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  1. 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 ...
  2. News in 60 Seconds: AUD gets a pop higher on positive RBA comments!

    by , 07-06-2010 at 09:53 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Biggest % gainers: AUD/JPY up 1.70%, AUD/USD, NZD/JPY, NZD/USD on AUD & NZD strength.

    Biggest % losers: USD/ZAR down 1.54%, GBP/AUD, EUR/AUD on AUD strength.

    Gold down almost $20 to 1,190 an ounce.
    Oil $72.92

    AUD ...last night's Trade Balance report came in better than expected..rates held unchanged. DailyFX has a thorough update on it here: http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/fundame...Rates__US.html

    AUD Reserve Bank of Australia says that spending and investment is growing and that gave AUD a pop overnight in addition to the positive Trade Balance data.

    CAD Building Permits ...
  3. News in 60 Seconds: New Zealand raises interest rates; Rates stay same in EUR & GBP!

    by , 06-10-2010 at 09:37 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Biggest % gainers: This is where the momentum is this morning! NZD/JPY up 2.79%, NZD/USD up 2.74%, AUD/JPY up 2.34%, AUD/USD up 2.30%, CAD/JPY on commodity dollar strength after New Zealand raised interest rates last night by a 1/4 point. JPY and USD are diving

    Biggest % losers: EUR/NZD down 1.60%, GBP/AUD down 1.54%, EUR/AUD, USD/CAD on commodity dollar strength.

    AUD employment improved overnight & NZD raised interest rates to 2.75% as expected.

    Meanwhile the BOE & ECB both held interest rates unchanged as expected.

    EUR ECB Press Conference (Trichet speaking) at 8:30am EST today.

    CAD Trade Balance worse at 0.2B vs. 0.7B expected. Last time was revised lower ...
  4. News in 60 Seconds: Alcoa earnings miss hits commodities/commodity currencies.

    by , 04-13-2010 at 09:45 AM (News in 60 Seconds)
    Biggest % gainers: GBP/USD up 0.43%, AUD/NZD, AUD/USD on AUD strength and USD weakness.

    Biggest % losers: USD/JPY down 0.48%, USD/CHF on USD weakness.

    Oil $83.56
    Gold $1,155

    GBP Trade Balance better at -6.2B vs. -7.3B expected and -8.1B last time.

    CAD Trade Balance better at 1.4B vs. 0.7B expected and 0.8B last time.

    USD Trade Balance worse at -39.7B vs. -38.5B expected and -37.0B last time.

    NZD Retail Sales come out tonight at 6:45pm EST. Expectation is 0.2%.

    Bernanke speaks at 7pm EST tonight.

    Alcoa misses their earnings estimates, causing investors to fear that the recovery isn't as "robust" as some ...
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