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Index Focus - 23 May 2016

Equities have moved back positive after a muted start. The turnaround may stem from drivers including solid PMI Manufacturing and Services data from the Eurozone (read Germany) coupled with a gradual easing/acceptance of last week’s concerns about a June/July US rate hike being on the table for the Fed and mega M&A news with Bayer bidding a whopping $62bn for Monsanto. A receding in geopolitical Brexit worries – despite warnings aplenty – is also helping as we move into the last four furlongs before the June 23 vote on UK membership of the European Union. Commodities still hampered by dollar strength inspired by last week’s April Fed minutes but Oil is off its lows and still within touching distance of that all-important $50/barrel mark.

The UK 100 sits in a megaphone pattern which the bulls hope yields a breakout to continue the prior uptrend and complete the last section of the ‘in-progress’ bullish inverse head & shoulders at 6185. The DAX30 sits midway between narrowing 10050 falling highs and 9800 rising lows. Wall Street/Dow Jones futures found support at 17460 this morning but remains hindered by 10-May falling highs at 17550. Gold still holding 3-month rising support at $1250 with the strong USD still a hindrance, stifling any safe haven seeking demand.

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Where next?
  1. Will the index fall towards lows of 6050? or;
  2. Will the index rise towards highs of 6220?

UK 100 sits in a megaphone pattern which the bulls hope yields a breakout to continue the prior uptrend and complete the in-progress bullish inverse head & shoudlers at 6185 before moving on to retest 6220 May channel highs. The bears hope the megaphone signals a top before a fallback.

  • Watch levels: Bullish 6180, Bearish 6145.

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  • Trend: Uptrend
  • Potential support: 6155, 6150, 6140, 6130, 6120
  • Potential resistance: 6165, 6170, 6175, 6180, 6185

Important: The information provided above does not constitute advice or opinion and must only be regarded as technical observations.

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Where next?
  1. Will the index fall towards lows of 9740?  or;
  2. Will the index rise towards highs of 10150?

The DAX sits midway between 10050 falling highs and 9800 rising lows, yet to break the April downtrend and still sideways for May. A revisit of 10,000 could turn the tide more bullish.

  • Watch levels: Bullish 9980, Bearish 9875.

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  • Trend: Sideways
  • Potential support: 9850, 9800, 9775
  • Potential resistance: 9900, 9965, 10000

Important: The information provided above does not constitute advice or opinion and must only be regarded as technical observations.

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Where next?
  1. Will the index fall towards lows of 17300? or;
  2. Will the index rise towards highs of 18000?

Dow Jones futures found support at 17460 this morning, but remains hindered by 10-May falling highs at 17550. Breakout to reignite bullishnes, or breakdown to resume bearishness?

  • Watch levels: Bullish 17600, Bearish 17430.

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  • Trend: Downtrend
  • Potential support: 17500, 17460, 17450, 17400
  • Potential resistance: 17550, 17575, 17640, 17750

Important: The information provided above does not constitute advice or opinion and must only be regarded as technical observations.

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Where next?
  1. Will Gold fall towards lows of $1210? or;
  2. Will Gold rise towards highs of $1305?

Gold still holding 3-month rising support at $1250 with the strong USD still a hindrance, stifling any safe haven seeking demand.

  • Watch levels: Bullish $1261, Bearish $1244.

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  • Trend: Uptrend
  • Potential support: 1250, 1245, 1238, 1230
  • Potential resistance: 1255, 1260, 1270

Important: The information provided above does not constitute advice or opinion and must only be regarded as technical observations.

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