Day: January 5, 2018

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: AUD dips on a surprise trade deficit

  Forex news for Asia trading Friday 5 January 2018 The Australian trade report for November data is here: A dreadful miss on expectations and the[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Japan PM Abe: Asking for 3% wage rises to put economy in a virtuous cycle

  Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe speaking in Tokyo It's been a continuous debate between Japanese officials and companies. Officials have always argued the point that[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Economic data coming up in the European session

  What's coming up on the calendar front Howdy, everyone! It's NFP Friday this week - so expect things to be a little quiet ahead of[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  USD/JPY up to session highs, closes in on 113.00

  USD/JPY rises for a third straight day, now at 112.98 The upside move was previously capped by the 200-hour MA (blue line) and the 61.8[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Quick snapshot of the major currencies bloc: GBP leads on the day, JPY lags behind

  Dollar is mixed against the major pairs, while the Chinese yuan is higher after a stronger PBOC fixing The British pound continues to find a[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Nikkei 225 closes up by 0.89% at 23,714.53

  Tokyo's main index closes higher on the day, after breaking through the 23,000 mark for the first time since 1992 yesterday Asian equities remain buoyant[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Intel CEO reportedly sold $39 million worth of shares after learning about design flaw

  Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is said to have sold his shares after the company was made aware of a fundamental design flaw in its chips[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Aussie continues to extend losses on the day post-trade data

  AUD/USD down to session lows of 0.7839 The pair is now leaning against the upward trendline formed in December on the hourly chart: The upward[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  PBOC: To encourage companies to use CNY in cross-border transactions

  The People's Bank of China (China's central bank) comments via Reuters The PBOC with some comments on improving the Chinese yuan's usage in cross-border transactions/settlement[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Germany November retail sales m/m +2.3% vs +1.0% expected

  Latest data released by Destatis - 5 January 2018 Delay in the release of the data point by Destatis by almost 2 minutes, supposed to[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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