loIMF and G20 Meetings are the potential market movers today

By HotForex | Daily Forex Analysis | Fri, Apr 20, 2012

EURUSD traded between the support and resistance levels yesterday. Today the 2 second of the G20 Meetings and the first day of the IMF meetings are taking place and are can be one of the factors that will drive the markets. Yesterday the Spanish 10 year yields rose to higher than their previous auction, they remained below 6% at 5.86% relieving concern of unsustainable borrowing costs. The US Unemployment Claims rose to 386K and the Existing Home Sales and the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index also showed negative results which added to the volatility on the pair.
The United States dollar is under pressure again and it’s currently trading around 1.3140. Today we have the German Ifo Business Climate due on the calendar. Support for the EURUSD is seen at 1.3082 and resistance is seen at 1.3172. The Inside View indicator on HotForex shows that 59 percent of the traders are short on the EURUSD.


GBPUSD

 It was a quiet session for the Cable with no data from the United Kingdom yesterday. During the Asian session the pair made a small upside move, but it’s really hard to tell where the pair will go from the current levels. Today we have the Retail Sales m/m release from the UK on the calendar. The expectation from the analysts are for a 0.4 percent increase. Support for the GBPUSD is seen at 1.6007 and resistance is seen at 1.6077. The Inside View indicator on HotForex shows that 88 percent of the traders are short on the GBPUSD.


AUDUSD

The AUDUSD failed to break the recent ranges despite the concern of the European bond yields and the lack of the US equity markets. The pair fell from the recent highs at 1.0383 and its currently trading around 1.0330. The Import Prices q/q release from Australia showed a -1.2 percent drop. Ahead in the session the price action of the AUDUSD might be affected by the IMF and G20 scheduled meetings. Support for the AUDUSD is seen at 1.0390. The Inside View indicator on HotForex shows that 57 percent of the traders are short on the AUDUSD.


Important releases and events

EUR: German Ifo Business Climate

GBP: Retail Sales m/m

CAD: Core CPI m/m; CPI m/m

IMF Meetings

G20 Meetings