

XAUUSD

spot metals

Crude Oil

Brent

BRN

commodities

EURUSD set for 5th consecutive day of losses?

14 Nov 10.46

EURUSD set for 5th consecutive day of losses?

The EURUSD has fallen to its lowest level since November 2023. Market expectations for interest rate cuts have shifted, with a 25bp cut now expected from both the US Fed and the ECB.

EURUSD

US CPI

FED

ECB

LATEST ANALYSIS

08 FEB

13:20

Disney to climb above $100?

Disney stock surging on better-than-expected earnings and newly announced partnerships with Epic Games, FOX, Warner Bros. and TNT.

Disney Earnings

USDCAD is testing key resistance level at 200-period SMA

07 FEB

10:28

USDCAD is testing key resistance level at 200-period SMA

A break below this important level could drag the pair lower towards potential support levels: (1) 21-period SMA (1.345324) and (2) 23.6 (1.34572) Fibonacci level.

Canadian Dollar CAD USDCAD technicals

06 FEB

13:09

Bitcoin consolidates near 50-period SMA

BTCUSD is currently trading between 50 and 21-period SMAs as investors assess the possibility that the Fed will begin to lower interest rates. Higher-for-longer rates may affect investor's appetite for riskier assets such as BTC.

crypto Bitcoin ETF

This Week: AUDUSD slightly rebounds towards 100-period SMA

05 FEB

09:51

This Week: AUDUSD slightly rebounds towards 100-period SMA

With the Aussie still reeling from year-to-date declines against most of its G10 peers (except JPY), bouts of risk-off sentiment may also keep AUD bears in control this week.

AUDUSD Aussie RBA

02 FEB

12:05

Brent tumbles back below $80

The benchmark for global oil prices is now testing immediate support around its 21-day and 50-day simple moving averages, along with the rising trendline from its mid-December trough. Brent bulls need major fundamental catalysts to be restored back above $80/bbl.

02 FEB

11:45

Gold awaits NFP test around $2050

XAUUSD found support at its 50-day SMA in recent sessions, but has been thwarted at the May 2023 peak of $2062.97 on three separate occasions so far in 2024. Will today's US jobs report trigger that upside breakout beyond $2063?

08 Feb

13:20

Disney to climb above $100?

Disney stock surging on better-than-expected earnings and newly announced partnerships with Epic Games, FOX, Warner Bros. and TNT....

Disney

Earnings

07 Feb

10:28

USDCAD is testing key resistance level at 200-period SMA

A break below this important level could drag the pair lower towards potential support levels: (1) 21-period SMA (1.345324) and (2) 23.6 (1.34572) Fib...

Canadian Dollar

CAD

USDCAD

technicals

06 Feb

13:09

Bitcoin consolidates near 50-period SMA

BTCUSD is currently trading between 50 and 21-period SMAs as investors assess the possibility that the Fed will begin to lower interest rates. Higher-...

crypto

Bitcoin

ETF

05 Feb

09:51

This Week: AUDUSD slightly rebounds towards 100-period SMA

With the Aussie still reeling from year-to-date declines against most of its G10 peers (except JPY), bouts of risk-off sentiment may also keep AUD bea...

AUDUSD

Aussie

RBA

02 Feb

12:05

Brent tumbles back below $80

The benchmark for global oil prices is now testing immediate support around its 21-day and 50-day simple moving averages, along with the rising trendl...

02 Feb

11:45

Gold awaits NFP test around $2050

XAUUSD found support at its 50-day SMA in recent sessions, but has been thwarted at the May 2023 peak of $2062.97 on three separate occasions so far i...