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The euro has been in the outperforming lane amid signs that EU leaders are heading for a compromise on the EU recovery fund. The EU leaders' summit has been dragging on since Friday, and will resume today at 14:00 GMT (10:00 ET). EUR-USD pegged a fresh four-and-a-half-month high at 1.1467, drawing nearer to the early March peak at 1.1494, which is the loftiest level seen since January 2019. Read more
The dollar has weakened against the euro while holding within Thursday ranges against most other currencies. The common currency ran higher, despite Germany's Merkel managing expectations into the start of the EU leaders' summit on the EU recovery fund, saying earlier that "differences are still very big," although remarking that there is a lot of "impetus" going into the discussions. Read more
Currencies have hunkered down in narrow ranges, with the dollar and yen consolidating after rising against most other units yesterday. Global stock markets are lacking direction, too. The persisting pandemic remains a concern for investors, and even though the lack of fresh cases in many reopened countries which experienced pronounced infections (including to no-lockdown, no-mask Sweden) -- pointing to herd immunity, with the 2020 virus/all-cause mortality curves now looking like nothing more than a bad respiratory illness season -- is going largely unreported. Read more
The Dollar turned mostly lower through the N.Y. morning session on Thursday, though recovered in afternoon trade. The DXY dropped from 96.18 to 95.90 lows, then bounced to intra day highs of 96.32. Incoming U.S. data was mixed, seeing strong retail sales, though a very slow rate of decline in jobless claims, plus erosion in the six-month component of the Philly Fed index had the market fearing a slowing in the economic recovery may be ahead. Read more
The dollar rallied to a two-day high in narrow trade-weighted terms, with the DXY index pegging a high at 96.32, extending the rebound from yesterday's five-week low at 95.78. The rotation higher in the U.S. currency has been driven by a bout of risk aversion in global stock markets, which raised safe-haven demand for dollars. Read more
The dollar has recovered most of yesterday's losses. The narrow trade-weighted index lifted to a peak of 96.17, up from Wednesday's five-week low at 95.78. The rotation higher in the U.S. currency was driven by a bout of risk aversion in global stock markets, which raised safe-haven demand for dollars. Read more
The Dollar was under some pressure early in the session on Wednesday, taking the DXY to one-month lows of 95.78. The USD's weakness was again attributed to the risk-on backdrop, which saw stocks and yields head higher, prompting the unwinding of safe-haven long USD positions. Read more
The dollar has remained on a softening track against most other currencies, while the euro has remained broadly underpinned amid expectations for EU leaders to green-light the proposed EUR 750 bln recovery fund this week. The pound managed to rebound after underperforming over the prior two days. Read more
The dollar and yen have remained on a softening track against most other currencies, while the euro has remained broadly underpinned amid expectations for EU leaders to green-light the proposed EUR 750 bln recovery fund this week. The pound managed to rebound after underperforming over the prior two days. Read more
The Dollar was slightly lower overall on Tuesday in N.Y., though trading ranges were generally narrow. A warmer than expected June CPI print had little impact on markets. Wall Street was choppy, though ultimately found a footing in positive territory on some better than expected earnings from JP Morgan and Citigroup, while Treasury yields were slightly lower. Read more
