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The USD/CAD pair remains on the back foot during the Asian session on Thursday, with bears now awaiting a break below the 1.4000 psychological mark before positioning for an extension of the previous …
Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said on Thursday that tariffs have had a clear impact on inflation, though she pointed to early signs that effect is beginning to ease.
EUR/USD trades on the front foot near 1.1560 on Wednesday, adding around 0.2% as a weak United States (US) labor market report undermines the US Dollar (USD). The US Dollar Index (DXY) slips 0.22% tow…
Gold (XAU/USD) price surges to its highest level in nearly seven weeks, gaining nearly 3.80% on Wednesday as the Greenback loses ground and US Treasury yields fail to gain traction. The XAU/USD pair t…
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret note the British Pound (GBP) is slightly firmer versus the US Dollar (USD), with modestly better PMIs but a fading fundamental backdrop as 2-year …
August 5, 2026, 11:23 PM EDT. Asian equities slid 0.69%, weighed down by a drop in tech shares, including Samsung Electronics (-2.44%), SK Hynix (-6.95%), Kioxia (-9.61%) and Tokyo Electron (-4.61%). …
The Swiss Franc (CHF) strengthens against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday as weaker-than-expected US economic data pressures the Greenback, while traders closely follow efforts to reopen the Strait o…
Silver (XAG/USD) price surges more than 4% on Wednesday as the Greenback remains on the back foot due to softer-than-expected jobs and data, though the fall was capped as business activity in the serv…
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) trades near 54,500 on Wednesday, 0.76% higher and at a fresh record, roughly 1,400 points above the high it set in early July.
USD/JPY trades around 157.65 on Wednesday at the time of writing, little changed on the day, as weakness in the US Dollar (USD) is offset by investors' cautious stance toward the Japanese Yen (JPY).
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude Oil remains under pressure on Wednesday but struggles to attract fresh selling as traders await confirmation that commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz w…
TD Securities reviews New Zealand’s Q2 labour report, noting unemployment rose to 5.6%, an 11‑year high, partly on higher participation, while employment still grew 0.5% quarter‑on‑quarter. Private-se…
USD/JPY trades under modest pressure on Wednesday as easing tensions in the Middle East and weaker US labour market data weigh on the US Dollar (USD). At the time of writing, the pair trades around 15…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports USD/INR is firmer after recently testing a one‑month low, following the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) unanimous decision to keep its policy rate at…
Commerzbank’s Norman Liebke notes that markets expect a further 25 bps cut from the Brazilian Central Bank (BCB), but real rates would remain highly restrictive near 9.4%. With inflation and expectati…
Reuters’ latest poll of foreign exchange strategists shows a modest downward revision in Euro (EUR) forecasts while highlighting persistent market skepticism over the effectiveness of Japanese currenc…
BNY’s Geoff Yu reports Oil prices rose after the Houthis claimed a missile strike on a Saudi tanker near Yanbu, highlighting risks to alternative export routes while Strait of Hormuz disruptions persi…
USD/CAD trades around 1.4040 on Wednesday at the time of writing, down 0.14% on the day, as the Canadian Dollar (CAD) benefits from a rebound in Oil prices. Crude prices received support after Yemen's…
Gold (XAU/USD) jumps more than 2.50% on Wednesday as weaker-than-expected US labour market data pressures the US Dollar (USD), while lower Oil prices on hopes of reopening the Strait of Hormuz ease in…
The British pound sterling traded at N1,827/£1 against the naira at the start of the midweek session in the Nigerian foreign exchange market, with black market rates fluctuating slightly higher based …
The dollar fell as much as 3% against the Japanese yen on Thursday in its biggest single-day drop since late 2022, as currency analysts across three continents pointed to one explanation: Japan's Mini…
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang sees USD/CNH trading slightly higher within a developing range, with intraday levels expected between 6.7500 and 6.7620. On a 1–3 week horizon, the pair cou…
Oil prices extended their slide on Tuesday after reports that an announcement on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz could come within hours. Al Arabiya and Al Hadath, citing high-level sources, sai…