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Index Focus – 16 Apr - 16 April 2015

Equity markets are suffering this morning, Germany’s DAX being the biggest underperformer with the index’s laggards lagging more than the leaders are leading. The UK UK 100 has dropped back from all time highs again to trade flat below 7100, joining European markets in digesting continuing worries about Greece and its potential inability to tread water for much longer. Wall St. is also down, with the Fed desperately trying to allay fears that a 2015 interest rate hike would cause tremendous rumblings in the global markets. Gold is trending up slightly, but then so is the Dollar Basket meaning a correction is likely in due course – the pair usually move contrary to one another.

 

Where next?
  1. Will the index rise above highs of 7107? or;
  2. Will the index fall towards lows of 6670?

UK 100 is testing the upper bound of its rising channel with horizontal support around 7045 having the potential to engineer a bounce and subsequent exit from a 300-point trading range.

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Possible support

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  • Trend: Uptrend
  • Potential support: 7045, 7000, 6840
  • Potential resistance: 7100

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 rise towards highs of 12400? or;
  2. Will the index fall towards lows of 11870?

Germany’s DAX has tanked this morning and is continuing into a downtrend from 12 April highs.

 

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Possible support

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Possible resistance

  • Trend: Uptrend to Downtrend
  • Potential support: 12100, 12020, 11870
  • Potential resistance: 12200, 12300, 12330

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 rise towards highs of 18157? or;
  2. Will the index fall towards lows of 17590?

The US Dow Jones has popped out of its downwards channel, with resistance-turning-support at prior falling highs and additional support at a rising intersecting trend line.

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Possible support

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  • Trend: Uptrend
  • Potential support: 18060, 17944, 17850
  • Potential resistance: 18150

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 rise towards highs of $1245? or;
  2. Will Gold fall towards lows of $1143?

Gold is pushing back up into a sideways trading range that has hitherto proved somewhat escapable. Will it be able to stay put, or even escape again to the upside this time? Note the yellow metal trading around a rising trend line from March lows.

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Possible support

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Possible resistance

  • Trend: Sideways
  • Potential support: 1190, 1180, 1150
  • Potential resistance: 1210, 1220

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

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