EURUSD price action remains under the influence of the US dollar and this is likely to increase with an EU data void through the rest of the week.
Crude oil prices may turn lower if early technical clues pointing to ebbing upside momentum find a complimentary catalyst in incoming earnings reports.
Currency markets hint at anxiety as the first-quarter corporate earnings season resumes. Worrying outcomes may boost the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen.
Gold prices are aiming lower after breaking chart support to complete a bearish Head and Shoulders topping pattern. Crude oil prices are struggling below $65/bbl.
Markets are focused on first-quarter earnings reports form Goldman Sachs and Citigroup as S&P 500 technical positioning warns that a top is in the making.
The anti-risk Japanese Yen may return to the offensive as US banks JPMorgan and Wells Fargo report first-quarter results, highlighting a slowdown in global growth.
Crude oil and gold prices fell as the US Dollar rallied in the wake of March FOMC meeting minutes. First-quarter earnings reports from US banks are now in focus.
The anti-risk Japanese Yen may rise alongside the US Dollar while the bellwether S&P 500 stock index falls with global slowdown fears in focus for financial markets.
Gold prices are pushing up against make-or-break technical resistance. Crude oil prices may fall if global slowdown fears and a downbeat IEA report.
The anti-risk Japanese Yen and US Dollar may rise as a dovish tone in the ECB policy announcement and March Fed meeting minutes undermine market sentiment.
Crude oil prices may fall ECB and FOMC rhetoric highlights policymakers worries about slowing global growth, souring market-wide risk appetite.
Gold prices will seek direction cues in the response from bond yields and the US Dollar to the latest update of the IMF World Economic Outlook.
Gold prices got a lift as cross-currency flows weighed on the US Dollar but technical positioning continues to warn that a major top may be taking shape.
Gold is sitting on a noted technical support level and needs to hold this if the recent sell-off is to be reversed. US data during the week will guide the next move, culminating with the latest NFP release on Friday.
EURUSD opened Q2 on the front foot with marginal gains against a weak US dollar despite further confirmation of a weak manufacturing sector in the Euro-Zone and lower-than-expected inflation.
The Euro looks oversold by one closely flowed indicator but that doesnt mean it should be bought. Any rally should be looked at as a potential short set-up.
Gold and crude oil prices may fall while the US Dollar attracts haven-seeking capital flows if a disappointing US GDP revision keeps investors in a downbeat mood.
Gold prices are weighing the conflicting influence of the US Dollar and bond yields to divine direction cues amid worries about a slowdown in global economic growth.
The Gold rally off the low seen earlier this month continues unabated, refuelled by growing concerns that the gloomy global economic outlook may last for longer.
The Euro may fall while the Yen and US Dollar track higher if German IFO business confidence data disappoints, stoking global slowdown worries.