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June E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average futures opened higher on Monday as buyers took a cautious approach to the early trade amid concerns over rising U.S. Treasury yields. While most investors are focused on earnings, some are worried that we could see further weakness in the market like we saw

June E-mini S&P 500 Index futures are trading slightly better shortly before the cash market opening. Traders have been holding the index in a tight range in response to the U.S. 10-year Treasury note’s move toward the psychological 3 percent level. A trade though this level could put pressure on

June E-mini NASDAQ-100 Index futures are trading steady to better shortly before the cash market opening as investors eye the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield, which is in a positon to challenge the psychological 3 percent level.  A move through this level could put pressure on demand for stocks although the

Oil is coming back into the spotlight as recently, the commodity keeps making the new long-term highs. The uptrend on the WTI is remarkable from the technical point of view. The price is climbing up like on the staircase, making very nice trend continuation patterns.We already have four in raw

A sharp rise in Treasury yields is driving June U.S. Dollar Index futures sharply higher on Monday. After a steady opening, the dollar rose to a seven-week high against a basket of currencies with the Euro and Japanese Yen getting hit the hardest. The move is being fueled by a

This is despite the “correction” in the stock market, which made a slight dent in the middle of the range but created no lasting damage, or resultant rise, or fall, of note.The tussle between buyers and sellers is becoming a stalemate. There are signs that all this may be about

In the meantime, Baker Hughes reported the rig count had increased by 5 and amounted to 1,013 in the US last week. The situation was quite the same the previous week, which is a good driver for the sellers. Still, the investors have not yet turned to these data.The OPEC+

Grain prices are mixed on Monday bouncing near support levels after declining for most of last week. Solid soybean export sales failed to lift soybean prices. Weather reports forecast the onset of spring-like conditions in the central US, that should allow farmers to make up for recent delays in planting

Speculators may be looking for additional downside action near term.Key Test of Support Developing in Gold TodayGold has come under pressure since the middle of last week and is now testing vital support ratios near the 1330.00 U.S Dollars per ounce level. The precious metal has stumbled as the Dollar

USD/CAD extends the bullish sequence from earlier this week, with the pair at risk for a larger advance as updates to Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) does little to boost bets for another Bank of Canada (BoC) rate-hike in 2018. The loonie is selling off against the US dollar, the

GoldThe gold market witnessed a lot of price action in the past week because of the geopolitical concerns involving countries like the United States, China and Syria. The market on Friday cooled a bit down as gold prices reached down towards the $1330 level which is one of its support

EUR/USDThe pair dropped significantly during the Friday’s session reaching down towards the 1.22 level as due to rising interest scenarios in the United States and lack of any clear pictures on rate hike by ECB after ending the QE. The market has now broken below 1.23 level, there will be

The DAX index continues to trade near the highs of its range but as we had mentioned in our forecast on Friday and over the weekend, there has been a bit of a correction so far as the US stock indices fell hard on Friday and the effects of that

The GBP/JPY has been in a steady uptrend on H4 timeframe, and after touching 153.87 it started a retracement. Don’t be confused, as the pair is still in uptrend and we might see a rejection from POC if the price gets in the zone 149.60-85. However, pay attention to 151.50

Natural gas futures are posting a two-sided trade early Monday with a slight bias to the downside as traders continue to try to figure out how to play the weather and the delay in the start of the injection season.At 0845 GMT, June Natural Gas futures are trading $2.764, down

Gold futures hit their lowest level since April 9 early Monday as investors continued to dump the dollar-denominated asset in reaction to a stronger dollar, rising U.S. interest rates and expectations for further rate hikes later this year.At 0808, June Comex Gold futures are trading $1333.30, down $5.00 or -0.38%.The

Key HighlightsNEO slipped 1.62% on Sunday, following Saturday’s 5.92% fall, to end the weekend at $73.46, locking in a 3.92% gain for the week.A late morning $77.52 fell short of the day’s first major resistance level of $79.29, with an intraday low $72.69 holding above the day’s first major support

GBPUSD pair has been on a steady downtrend movement for nearly two weeks now and is currently seeing its largest weekly slide in over two months. The past week was especially disastrous to the pair as additional to weak economic data, dovish comments from BOE governor Carney caused GBP to

USD gained uptrend momentum across the week closing on bullish note influenced by combination of US higher T-yields and softer data coming from rival economies. The EUR/USD moved around 1.2400 range mid-week and ended up at 1.2287 due to slow economic movement and softer inflation readings. This has caused many

The Yen, Euro, and Pound remain within their weaker boundaries versus the U.S Dollar. EUR/USD: Euro Hit by Lackluster Inflation ResultsThe Euro is trading beneath the 1.23 level after weakening versus the U.S Dollar. Inflation data from the European Union remains muted, and Germany has been turning in rather disappointing economic