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Portugal sold 2.5 billion euros ($3.3 billion) of five-year bonds, the first sale of that maturity in almost two years, as it starts to regain access to long-term debt markets.  >>

The U.S. Dollar has ended the period of the last five trading days on the bullish side, on average appreciating 0.31% relatively to its major counterparts. >>

Hong Kong stocks retreated as investors closed their positions on growth-sensitive outperformers. The Hang Seng index closed down 0.1% at 23,635.1 points after closing at the highest level on Tuesday. >>

German shares stayed little unchanged prior to the U.S. House of Representatives vote to stem the nation's borrowing limit. By suspending the decision on the debt-limit, Republicans aim at meeting >>

The New Zealand Dollar is not losing its pace of appreciation despite proximity of the strong resistance area at 0.8489/53. >>

U.K. equities stayed flat on Wednesday close to their highest since May 2008 on better-than-expected unemployment data and Prime Minister's announcement to hold a referendum on exiting the European Union >>

Japanese equities retreated, extending their losses for a third straight day, as the Yen appreciated after Bank of Japan announced it would launch open-ended stimulus package only after a year. >>

USD/CAD did not confirm a breakout from the down-trend resistance line on Jan 22, receding away from the 200-day SMA. >>

The upward impetus that was received by the AUD/USD currency pair yesterday was insufficient to throw the pair above 1.0577/59, exposing exhaustion of bulls. >>

EUR/JPY had time today to descend down to 117.04, but bulls proved to be on guard, having already sent the price back above 117.90—the upper edge of the key support >>

U.S. blue chips advanced with the Dow Jones Industrial Average slightly increasing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.5%, or 62.51 points, to 13,712.21. All sectors except for consumer goods >>

U.S. shares advanced, as corporate profits from Companies, such as, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and Travelers Cos. beat the analysts' estimates. The Standard & Poor 500 climbed 0.4% to >>

German shares stayed little unchanged prior to the U.S. House of Representatives vote to stem the nation's borrowing limit. By suspending the decision on the debt-limit, Republicans aim at meeting >>

U.K. equities stayed flat on Wednesday close to their highest since May 2008 on better-than-expected unemployment data and Prime Minister's announcement to hold a referendum on exiting the European Union >>

Dukascopy Trade Pattern Ideas for USD/CHF (Channel Up), EUR/USD (Triangle), NZD/USD (Channel Up), EUR/GBP (Channel Up) till 16:30 GMT. >>