The Federal Reserve is expected to announce today an expansion of its asset purchases program that is likely to weaken the valuation of the US dollar versus the Canadian currency. Hopes also continue to rise as talks concerning a fiscal cliff deal are believed to be making progress.
U.S. stock indexes printed small gains yesterday as market participants begin to focus on the two day Federal Reserve meeting. Analysts are looking for policymakers to provide further monetary stimulus – QE4? However, the Fed watchers will also be watching for any signs of deal or lack of deal concerning the fiscal cliff.
AUDUSD is facing the support of the upward trend line on 4-hour chart, a clear break below the trend line support will indicate that the uptrend from 1.0287 has completed at 1.0515 already, then the following downward movement could bring price back to 1.0000 zone. On the upside, as long as the trend line support holds, the fall from 1.0515 could be treated as consolidation of the uptrend, and one more rise to 1.0550 area is still possible.
AUDUSD’s upward movement from 1.0149 extends to as high as 1.0515.
Current market conditions – The Dow Jones (DIA, quote) trading up by 0.22% to 13184.08, S&P 500 (SPY, quote) is trading lower by 0.17% to 1420.47 and the NASDAQ (QQQ, quote) is trading down by 0.41% to 2990.28.
U.S. markets are coming off a meager up week with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 closes the in the green the last 3 session prior to the weekend. The NASDAQ, however, is having difficulties with its largest component Apple (AAPL, quote) continues to struggle.
AUDUSD stays above a upward trend line on 4-hour chart, and remains in uptrend from 1.0287. As long as the trend line support holds, the uptrend could be expected to continue, and further rise to 1.0550 area is still possible. On the downside, a clear break below the trend line support will suggest that a cycle top has been formed at 1.0515, and the uptrend has completed, then the following downward movement could bring price back to 1.0000 zone.
Current market conditions – The Dow Jones (DIA, quote) trading up by 0.21% to 13101.07, S&P 500 (SPY, quote) is trading lower by 0.10% to 1421.51 and the NASDAQ (QQQ, quote) is trading down by 0.65% to 2969.88
Shares of biotech firm Amarin (AMRN, quote) were crushed in after hours trading on Thursday after the company announced plans to raise $100 million in debt financing and to hire 250-300 sales reps to market its fish-oil drug Vascepa. The stock finished the after hours session down more than 18 percent at $9.75. Shares traded as low as $8.76 in the immediate aftermath of the announcement.
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