Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: currency news — 02-04-2018.

On Saturday, March 31, US President Donald Trump "attacked" Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) on Twitter, stating that the online retailer "must pay at real rates (and taxes)!"

According to the president, the US postal service loses an average of $ 1.5 on each parcel carried out for Amazon. This together gives a loss of "billions of dollars."

Trump also adds that fraud with the postal service should stop, and Amazon should "pay at real rates (and taxes) now!"

In addition, Donald Trump criticized The Washington Post, which belongs to the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos, for lobbying the interests of the retailer.

Shares of AMZN in premarket declined to $ 1,423.00 (-1.68%).

Production and total new orders both expanded at the weakest rates for four months, while export sales increased only marginally.

The headline Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) - a composite indicator designed to provide a singlefigure snapshot of operating conditions in the manufacturing economy - posted 51.0 in March, down from 51.6 in February. Although the reading signalled a further improvement in the health of the sector, the latest upturn was only slight and the weakest recorded since last November.

• Japan's real effective interest rate is falling as inflation picks up, heightens public inflation expectations

• Says hands note of protest to British envoy over London's "provocative actions"

• Has summoned representatives of embassies of Albania. Denmark, Ireland, Spain on friday

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.2402 (1532)

$1.2383 (2782)

$1.2359 (850)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.2316

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.2276 (5527)

$1.2237 (3642)

$1.2193 (4445)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date April, 6 is 108872 contracts (according to data from March, 29) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2150 (6531);

GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.4177 (2401)

$1.4143 (2204)

$1.4095 (2493)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.4039

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.3963 (1183)

$1.3927 (1153)

$1.3886 (3450)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date April, 6 is 30835 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,4200 (2808);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date April, 6 is 34003 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3800 (3570);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.10 versus 1.02 from the previous trading day according to data from March, 29

* - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.

** - Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.