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The dollar has found a footing after coming under pressure over the Christmas week and earlier this week. Liquidity has picked up, though some centres in Asia have remained closed, including Tokyo. The narrow trade-weighted USD index (DXY) has lifted above 96.65, up from the six-month low seen earlier in the week at 96.36. Read more
The dollar has found a footing after coming under pressure over the Christmas week and earlier this week. Liquidity has picked up, though some centres in Asia have remained closed, including Tokyo. The narrow trade-weighted USD index (DXY) has lifted above 96.50, up from the six-month low seen earlier in the week at 96.36. Read more
The Dollar suffered again in N.Y. trade on the last day of the year, leaving the DXY at six-month lows of 96.36, and down from 97.71 in less than a week. Very thin trading conditions likely magnified recent moves, though the reversal of safe-haven USD flows ahead of what is expected to be a positive year for global economies has been the major driver. Read more
The dollar posted fresh lows against the euro and, more especially, the yen and other Asian currencies, and the dollar bloc units, which rallied following above-forecast manufacturing PMI data out of China. USD-JPY fell to an 18-day low at 108.62. The Singapore dollar printed an eight-month high versus the dollar, and the Malaysia Ringgit a six-and-a-half-year high. Read more
The yen, other Asian currencies, and dollar block units have rallied following above-forecast manufacturing PMI data out of China. USD-JPY fell to an 18-day low at 108.62. The Singapore dollar printed an eight-month high versus the dollar, and the Malaysia Ringgit a six-and-a-half-year high. Read more
The Dollar headed lower on the second to last trading day of the year (and decade), with ultra-thin liquidity conditions exacerbating FX moves. Incoming data was generally better than expectations, though did little to support the USD. Wall Street fell on year-end profit takings, while Treasury yields moved higher. Read more
The dollar has continued to trade softer in thin markets. The narrow trade-weighted USD index (DXY) ebbed to a 17-day low at 96.73 ahead of the European open, since steadying a little above here. The index has racked up a near 1% loss over the last week, which has come as global stock markets rallied to fresh major-trend highs, or record highs in the case of the three principal indices in the U.S. Read more
The dollar has continued to trade softer in thin markets. The narrow trade-weighted USD index (DXY) ebbed to a 17-day low at 96.73. The index has racked up a near 1% loss over the last week, which has come as global stock markets rallied to fresh major-trend highs, or record highs in the case of the three principal indices in the U.S. Read more
The Dollar was softer to end the week, though trade was thin at the height of year-end conditions. Most trader's books have been closed for the year, leaving thin and nervous conditions. There was no data to drive markets today, though Wall Street move to fresh all-time highs, and Treasury yields were a touch lower. Read more
The dollar has declined against a backdrop of coursing risk-on sentiment in global equity markets with investors anticipating the U.S.-China phase-1 trade deal to be signed-off on soon, which will come amid a world of expansive monetary policy and benign inflation. Read more
