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  1. News in 60 Seconds: The Baltic Dry Index falls for a 34th day in a row!

    by , 07-14-2010 at 10:09 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Biggest % gainers: USD/ZAR up 0.77%, GBP/AUD, GBP/CHF, USD/CAD, GBP/USD on GBP strength and commodity currency weakness.

    Biggest % losers: CAD/JPY down 0.86%, AUD/JPY, NZD/JPY, EUR/JPY, CHF/JPY on JPY strength and commodity currency weakness.

    Gold $1,207
    Oil $76.72

    NZD Retail Sales m/m came out worse than expected last night, weighing on the commodity currencies this morning.

    French Bank Holiday today...in observance of National Day.

    GBP Claimant Count change better at -20.8K vs. -20.1K expected and -31.1K last time.

    EUR CPI y/y in line at 1.4% as expected and same as last time.

    USD Core Retail Sales m/m in line at -0.1%. Last ...
  2. News in 60 Seconds: Moody's cuts Portugal's Credit Rating!

    by , 07-13-2010 at 09:59 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Biggest % gainers: GBP/USD up 0.73%, GBP/AUD, GBP/JPY on GBP strength.

    Biggest % losers: USD/ZAR down0.71%, USD/CAD, EUR/GBP, EUR/CAD on GBP strength and some CAD strength. The South African rand is strong too, so the commodity currencies are strong at the moment.

    Moody's cuts Portugal's Credit Rating. http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/market_...l_Debt_to.html

    Gold $1,216 perking back up.
    Oil $76.56

    GBP CPI y/y inline at 3.2% but lower than 3.4% last time.

    EUR German ZEW Economic Sentiment worse at 10.7 vs. 16.8 expected and 18.8 last time.

    CAD Trade Balance worse at -0.5B vs. 0.0B expected and -0.3B ...
  3. News in 60 Seconds: AUD Job Advertisements data takes a hit!

    by , 07-05-2010 at 09:53 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Since many banks are closed, the volume is light and not a whole lot "shaking" out there today so far.

    Biggest % gainers: USD/SGD up 0.35%, EUR/GBP, USD/CAD

    Biggest % losers: GBP/USD down 0.57%, GBP/JPY, GBP/CHF on mild GBP weakness.

    Iran says that its passenger jets are being refused fuel from the U.K. and Germany due to sanctions: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10511420.stm

    As of Friday, USD/JPY's SSI reading was 4.67!

    Australia revises down previous reading significantly on this one: ANZ Job Advertisements m/m 2.7% vs. 4.3% formerly. However, the former 4.3% reading has now been revised downward to 2.7%. Ouch!

    CHF Retail Sales better ...
  4. News in 60 Seconds: ADP employment falls short. Could shed light on Friday's NFP!

    by , 06-30-2010 at 09:45 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Biggest % gainers: EUR/NZD up 1.18%, EUR/GBP up 1.08%, EUR/AUD, EUR/CAD on EUR strength.

    Biggest % losers: NZD/JPY down 0.74%, NZD/USD, GBP/USD, GBP/JPY on mild JPY strength and NZD and GBP weakness.

    A peek into FXCM's Las Vegas Expo: http://forexforums.dailyfx.com/insid...tml#post529696

    GBP Nationwide HPI worse at 0.1% vs. 0.3% expected and 0.5% last time.

    CHF KOF Economic Barometer better at 2.25 vs. 2.17 expected and 2.16 last time. (leading indicator)

    USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change came in worse at 13k vs. 59k expected and 57k last time.

    CAD GDP m/m worse at 0.0% ...
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