{"id":153024,"date":"2019-08-07T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T12:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=153024"},"modified":"2019-08-07T08:07:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T12:07:29","slug":"markets-post-a-modest-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/08\/markets-post-a-modest-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Markets Post A Modest Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-788527172\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">August 7, 2019<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Orbex<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A day after equities plunged and the yields on the treasury bonds fell sharply, there was some sense of normalcy. Major equity indices managed to post a modest recovery following the sharp sell-off. However, it is unlikely that the clouds of uncertainty have lifted. The US has officially labeled China as a currency manipulator. This potentially has implications as the US is likely to bring in the IMF to reduce China\u2019s so-called advantage due to its weaker exchange rate.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Euro Turns Flat on the Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The euro currency was seen trading flat by late Tuesday\u2019s US session. However, prices were flat after the euro rose to a one-month high. The common currency rose to intraday highs of 1.1248 before easing back on the day. Economic data from the eurozone was sparse and it was a similar case from the US as well, keeping EURUSD in check.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>EURUSD to Settle into a Sideways Range<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The currency pair managed to lift off right after hitting a fresh two-year low just a week ago. While this helped EURUSD to rise to a one-month high, the current momentum looks to be fading. This could keep the sideways range within 1.1250\u20131.1140 back into the foreground. However, the bias to the upside looks to be building up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/EURUSDH4-0708.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener prettyphoto noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88002 size-full b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/EURUSDH4-0708.png\" alt=\"EURUSD\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Oil Remains Weak on Trade War Escalations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>WTI crude oil prices continued to remain weak. This was initially due to the stronger USD and later followed up by the US\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/markets-rocked-by-fresh-trade-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcing new tariffs on Chinese imports<\/a>. The threat of rising trade wars has dampened the global outlooking, putting downward pressure on the oil markets. Today\u2019s EIA\u2019s report on crude oil inventories will be closely watched. Forecasts show a possible drawdown to the tune of 2.9 million barrels.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WTI Likely to Lose the 54.42 Support<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Price action in WTI crude oil currently indicates that oil prices could be turning weaker in the near term. The support level at 54.42 which held up so far is looking to give way to further declines. Today\u2019s EIA inventory could be just the catalyst. A breakdown below the 54.42 support will push oil prices down to the 51.70 level of support next.<\/p><div id=\"inves-3207782916\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/WTIH4-0708.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener prettyphoto noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88003 size-full b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/WTIH4-0708.png\" alt=\"WTI\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gold Rallies on the Back of Risk Aversion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The precious metal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\/blog\/en\/2019\/08\/gold-rallies-on-fresh-trade-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">continued to maintain the strong upside momentum<\/a>. Gold prices rose to fresh highs on Tuesday, testing highs of 1474. The gains in gold come about as the recent declines in equity markets saw a strong risk aversion. Investors shed the risk appetite and fled to safe-haven assets amid continued uncertainty.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>XAUUSD Likely to Test 1500 Next<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If the current momentum is anything to go by, gold prices could be seen rising to 1500 in the near term. This would mark a new six-year high, at which gold is already trading. Technically, the upside breakout from the ascending triangle pattern indicates the minimum upside target to the 1500 level. Any declines could be limited to the breached resistance level of 1431\u20131428 region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/GOLDH4-0708.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener prettyphoto noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88001 size-full b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/GOLDH4-0708.png\" alt=\"Gold\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Orbex<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Orbex A day after equities plunged and the yields on the treasury bonds fell sharply, there was some sense of normalcy. Major equity indices managed to post a modest recovery following the sharp sell-off. However, it is unlikely that the clouds of uncertainty have lifted. 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