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The Dollar has traded mostly firmer in the wake of the release of the Fed minutes to the late-September FOMC meeting, which revealed policymakers remaining committed to gradual tightening. The USD index (DXY) has printed an eight-day high at 95.75, and is now up by just over 1% from the three-week low that was seen on Tuesday. Read more
OVERVIEW Potentially historic EU Summit kicks off in Brussels Strong round of earnings reports from Wall Street gives strength to USD Loonie lifted by rally in crude WTI prices HIGHLIGHT A potentially historic EU Summit in Brusssels kicked off today. Read more
The Dollar index rallied from pre-open lows of 95.10 to a one-week high of 95.54 in N.Y. trade on Wednesday. EUR-USD fell from 1.1547 to 1.1508 through the session. USD-JPY peaked at 112.47, coming from 112.02 lows. USD-CAD rallied over 1.3015 as oil prices tumbled. Read more
The Dollar had traded moderately firmer into the New York interbank open, which came as European equity markets turned negative after failing to sustain a positive open, and with U.S. equity futures flagging as the good-feel of yesterday's bullish Wall Street session abated. Read more
The Dollar majors continue to lack direction, although stock markets picked up following positive corporate earnings reports out of the U.S. EUR-USD has ebbed back to the mid 1.1500s after yesterday failing to sustain gains above 1.1600. USD-JPY posted a three-session high at 112.42 before settling around 112.20-25. Read more
OVERVIEW The US Dollar is unsettled with the DXY Index down 0.13% due to geopolitical risks The Euro remains calm despite the ZEW Indicator at a 6-year low NYMEX WTI Crude is holding steady at $71.50 a barrel HIGHLIGHT The EUR/GBP pair is expected to attract more volatility as the key EU Economic Summit in Brussels draws nearer. Read more
The Dollar has traded mixed so far today, reaching the early European PM near net unchanged versus the Euro, lower against the Pound, which lifted on perky UK wage data, and higher versus the Yen, which underperformed amid a backdrop of recovering stock markets. Read more
Most Dollar pairings have been steady, holding within respective Monday ranges. Once expectation was NZD-USD, which has rallied to a two-week high of 0.6596 following New Zealand Q3 CPI data, which rose to 0.9% q/q, above the median forecast for 0.7% q/q. Read more
FX trade was fairly choppy in N.Y. on Monday, seeing the DXY fall to session lows of 94.96 after soft U.S. retail sales, then subsequently gyrating between 95.12 and 94.97. Wall Street was mixed, with tech again lagging. EUR-USD peaked at 1.1606 before falling to 1.1576 lows, as USD-JPY fell to 111.67 before topping at 111.93. Read more
