US Dollar Index eases from tops, back to 101.30 ahead of Fed
The Greenback, when tracked by the US Dollar Index (DXY), abandons the area of monthly peaks and recedes toward the 101.30 zone on turnaround Tuesday.
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British Pound Sterling has nothing to say in front of two central banks
The Pound trades near 1.3300 in the New York morning, effectively flat on a session that has run barely 30 pips between a floor a shade above 1.3250 and a ceiling fractionally above the 1.3300 handle.…
Australian Dollar holds onto losses after Bullock keeps further rate hikes on the table
AUD/USD trades lower near the 0.6970 area on Tuesday, falling around 0.3% as the Australian Dollar (AUD) comes under pressure despite hawkish remarks from Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Mich…
Silver loses ground as hopes for US-Iran deal improve risk appetite
Silver (XAG/USD) trades around $57.40 on Tuesday at the time of writing, down 1.7% on the day. The white metal is under pressure as the US Dollar (USD) loses some strength and investors reduce their e…
Euro skyrockets amid softer US confidence
EUR/USD trades higher near the 1.1400 area on Tuesday, gaining around 0.3% as the US Dollar (USD) weakens following softer United States (US) consumer-confidence data. The US Dollar Index falls toward…
Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD sits out the panic it was built for
Gold trades near $4,020 in the New York morning, down roughly 1.4% on a session that started near $4,075 and never built a bid. The slide ran straight through a global equity shock that should have be…
Australian Dollar: RBA keeps hike option alive – BNY
BNY’s Geoff Yu highlights that Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Michele Bullock signaled a possible rate hike at the August 10–11 meeting, stressing inflation is still too high and productivit…
The chip rout is funding the Dow Jones Industrial Average's record chase
The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades just short of 52,900 on Tuesday, higher by close to 700 points and 1.3%, roughly 450 points beneath the record it set in the first week of July. Taken alone, th…
Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 0.63%
Türkiye’s stock market continued its winning streak on Monday as the BIST 100 index closed at 12,254.83 points, up 0.44% in its sixth consecutive record high close.
The Euro is not rallying, the British Pound Sterling is being demoted
The Euro is on track for its eighth gain in nine sessions against the Pound, and the explanation that would normally cover a run of that length is not available. Bank Rate sits 150 basis points above …
Australian Dollar: Inflation risks keep hike debate alive – TD Securities
TD Securities strategists expect the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) preferred core Consumer Price Index (CPI) to rise 0.9% q/q in Q2, matching consensus and up from 0.8% in Q1. This would lift annu…
$4,000: Gold’s key support faces a crucial Fed test
Gold (XAU/USD) trades on the back foot on Tuesday, pressured by a firmer US Dollar (USD), even as Oil prices extend their pullback on hopes of an end to the US-Iran war. At the time of writing, XAU/US…
CEE FX: Normalising rates leave room for gains – ING
ING’s Frantisek Taborsky notes Central and Eastern European (CEE) rate curves have repriced sharply, with more tightening now expected in Czech Republic and Poland and further easing in Hungary. He st…
Japanese Yen stays range-bound as Fed, BoJ seen on hold but hawkish
USD/JPY trades around 163.90 on Tuesday at the time of writing, up 0.11% on the day, as investors remain cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy decision on Wednesday and the Ban…
US Dollar: Fed hike odds and asymmetric risks – DBS
DBS Group Research’s Philip Wee notes that the Dollar is trading on diverging themes versus Developed Market and Asia-ex Japan currencies, with Fed expectations central. Futures are pricing a 38% chan…
Federal Reserve: Knife-edge policy risks surprise – ING
ING’s Padhraic Garvey expects the Federal Reserve (Fed) to leave rates unchanged at the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, with odds seen around 60:40 for no move. He argues that c…
Intel vs Marvell: two chip sell-offs with very different risk-reward profiles
NEW YORK — NVIDIA and IREN Limited announced a landmark strategic partnership May 7, 2026, to accelerate deployment of up to 5 gigawatts of next-generation AI infrastructure, sending ripples through t…
Silver price today: Silver falls, according to FXStreet data
Silver prices (XAG/USD) fell on Tuesday, according to FXStreet data. Silver trades at $57.53 per troy ounce, down 1.49% from the $58.40 it cost on Monday.
British Pound drops against US Dollar, Fed-BoE policy in focus
The British Pound (GBP) extends its decline against the US Dollar (USD) to near 1.3277 during the European trading session on Tuesday, the lowest level seen in over three weeks. The GBP/USD pair faces…
Australian Dollar underperforms after RBA Bullock’s remarks on economy
The Australian Dollar (AUD) is down against its major currency peers, trading 0.35% lower at around 0.6965 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Tuesday. The antipodean fa…
Brent: Price slide reflects de-escalation hopes – Commerzbank
Commerzbank strategist Charlie Lay, notes Brent Oil tumbled 8.7% to USD 88.36, reversing much of last week’s surge as US–Iran tensions eased and markets priced in de-escalation. Lay stress that shippi…
Singapore Dollar: MAS surprise tightening supports SGD – HSBC
HSBC’s Abhilash Narayan notes that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unexpectedly tightened policy on 27 July 2026 by raising the Singapore Dollar (SGD) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) …
Australian Dollar: Risk-off and RBA tone weigh on Aussie – MUFG
MUFG’s Lee Hardman reports the Australian Dollar (AUD) has been the worst performing G10 currency overnight despite being the best performer year-to-date. Renewed risk-off sentiment tied to an AI-rela…
World stocks hit one-month low as chip rout worsens
The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) tumbled to a one-month low on Sunday, as persistent global geopolitical tensions continued to erode investor confidence.