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The shared currency registers minimal losses of 0.13% versus the US Dollar as EUR/USD fails to surpass 1.1700, exacerbating the drop towards the 1.1660 area, despite retaining its current neutral-to-u…
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann keep a downside bias on USD/CNH after the pair dipped to 6.7180 and closed near 6.7210. Intraday, they expect any further weakness to be lim…
Can Japanese Yen Futures Survive the 160 Threshold?Macroeconomic Pressures and the 160 Defense Line Japanese Yen futures are testing critical technical levels once again. Speculators are actively push…
OCBC’s Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong note that South Korean Won (KRW) has extended its rally, with USD/KRW briefly touching 1380 on exporter and corporate US Dollar (USD) selling and a softer USD…
Gold (XAU/USD) price resumes its advance on Monday and refreshes three-month highs at $4,681 as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent crosses the wires to reveal sanctions on Iran-linked entities, while…
A currency whose central bank has held five times, prices no cut this year and still carries an increase by December should not be sitting at the bottom of its three-month range. The Dollar Index trad…
GBP/USD is trading at 1.3675 in the early London session, holding the midrange of the 1.3600s and sitting just beneath six-month highs. That marks the fourth consecutive session of gains for sterling …
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) is holding firm against the US Dollar (USD) at the time of writing, with NZD/USD consolidating near its recent multi-month highs, just south of the 0.6000 handle. The Kiwi…
The same department that spent the morning telling the bond market it has roughly 950 billion Dollars available to hold long yields down will spend the afternoon announcing sanctions designed to tight…
July 21, 2026, 3:50 AM EDT. The U.S. dollar traded near a one-week peak as investors tracked Middle East hostilities affecting energy supply chains and weighing on ceasefire prospects. The greenback w…
United States (US) Treasury Secretary Scotts said on Monday the US is launching "an economic onslaught against Iran's financial connections around the globe". At a press conference, Bessent outlined p…
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret note that the Japanese Yen (JPY) is slightly softer versus the US Dollar (USD), with USD/JPY trading between 158.00 support and resistance in the …
The Pound Sterling (GBP) holds firm against the US Dollar (USD) at around 1.3640 on Monday, with traders eyeing speeches by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Iran’s sanctions later in the day and…
USD/CHF edges higher on Monday as the US Dollar (USD) steadies after last week’s sell-off sparked by the US Treasury’s announcement to increase longer-dated bond buybacks. Market attention has now shi…
The Euro (EUR) treads water against the Pound Sterling (GBP) on Monday, holding in the mid-0.8500s after struggling to sustain its push toward 0.8580 last week.
ING’s Chris Turner highlights futures data showing asset managers and leveraged funds adding Euro exposure, leaving speculators underweight. He notes recovering German IFO and Eurozone PMIs, and sees …
Societe Generale analysts highlight that Gold has broken out of a small base formation, reclaimed its 200‑DMA and is enjoying an extended rebound. The move is framed within broader Dollar debasement c…
The Australian Dollar (AUD) ticks lower against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday, but maintains its broader bullish tone, with the AUD/USD pair trading at 0.7164, a few pips shy of the 12-week high of 0.…
The New Zealand Dollar ticks down against the US Dollar on Monday, weighed by an unexpected decline in New Zealand’s Retail Sales in the second quarter of the year. The NZD/USD pair has pulled back to…
Gold (XAU/USD) maintains a bullish bias on Monday and trades near its highest levels since mid-May. The precious metal remains supported by fading expectations of an imminent interest rate hike by the…
Gold (XAU/USD) extends its advance on Monday, building on the strong rally seen last week following the US Treasury’s buyback announcement. At the time of writing, XAU/USD trades around $4,644, up nea…
The Indian Rupee (INR) inches higher against the US Dollar (USD) for the second consecutive day on Monday, positioning itself for a quiet start to the week. Strong capital inflows have supported the l…
The USD/CAD pair struggles to capitalize on a bullish gap opening on Monday, though it retains an intraday positive bias amid concerns about a deepening US-Canada trade war. Spot prices currently trad…
Silver (XAG/USD) seesaws between tepid gains and minor losses around the $69.00 mark through the Asian session on Monday. The white metal, however, remains within striking distance of a two-month high…