GBPUSD is correcting after an aggressive rise. The instrument is going above the Ichimoku Cloud, which suggests an uptrend. A test of the upper boundary of the Cloud at 1.2945 is expected, followed by a rise to 1.3185. An additional signal confirming the rise will be a rebound from the lower boundary of the bullish channel.
Wall Street is seeing positive gains due to heightened investor anticipation around the quarterly earnings season for businesses.
On Wednesday, the Canadian dollar experienced a slight appreciation against the U.S. currency which was otherwise broadly robust. This was largely due to the optimism among investors that the U.S. economy may still soft land despite the Federal Reserve's active campaign to hike interest rates.
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On Thursday (July 20), spot gold shocked higher during the Asian session, once hit a nearly two-month high to $1987.34 per ounce.
The UK's June year-on-year CPI growth rate, released on Wednesday, fell to a more than one-year low, and inflation in Canada and New Zealand also cooled, which boosted market sentiment.
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On Wednesday (July 19), spot gold shocked slightly lower during the Asian and European sessions and is currently trading in the vicinity of $1975.66 per ounce.
June retail sales data released on Tuesday fell short of expectations, but core sales remained firm. After the release of the data, the U.S. dollar index dived to a 15-month low, and then rebounded as the market fully digested expectations of a 25 basis point rate hike in July, once back to the 100 mark, but failed to hold on to close up 0.05% at 99.96.
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On Tuesday (July 18), spot gold rose slightly during the Asian session and is currently trading near $1959.12 per ounce.
The New York Fed's manufacturing index, released on Monday, fell to 1.1%, indicating that growth in its manufacturing sector has almost stalled. The dollar index closed down 0.04% at 99.91 as markets await U.S. retail sales data for June to be released tonight.
The USD/CAD has fallen beneath the 1.3200 level, largely driven by the bolstering effect of substantial yields on Canadian bonds, most notably the 3.385% yield observed on the 10-year note, which represents an increase of 0.53%.
On Monday, market activity is likely to be limited due to the conjunction of Japan's holiday and the pre-Federal Reserve blackout period. This could enable the US dollar to maintain its recovery from the recent multi-day low, a rebound fueled in part by positive US economic data.
China will present a lot of statistics. It is already known that the GDP for the second quarter has surpassed the value for the first quarter and reached 6.4% against 4.5%. However, the indicator fell short of analysts' forecasts. For risky assets, this is a moderate signal.
On Monday (July 17), spot gold fluctuated in a narrow range during the Asian session and is currently trading near $1955.20 per ounce. Last Friday's data showed that U.S. consumer confidence jumped to the highest level in nearly two years, the dollar index rebounded from this year's 15-month low near, so that gold prices continue to be pressured by the 55-day average and 1960 mark and other multiple resistance, short-term gold prices face further retracement risk
The US Dollar started a major decline from the 145.00 zone against the Japanese Yen. USD/JPY traded below a key bullish trend line with support near 144.20