Soft Dollar Helps Gold Shine


Morning Report: 07.00 London


• This morning, the British Pound is holding most of yesterday’s again after CPI and Core CPI both came in above expectations with PPI dropping less than expected. A UK rate hike has been on the horizon for some time, but yesterday’s data helped push this a little closer to the present.

 

• The big winner has been Gold, with the precious metal putting an impressive run together over the last couple of days.

• The strong Euro is partly behind and partly fueled by the weak dollar after Germany’s Bundestag approved the latest Greek bailout deal.


• The New Zealand Dollar is also enjoying the Dollar taking its foot off the gas, while the AUD/USD lags.



• While Gold enjoys some interest, oil prices continue to suffer, with Brent Crude dropping further this morning.

 

Coming up today:

• Coming up today, we have UK retail sales at 09.30 with a 0.4% improvement expected.

• Following this we have a trio of releases with US unemployment claims, existing home sales and Philly Fed at 15.00.

Trade Idea:

• The Pound has lagged these last two days, but the Canadian Dollar is still weighed down by the ongoing weakness in oil prices. The GBP/CAD isn’t the most headline grabbing forex pair, but it has been a fairly consistent winner over the last few weeks.


A good way to play this is a HIGHER trade predicting that the GBP/ CAD will close above 2.0800 in 20 days time could return 195% if successful.

 

                          
                                                         

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