{"id":71862,"date":"2015-05-01T07:37:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T11:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=71862"},"modified":"2015-05-01T07:51:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T11:51:28","slug":"us-dollar-falling-for-seven-straight-trading-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2015\/05\/us-dollar-falling-for-seven-straight-trading-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"US dollar falling for seven straight trading sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"
May 1, 2015<\/div>
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By IFCMarkets<\/a><\/p>\n

US stocks edged lower on Thursday. The US dollar index has been falling for the seventh straight session. Market participants went on reacting to weak Q1 GDP published on Wednesday. They believe that after the last rate hike in June 2006, the next one should be expected not earlier than in the third quarter. According to futures quotes on CME, the possibility of raising interest rates in October is estimated at 46%.\"\"<\/p>\n

Macroeconomic data released on Thursday was mixed. Initial Claims dropped to 15-year low, which of course is a positive factor. However, Personal Spending which makes up about two-thirds of the US GDP rose less-than-expected in March (0.4%). Negative earnings reports pulled the stock prices down. Biopharmaceutical company Celgene posted weak quarterly report. Its shares declined 4.5%. This movement was joined by the shares from similar segment, and as a result, Nasdaq biotech index fell 3.1%. Apple shares slumped 2.7% because of possible technical problems with some particular components of its new product, Apple Watch. Internet companies\u2019 shares are sagging lower on weak reporting of the largest China\u2019s internet search Baidu (-8.5%). After the regular trading hours closure, LinkedIn published negative report and the company\u2019s shares tumbled 24%. Note the significantly higher trading turnover on US stock exchanges, up to 8.5 billion shares, which is 35% above the monthly average. The Q1 earnings report season will soon be over. Now investors expect the total profit of companies listed in S&P 500 to rise 1.1% and the total revenues to reduce 3.2%. It has beaten their earlier estimates made at the beginning of the year. Today at 15-45 \u0421\u0415\u0422 Markit\u2019s Manufacturing PMI will be released in the US. At 16-00 \u0421\u0415\u0422 we expect the publication of ISM Manufacturing PMI and Michigan\u2019s Consumer Sentiment. All the indicators provide April data. Along with that data, Construction Spending in March is also published today. The outlook for all these indicators is positive.\"\"<\/p>\n

European markets continue to fall today. The unemployment rate in the EU in March was reported yesterday with a rise up to 11.3%. The CPI in April remained unchanged, which slightly reduces the risk of deflation. It resulted in euro strengthening. Nokia posted weak earnings report. Its shares dipped 10.7%, pulling down the shares of the same market segment. Alcatel Lucent dropped 9.7%, Ericsson slipped 2.9%. The STOXX Europe 600 tech index fell 2.2%. At the moment about one-third of European companies reported their gains for the first quarter: 61% of those reported better-than-expected gains or as forecasted. Most European exchanges are closed today in observance of Labor Day, including Germany. The UK stock market is open as scheduled. Macroeconomic statistics is not expected in the EU.<\/p>\n

Nikkei is advancing today, regaining yesterday\u2019s slump. Market participants were preparing for a long weekend, lasting till the 6th of May (Golden Week holidays).<\/p>\n

Crude oil hit the year high as US dollar weakened. Today oil prices are slightly pulling back. OPEC oil production in April increased by 70 thousand barrels a day, to 31.04 million barrels a day. Despite this, due to closing of some operating oil rigs in US, WTI crude oil upped 25% in April, its record monthly rise over six years.\"\"<\/p>

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Gold prices slipped despite the US currency weakening and delaying the moment of the Fed rate hike. Investors are more concerned about a possible fall in demand for gold in Asia. Note that stock exchanges in China and Singapore are closed today for holiday. Copper posted a weekly gain of 5%, the highest growth since September 2012.<\/p>\n

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