By FXEmpire.com

Analysis and Recommendations:

Silver is trading at 27.23 adding 0.939 getting a double bang, as precious metals soared today, seeing gold add 31.35 in this session, but the industrial metals pack also gained on positive news from the EU, pushing silver to close the month much higher than anticipated.

With markets elated with the announcements from the EU Summit, surprising traders, that with a comprehensive plan of action ready to take effect by July 9th caught the markets off guard but market sentiment immediately turned positive.

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Economic Data for June 29, 2012 actual v. forecast

Date

Currency

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

JPY

Unemployment Rate

4.4%

4.6%

4.6%

JPY

Tokyo Core CPI (YoY)

-0.6%

-0.7%

-0.8%

JPY

Industrial Production (MoM)

-3.1%

-2.8%

-0.2%

EUR

French GDP (QoQ)

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

EUR

French Consumer Spending (MoM)

0.4%

-0.1%

0.7%

CHF

KOF Leading Indicators

1.16

0.85

0.80

NOK

Norwegian Core Retail Sales (MoM)

1.70%

0.50%

-0.20%

EUR

CPI (YoY)

2.4%

2.4%

2.4%

USD

Core PCE Price Index (MoM)

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

CAD

GDP (MoM)

0.3%

0.2%

0.1%

USD

Personal Spending (MoM)

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

USD

Chicago PMI

NR

52.5

52.7

USD

Michigan Consumer Sentiment

NR

74.1

74.1

Upcoming Economic Events for Monday July 2, 2012

Date

Currency

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

JPY

Tankan Large Manufacturers Index

-4

-4

CHF

Retail Sales (YoY)

4.5%

0.1%

CHF

SVME PMI

45.0

45.4

EUR

Unemployment Rate

11.1%

11.0%

USD

ISM Manufacturing Index

52.5

53.5

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