Much like the end of Q1, GBP/USD is closing Q2 on a rather sour note. The pair rejected 1.4240-50 yet again, making it look increasingly like a double top.
Traders are further net-long than yesterday and last week, and the combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a stronger EUR/GBP-bearish contrarian trading bias.
The New Zealand Dollar is off to an upbeat start against the US Dollar after a down week. Rising Covid cases in Australia and the RBNZ meeting later this week are likely to influence price action.
Markets experienced some turbulence last week as freefalling bond yields concerned investors and fueled an unwind of the reflation trade. Will volatility continue in the week ahead?
The Australian Dollar may extend losses ahead, prolonging the top it started back in February. What are key technical levels to watch for in AUD/USD, AUD/JPY, AUD/CAD and GBP/AUD?
Gold prices may have some short-term upside potential, supported by depressed real yields in the U.S., concerns about the Covid-19 delta variant and China’s slowing economy.
The US Dollar (via the DXY Index) has dropped back as the calendar moved into mid-July on the back of declining Fed rate hike expectations and collapsing US Treasury yields.