Tuesday, March 8, 2011

EUR/USD 1,3903

Greenback weakened in the last hours against commodity currencies and erased previous gains. Currently is trading near daily lows as risk appetite increased the demand for higher yield currencies. Stocks in the US extended gains.

Stocks rise further

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is rising 150 points to 12.235 or 1.18% and the NASDAQ gains 1.00%. Stocks in Europe erased losses in the last hours of trading and posted small gains. In London the FTSE 100 rose 0.02%, in Germany the DAX gained 0.04% and in France the CAC 40 finished 0.64% higher.

Crude oil prices are moving sideways on Tuesday, retreating after reaching fresh highs since September 2008. The barrel (WTI) is hovering around $103 - $105. Gold is pulling back from record highs and fell below $1,430 an ounce.

Dollar losses upside momentum

Greenback is retreating across the board after hitting daily highs before Wall Street opening. Once the American session started, Dollar lost momentum and pulled back amid an increase in risk appetite.

AUD/USD found support at 1.0050 and bounced rising 70 pips to 1.0115, to the same price level it had at the beginning of the day.

USD/CAD hit fresh lows at 0.9706 after moving in ranges most of the day below 0.9745.

NZD/USD moved off session highs, trimming gains and currently is struggling to hold above 0.7400. The Kiwi outperformed its rivals during the Asian session but on American hours pulled back.

Greenback also moved off session high against the Euro, the Pound and the Yen.

source: fxstreet.com


14 comments:

  1. ive seen alot about this matter lately, but it think it doesnt bother me that much since im not from the US nor Europe

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  2. eur/usd looks like its going down again

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  3. LOL, and the roller coaster continues! I'm not sure, but doesn't it seem like the better the stock market(The Dow)does; the worse the dollar performs elsewhere? I could never figure that out...

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  4. How has the Yuan been doing relative to the USD?

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  5. I'm watching that oil market, no need for gas to be any higher right now!

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  6. good news and bad news... but the oil always keeps at those prices...

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  7. Another great article on this topic. Thanks!

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  8. Poor dollar is having a rough time.

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  9. I'm still anxious to see how this whole crisis in the Middle East affects oil (and therefore other commodity) prices and how that plays out with currencies!

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  10. man we are just doing terrible in these past few weeks, and no one will tell us why...

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  11. Markets are so funny. At work on Monday, I listen to a local public radio programme called 'Marketplace' that goes over the day's financials. This is the complete opposite of Monday, as the DOW was down, even more so than last week, when all 3 American indices lost ground between 0.5 to 0.75 per cent.

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  12. might have to order some stuff from america soon =)

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