Breaking News – Labor Department Weekly Release
Labor Department Weekly Release out – are they forecasting the Friday’s Non-Farm Payroll release?
Analyzing Entries for the Next Kiwi Move
The NZDUSD (Kiwi Dollar) currency pair is one riddled with uncertainty. It has spent the better part of 2012 heading higher from its January low at .7708. After moving as much as 677 pips to our standing high at .8385, the pair has faltered failing to advance further to challenge the pairs all time high at .8841.
JPY Approaching Favorable Long Entries- NZD Eyes Key Support At 8080
Daily Winners and Losers The Japanese yen is the top performer against a stronger dollar at the close of European trade with loss of just 0.11% on the session. The greenback has continued to outperform all its major counterparts as markets remain on the defensive after a weaker than expected ADP employment report showed the addition of just 119K private sector jobs in April, missing consensus estimates for a print
Breaking News – ADP Numbers Out
Payrolls processor Automatic Data Processing says private-sector jobs
Imperial Sugar Agrees to be Acquired (IPSU)
Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC to buy Imperial Sugar Co (IPSU, quote). Imperial Sugar has agreed to be purchased by company Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC via an all cash agreement that values the sugar refiner roughly at $78 million.
Euro Plummets after Abysmal European Manufacturing Data Set
THE TAKEAWAY: Manufacturing PMIs much weaker than expected -> Core countries hit by slowing demand from the European south -> Euro falls against US Dollar Weak readings from the European manufacturing sector sparked a bout of Euro weakness today. The weighty German manufacturing purchasing managers’ index came in at 46.2 versus the expected 46.3. Beleaguered Italy was hit hardest, with the gauge coming in at 43.8 versus the expected 47.1.
Rise in German Unemployment Further Discourages Euro Investors
THE TAKEAWAY: German unemployment rises by 19K, despite expectations for 10K fall -> positive labor market trend was said to have been outweighed by slowdown of economic momentum -> Euro drops as weak PMI manufacturing also comes in
Gold Short Term Bullish Base?
Daily Bars Prepared by Jamie Saettele, CMT for DailyFX Last week’s hold above the 4/4 low suggests that gold has been forming a bullish base since mid-March. Exceeding the April high would put bulls in control towards the trendline above 1700 (that line extends off of the September 2011 and February 2012 highs).
USDCAD Trend is Down against 9980
240 Minute Bars Prepared by Jamie Saettele, CMT The multi month USDCAD range has been resolved to the downside therefore my bias is to the downside. Today’s advance off of GDP offers an opportunity to align with the larger downtrend. Resistance extends to 9925 and risk on shorts should be above 9980. Bottom Line (next 5 days) – sideways/lower?
A Deeper Look Into the ISM Manufacturing Report
The ISM Manufacturing Index climbed in April to a level of 54.8 from 53.4 March, beating analysis expectations. In fact expectations were for decline to 53.0 levels. While the Price Paid Index held at 61.0 for the month.