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7/3/2009 05:00 GMT [IGM] -
[ASIAN CLOSE] The Greenback was generally weaker against the majors as market players pared down long USD positions after the strong gains seen yest. Only the Usd/Jpy was almost uncha...

7/2/2009 18:22 GMT [IGM] -
[NY FED STUDY] released this week results found that nonprime home mortgage borrowers in negative equity share generally took out loans near the peak of the housing market and their mor...

7/2/2009 18:00 GMT [IGM] -
[USD/JPY] is having another push lower as it probes the 95.80 level. Little movement seen in other pairs as liquidity evaporates ahead of tomorrow's holiday and no real reaction...

7/2/2009 15:59 GMT [IGM] -
[USD/JPY] is testing the 200 day moving average of 95.89 once more as the pair registers a fresh low for the day just above 95.80. Bids in the area are, for the timebeing, lending sup...

7/2/2009 13:51 GMT [IGM] -
A US prime name was a good size seller of [USD/JPY] into the 95.93 lows, we are told. The headline tentatively reclaims its 96-plus status, however, ahead of the expiries at the figure...

7/1/2009 13:29 GMT [IGM] -
We cautioned about the prospects of a [USD/JPY] topside break. Sure enough, the headline now trades well off day's highs of 97.00 to record a fresh session low for Europe of 96.35. ...

7/1/2009 10:40 GMT [IGM] -
We are now hearing of stops building through 97.20/30 in [USD/JPY]. However, though still fairly well bid it seems appropriate to exercise caution here. This market has seen very few...

7/1/2009 07:20 GMT [IGM] -
An eight-day high of 97.00 for [USD/JPY], with the headline remaining fairly well bid. Stops are said to be building on 97.05/10, which coincides with the 100-day mov ave and...

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EUR/USD

7/3/2009 14:55 GMT [IGM] -
[ECB'S TRICHET] says the key to a recovery is recovering confidence. He also urged banks to pass on liquidity. No FX market reaction, as [EUR/USD] continues to hover in and aro...

7/3/2009 14:55 GMT [IGM] -
[ECB'S TRICHET] says the key to a recovery is recovering confidence. No FX market reaction, as [EUR/USD] continues to hover in and around the 1.40 mark...

7/3/2009 12:10 GMT [IGM] -
In very steady broader market trade, [EUR/USD] is not moving too far away from that large 1.4000 vanilla expiry for New York cut. In a US less afternoon this options play always threatene...

7/3/2009 10:31 GMT [IGM] -
[EUROPEAN FX MORNING ROUNDUP] Overall a quiet session with Eur/Usd locked to 1.4000 and expiries at the level the main focus. Elsewhere a short sharp spike in Eur/Chf prompted the us...

7/3/2009 08:42 GMT [IGM] -
As seen earlier in the Far East session an Asian reserve manager has cropped up on the bid in [AUD/USD] lifting this pair, but a bid also emerging for Eur/Usd and Cable. Given the sa...

7/3/2009 06:55 GMT [IGM] -
[EUR/USD] bid from the opening bell in Europe as Asian traders exit and pare shorts, and this culminates in a brief stop hunt above the 1.4000 marker. The factors that fostered a stronge...

7/2/2009 15:27 GMT [IGM] -
[EUR/USD] finding very good demand into 1.4000 with a lot of option buyers tipped and more large expiries here tomorrow likely to dictate much focus in an otherwise likely quiet session, ...

7/2/2009 15:12 GMT [IGM] -
The 200 day moving average at 95.89 proving of some influence in [USD/YEN] with the low registered at 95.86 and trade once more above 96.00. Japanese bids already tipped through...

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USD/CHF

7/2/2009 01:34 GMT [IGM] -
[USD/CAD] opened in Asia at the 1.1490 level and was pretty much rangebound during the session until early European trade when it fell to the day's low of 1.1472. However, weake...

7/2/2009 01:27 GMT [IGM] -
[CAD/YEN] yesterday erases its Wed rally, and probes the 82.25-00 base area. Amid overall Yen crosses adjustments, the Cad is pressed especially on falling oil, and this pair can...

7/2/2009 01:04 GMT [IGM] -
[USD/CHF] reached the day's low of 1.0741 during the Asian session before drifting higher to an intraday high of 1.0825 during the European session when SNB Thomas Jordan said tha...

7/1/2009 00:30 GMT [IGM] -
[USD/CHF] which started the Asian session around 1.0860 only managed to gain 25 points to reach the day's high of 1.0885 during the first two hours of trading. From there it was a o...

6/30/2009 01:07 GMT [IGM] -
[USD/CHF] started the Asian session at the 1.0810 level before drifting down to the day's low of 1.0777 during the early European session as improving risk appetite on the back ...

6/29/2009 01:12 GMT [IGM] -
[USD/CHF] opened in Asia yest at 1.0850 before drifting higher over the course of the session with the early Europeans pushing the pair to the day's high of 1.0912 before selling ord...

6/28/2009 01:31 GMT [IGM] -
[USD/CHF] traded in a rangy session for much of the Asian session on Friday before jumping to the day's high of 1.0948 during the early European session. Market players were r...

6/26/2009 16:57 GMT [IGM] -
The Usd is coming under pressure in late trading as [Eur/Usd] heads above 1.41 while [Cable] has jumped 25-30 points, moving towards the 1.6550 area. [Aud] has taken out its earlie...

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GBP/USD

7/2/2009 03:09 GMT [IGM] -
After plunging during the o/n session, the [GBP/USD] started the Australasian session on the backfoot around the 1.6325/30 level before a bout of short covering from intraday specs a...

7/2/2009 00:32 GMT [IGM] -
[GBP/USD] rose to the day's high of 1.6501 during the early Asian session and started to descend from there to an initial intraday low of 1.6330 when stops were triggered at the...

7/2/2009 14:09 GMT [IGM] -
Still some distance away, but contacts talk of more stops in place below 1.6300 and now 1.6290 in [CABLE]. The Dow is over 150 points in the red and the risk averse friendly Usd is winn...

7/2/2009 12:15 GMT [IGM] -
The [GBP/USD] decline has stalled somewhat, but those sub-1.6300 stops could yet be vulnerable if we get a surprise NFPs shocker. No standout buyer has been seen from the 1.6330...

7/2/2009 08:46 GMT [IGM] -
[GBP/USD] is attempting to move away from the 1.6330 base area amid talk of an 'interesting' Eur/Gbp seller. Previously, two UK clearers and a Swiss bank had been sellers of t...

7/1/2009 00:09 GMT [IGM] -
[GBP/USD] fell from an initial intraday high of 1.6480 before French and Asian sellers sent the pair to the day's low of 1.6381 in late Asian trade. The pair held solidly at the low...

7/1/2009 06:30 GMT [IGM] -
[EUROPEAN STOCKS] are seen opening the first trading day of Q3 pretty flat, with a tad negative bias. Index futures indicate slim losses of 0.1%~0.3% for the DAX, CAC40 & Eurost...

7/1/2009 06:21 GMT [IGM] -
A steady start in Europe's opening exchanges, but contacts talk of ongoing Asian account selling interests in [GBP/USD]. Further, stops are touted just below from 1.6380 though we...

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