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Copper traded in New York dropped on Thursday heading for the largest weekly drop in a 16-month period amid speculations that demand in the world's largest consumers of the metal, >>

Soybean futures decreased for the first time in a four-day period on Thursday amid speculation that falling supplies in the U.S. will reduce processing activities and boost South American imports. >>

British economy will likely slip back into recession in the first three months of 2013 as the country showed an unimpressive performance in the majority of its sectors, the Capital >>

Trade balance of Spain came in a shortfall in the month of February, although the trade balance gap narrowed as exports increased and imports recorded a notable fall, the latest >>

Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia's area recorded a modest fall in the month of April, while business activity in the area stayed at the same level, the Federal Bank of >>

A leading index of economic activity in the U.S. surprisingly declined in March after rising three straight months, a data unveiled by the Conference Board showed on Thursday. The data >>

Bank loan demand in Japan advanced in the first three month of 2013 as rising sales caused a decrease in internally generated funds of customers, the report released by the >>

The British Pound has once again proved to be one of a few currencies that preserve stability amidst increased uncertainty and volatility. >>

NZD/USD has already managed to jump beyond the resistance line at 0.8476 today, but it nevertheless seems that the price is inclined to move downwards in the nearest future rather >>

Appetite of investors for the U.S. Dollar has been considerably dampened once the pair approached a notable resistance area at 1.0308/1.0278. >>

Despite a recent strong drop the bulls continue to oppose further debasement of the Australian Dollar, but at the moment appear to be unable to throw the price over 1.0352/40, >>

EUR/JPY has already surpassed a number of resistances, including the monthly R2 at 128.44 and weekly pivot point 129.25, but the price still needs to close above these levels to >>

Dukascopy Aggregate Technical Indicator for 30 min and 1H time frame charts for major pairs for the last 144 periods till 15:00 GMT. >>

Dukascopy Trade Pattern Ideas for EUR/NZD (Channel Down), SGD/JPY (Channel Up), GBP/AUD (Ascending Triangle), till 16:30 GMT. >>

German stocks are trading in the positive area on hopes for easing measures from the ECB. Moreover, sharp gains of Asian and U.S. stocks were supportive for German blue chips. >>