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FOREX: Market stalls ahead of weekend on mixed global signals
-The greenback finished mixed after suffering broad losses in the first half of
the European trading day. Early AUD outperformance was broadly erased as US
stocks turned lower following a lacklustre assessment of the earnings from JPM,
C and WFC. Despite this, USD/JPY managed to finish in minor positive territory
as JPY crosses were in high demand in the late Asia/early Europe session.
-SEK was the poorest performer for the second consecutive session and continues
to print multi-decade highs against the EUR as the cross continues to confound
market expectations and break higher. Thursday's particularly poor inflation
numbers are clearly continuing to exert pressure.
- AUD/USD failed to hold gains above the 100- and 50-dma as resistance kicked in
ahead of the 2-month falling resistance line (kicking in at the $0.7815/30
area), but the AUD remains the strongest performer among the majors Friday.
-Focus next week turns to the trickle of US earnings, data in the form of US
retail sales, UK inflation, jobs and retail sales numbers and the Bank of Canada
rate decision.

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