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Current Session: Europe − U.S.
EUR/JPY
EUR/JPY Daily Technical Forex − EUR/JPY Daily Technical Forex by Stoploss.ch
Current level at 12:33 CET is 156.62, trading above the daily pivot point level of 154.66 and nudged between first resistance at 156.24 and second resistance at 157.20. The daily picture remains bearish with the falling 200 day moving average now at 161.51 and the falling 55 day moving average at 157.46. Daily Bollinger and standard error bands remain poised to the downside.
- Understanding The Exact Process Behind The Movement In Price by Sam Seiden
- Check out how pairs moved: Live Currency Rates & Charts
- Follow up the most relevant Economic Data in the new Real Time Economic Calendar
Other Topics for this Session:
Daily Outlook − GBP/USD by Karoll
Currency Performance
Currency Performance Report − Asia Session Performance by FXstreet.com
FX Analysts' Comments
Weekly Fundamental Analysis by Wayne McDonell, FxBootcamp.com
Majors at a Glance
- EUR/USD
- Continues to move up above third resistant level 1.5595
03/25/2008 12:07 GMT - GBP/USD
- Trades above first resistant level 1.9916
03/25/2008 12:08 GMT - USD/CHF
- Trades around first support level 1.0105
03/25/2008 12:08 GMT - USD/JPY
- Back around opening price level 100.58 , above pivot level 100.27
03/25/2008 12:08 GMT
Analyst Sentiment Index (ASI)
Analysts Sentiment Index - EUR/USD
**Source : ActionForex.com, CMS Forex, Danske Bank A/S, FXstreet.com, Global Forex Trading, Mizuho Corporate Bank
[ View ASI page ] [ View EUR/USD page ]
Charting the Market Movers
EUR USD, Hourly
GBP USD, Hourly
Top Market Movers Preview
US CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
| Date (GMT) | Event | Cons. | Previous | |
| Mar 25 | 14:00 | Consumer Confidence | 73.5 | 75.0 |
Weekly Forex Market Commentary - The Conference Board Consumer Confidence report for March is due on Tuesday by Global Forex Trading
The Conference Board's Leading Economic Indicators index fell 0.3 percent in February, fifth consecutive decline, following a 0.4 percent drop in January (originally reported as −0.1 percent). The last time the leading index fell for five consecutive months was in 2001.
[ Full Story ]Top Market Movers Review
Canada RETAIL SALES
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Mar 25 | 12:30 | Retail Sales (MoM) | 1.5% | 1.4% | 0.6% |
| Mar 25 | 12:30 | Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) | 1.3% | 0.5% | -0.4% |
Canada − Retail sales grow 1.5% in january , returning to rapid growth that began in 2004 (FXstreet.com)
Canadian retail sales have grown in January returning to the rapid growth of the beginning of 2004. January has been the third consecutive month of strong gains, according of the Statistics Canada's last inform.
[ Full Story ]- Retail trade, January 2008 at Statistics Canada
- Canada Retail Sales (MoM) up to 1.5% in Jan from 0.6% (FXstreet.com)
Economic Events
| Date (GMT) | Country | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Mar 25 | 12:00 | NZ | Westpac Consumer Confidence (1Q) | 96.5 | 110.0 | |
| 12:30 | CA | Retail Sales (MoM) (Jan) | 1.5% | 1.4% | 0.6% | |
| 12:30 | CA | Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) (Jan) | 1.3% | 0.5% | -0.4% | |
| 14:00 | US | Consumer Confidence (Mar) | 73.5 | 75.0 | ||
| 14:00 | US | Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (Mar) | -0.5 | -5.0 | ||
| 21:00 | US | ABC Consumer Confidence (Mar 23) | -31 | |||
| 23:50 | JP | Adjusted Merchandise Trade Balance (Feb) | ¥769.2B | ¥861.9B | ||
| 23:50 | JP | Corporate Service Price (YoY) (Feb) | 0.8% | 0.8% | ||
| 23:50 | JP | Merchandise Trade Balance Total (Feb) | ¥1155.4B | -¥794.3B | ||
| 23:50 | JP | Trade Balance − BOP Basis (Feb) | ¥85.8B | |||