Dollar and S&P 500 Ready for Fed Rate Decision
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- Dollar and S&P 500 Ready for Fed Rate Decision
- British Pound Awaits UK Budget, BoE Go Ahead for Stimulus
- Euro Tests Four Month Lows as Cyprus Plan Rejected
- Japanese Yen: What will Kuroda Do in His First Day at the BoJ Reins
- New Zealand Dollar Weighs RBNZ Warnings against 4Q GDP
- GoldClimbs a Fourth Day, Focus Shifts from Euro Risk to Stimulus
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Euro regains footing but still vulnerable on Cyprus woes
dailyfx.com
- Cyprus negotiating deal with Russia
- British budget in focus, after BoE minutes
- Fed meeting statement and Bernanke news conference awaited
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Yen firmer vs dollar, awaits new BOJ governor's remarks
reuters.com
- Dollar dips vs yen but losses limited
- Yen not too far from last week's 3-1/2 year low vs dlr
- Markets await BOJ governor Kuroda's maiden speech
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Gold to Follow Crude Oil Higher on Dovish FOMC Outcome
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Crude Oil, Copper Rise as Cyprus Bank Levy Rejection Boosts Risk Trends
Gold and Silver to Find Support as US Dollar Weakens on Dovish FOMC
WTI Crude Oil (NY Close): $92.16 // -1.58 // -1.69%
Prices reversed lower to test support at the 92.00 figure, marked by the 23.6% Fibonacci expansion. A break beneath that exposes the 38.2% level at 90.73. Near-term resistance is at 94.07, the March 19 swing high.
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Gold price higher in sideways range; Cyprus, FOMC create no waves
fastmarkets.com
Gold moved fractionally higher on Thursday morning but remained trapped in its newly elevated $1,600-1,620 range, with fears over the stability of Cyprus failing to fuel risk aversion to force a break.
Spot metal was last at $1,607.80/1,608.60 per ounce.
In the other metals, platinum recovered somewhat, gaining $4 to $1,576/1,586 per ounce but palladium edged $1 lower to $755/761 per ounce. Silver is up seven cents at $28.86/28.94.
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Cyprus debacle keeps euro in doldrums, yen steadies
reuters.com
- Yen steadies after short positions squeezed on Thurs
- Euro pinned near 4-mth lows vs USD on Cyprus uncertainty
- U.S. data points to growing momentum
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Gold industry has lost some lustre
bdlive.co.za
THE 10 biggest gold companies led by Barrick Gold Corporation spent more than $100bn in the past 20 years buying new mines and projects around the globe. Now they are feeling the pressure to throw the strategy into reverse.
A Bloomberg index of 14 large gold miners has lost 27% in the past year, worse than the 7.2% drop in a similar gauge of global oil companies. The gold industry, which underperformed the metal for five of the past seven years, has tried to stop the slide by ending gold-price hedges raising dividends, building new mines and, most recently, pledging spending discipline.
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Euro rebounds as investors optimistic about Cyprus deal
reuters.com
- Deal reached to spin off Greek units of Cypriot banks
- Euro gains limited by risk of Cyprus banking collapse
- Weaker-than-expected German Ifo index weighs on euro
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Gold has best week in two months
smh.com.au
- AUD slips to $US1.0428
- SPI futures up 21 points to 4994
- US shares up on optimism for Cyprus deal
- Oil gets a lift from equity markets
- Euro shares flat amid expected Cyprus deal
- Wall Street Week Ahead: US stocks to run at record highs
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Copper gives bearish signal; other commodities not supporting rally
firstpost.com
Copper, a leading indicator of the equity markets gave a bearish signal this week breaking below a consolidation pattern that began forming in October 2011. Other leading commodities such as oil, gold, silver and aluminum too have not supported the equity rally for a long time.
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