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USD/CHF is closing in on Mar 14 high at 0.9567 that has previously triggered almost a four-figure dip and is therefore a key to long-term bullish outlook; although the pair >>

An area below the spot price and until the 200-day SMA at 84.63 is littered with various supports, meaning that a path of least resistance is upwards, en route to >>

The currency pair continues to demonstrate its resolve and unwillingness to submit to bears, leading to construction of a bullish set-up on a daily chart, namely a channel up pattern. >>

Dukascopy Trade Pattern Ideas for USD/PLN (Channel Up), USD/TRY (Channel Down), GBP/JPY (Channel Up) and EUR/AUD (Channel Down) pairs till 08:30 GMT. >>

Yesterday EUR/USD has confirmed the zone that stretches from 1.3086 down to 1.3042 as resistance. >>

Britain's economy escaped from falling into a triple dip recession and expanded in the first quarter of 2013, a rare bit of welcome economic news for the government; however, it >>

The number of Americans filling new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to almost a five-year low, suggesting the improvement in the labour market, the Labor Department said Thursday. >>

Spain's sorry tale of constantly deteriorating labour market has worsened in first three months of this year, fuelling a European debate over the effectiveness of the wide-spread austerity measures. >>

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Farm commodities apart from coffee climbed on Thursday amid concerns over record low temperatures in the top growing regions of the U.S. However, bearish USDA report on U.S. export sales >>

Energy futures rose on Thursday after bullish EIA reports and upbeat numbers from the U.K. and U.S. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 16,000 to 339,000 >>

Base metals were trading higher on Thursday on encouraging data from Europe and the U.S. The U.K. GDP grew at faster-than-expected pace in Q1, while U.S. jobless claims dipped more >>

Precious metals were bullish on Thursday after better-than-expected U.S. jobless claims data. Broadly weaker U.S. Dollar also was supportive for the commodity group. Moreover, a recent slump in prices lured >>

Dukascopy Trade Pattern Ideas for EUR/JPY (Triangle), EUR/USD (Channel Down), USD/JPY (Ascending Triangle) and CHF/JPY (Double Top) till 16:30 GMT. >>

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