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The Dollar fell further in N.Y. on Tuesday, taking the DXY to near two-week lows of 96.39 from 96.93, before edging back up to 96.67. Another risk-on session saw broad USD selling emerge at the open, as unwinding of safe-haven flows emerged. Wall Street rallied, while Treasury yields were slightly lower. Read more
The news flow today caused a brief risk-off burst in Asia-Pacific markets followed by a sharp recovery. In currencies, this transpired as a bout of dollar and yen outperformance alongside a sharp drop in risk-sensitive currencies such as the Australian dollar, followed by a quick reversal. Read more
The news flow today caused a brief risk-off burst in Asia-Pacific markets followed by a sharp recovery. In currencies, this transpired as a bout of dollar and yen outperformance alongside a sharp drop in risk-sensitive currencies such as the Australian dollar, followed by a quick reversal. Read more
A largely risk-on N.Y. session on Monday weighed on the Dollar as safe-haven flows were reversed, seeing the DXY pull back from Friday's three-week high of 97.72, to a low of 97.01. Wall Street headed moderately higher after opening in the red, while Treasury yields were little changed. Read more
The dollar dropped back after a short-lived pop higher at the open in Asia-Pacific trading today, inversely correlating with a 0.7%-plus rally in S&P 500 futures, which pointed to an opening gain on Wall Street that would more than reverse Friday's losses. Read more
The risk-sensitive currencies rebounded from early losses, as stocks in the Asia-Pacific region lifted out of early losses, for the most part, while S&P 500 futures managed gains of 0.5%, wiping out the decline seen during the regular Wall Street session on Friday. Read more
The Dollar was mostly higher in N.Y. trade on Friday, causing the DXY to rally to near three-week highs of 97.71, after opening at 97.16. The only U.S. data were Q1 current account figures, which saw the deficit narrow slightly, though had no market impact. Read more
The dollar has been trading mostly narrow ranges against most other currencies, though gained again the pound, which came under fresh pressure, extending a two-week phase of underperformance that the UK currency has been seeing. Cable printed an 18-day low at 1.2378, while EUR-GBP posted a three-week high at 0.9050, which is within 6 pips of 12-week high territory. Read more
Narrow ranges have been prevailing among dollar pairings and cross rates against a backdrop of uncertainty in global markets. Most stock markets have lifted out of lows over the last day, though many indices still remain below highs seen earlier in the week. Read more
Major Dollar pairings were mostly higher in N.Y. on Thursday, with safe-haven demand driving the DXY to two-week highs of 97.58 from morning lows of 97.24. The Greenback's move higher came on fresh safe-haven buying following a much better Philly Fed index bounce, though a significantly higher than expected jobless claims print, and on increasing concerns over the spread of coronavirus both in the U.S. Read more
