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The dollar and other currencies lacked direction as risk-on positioning that dominated since last Friday's U.S. employment report lost steam. Valuations of many major equity indices have been left looking rich as investors take a more circumspect view about whether the 13th round of trade talks between the U.S. Read more
The dollar has been consolidating gains seen yesterday, which had been driven by more strong October data (non-manufacturing ISM, which backed up last week's surprisingly solid employment report) and hopes a partial trade deal with China will be struck. Read more
The Dollar traded higher in N.Y. on Tuesday, helped by a narrowed trade deficit,a better services ISM and sharply higher Treasury yields. The DXY rallied to one-week highs of 98.00, up from 97.65 at the open. EUR-USD fell to three-week lows of 1.1064 from London highs of 1.1140, as USD-JPY topped at a on-week top of 109.23. Read more
The dollar has been trading mixed against a backdrop of coursing risk-on positioning, losing ground to the dollar bloc while gaining on the yen, which underperformed. Sovereign bonds came under pressure as the main Asian and European stock indices rallied to fresh major-trend highs. Read more
The yen continued on a softening tack amid a backdrop of continued risk-on positioning in global markets, which have seen sovereign bonds come under pressure and stock markets rally. The main equity indices in Asia hit fresh trend highs today, while the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all hit new record highs on Wall Street yesterday. Read more
The Dollar was mostly higher in N.Y. trade on Monday, leaving the DXY up at 97.47 highs from pre-opening lows at 97.25. Slightly lower than expected U.S. factory orders had little impact. The Greenback maintained its bid tone, with fallout from last week's stronger jobs report, and an FOMC that is solidly on hold going forward putting a floor under the USD. Read more
The dollar and yen saw fresh lows against the dollar bloc currencies, the euro and many developing world currencies, albeit in the context of narrow ranges. This came against a backdrop of coursing risk appetite amid positive signals from the U.S.-China and U.S.-EU trade fronts and following last week's strong U.S. Read more
A risk-on vibe saw the yen retain a soft tone while the Australian and New Zealand dollars benefited most out of the main currencies, and most developing world currencies posted gains against the dollar and yen. The South African rand rallied most sharply as markets reacted to on relief that Moody's maintained South Africa's investment-grade rating on Friday, although trimming its outlook to "negative". Read more
The Dollar rallied in early N.Y. trade on Friday, supported by a better October U.S. employment report. The DXY rose to 97.45, up from overnight two-week lows of 97.17, though faded again after the October manufacturing ISM miss. The Dollar index later tested intra day lows. Read more
The dollar pared losses seen during the Asia session and the early part of the European day as the release of the U.S. jobs report for October started to come into sharp focus. EUR-USD has been plying a narrow range in the mid 1.1100s, below the 11-day peak seen yesterday at 1.1175. Read more
