Doctor copper is anything but on the daily chart, as the May futures contract traded lower once again today, following yesterday’s sharp sell off, which saw the metal end the commodities trading session with a wide-spread down candle, finally propelling copper below the recent sideways price congestion which has been in place since early March.
USDCAD breaks above the downward trend line on 4-hour chart, suggesting that the downtrend from 1.0341 had completed at 1.0180 already.
USDCAD may be forming a cycle bottom at 1.0180 on 4-hour chart. Resistance is at the downward trend line, a clear break above the trend line resistance will indicate that the downward movement from 1.0341 had completed at 1.0180 already,
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK, quote) announced today it plans to offer $2.3 billion of senior notes in order to help fund a tender offer worth about $938 million in outstanding senior notes.
The USD/JPY appears to have run into a slight headwind in the short term on the daily chart, at the 96.60 area, with the pair having tested this price level on three occasions over the last 10 days, before pulling back.
Gold bugs finally had something to cheer about today as April gold futures finally awoke from their recent slumbers, trading higher in today’s session, and moving to test the $1600 per ounce price level. The catalyst for this modest recovery for gold was from the ECB, with suggestions that inflationary pressure was easing in the Eurozone, but hardly sufficient to spark a reversal in the longer term trend!
EURUSD’s downward movement from 1.3711 extends to as low as 1.2888. Key resistance is at 1.3161, as long as this level holds, the downtrend could be expected to continue, and next target would be at 1.2800 area, only break above 1.3161 resistance could signal completion of the downtrend.
USDCHF’s upward movement from 0.9021 extends to as high as 0.9567. Key support is located at the upward trend line on 4-hour chart, as long as the trend line support holds, the fall from 0.9567 could be treated as consolidation of the uptrend, another rise to 0.9600 area is still possible after consolidation.
Most U.S. stocks finished higher yesterday, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, extending anew the rally triggered by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke‟s decidedly “dovish” testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday morning, February 26, 2013
Futures Rise After Australian Employment, ECB Report U.S. equity futures traded slightly higher in early pre-market trade following stronger than expected Australian employment data and also dovish comments from the ECB in its Monthly Bulletin. The ECB sees the eurozone economy stabilizing in 2013 with growth returning this year and sees inflation remaining tepid with downside risks remaining.
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