Market Overview
Gold Jumps on Iran Retaliation, Markets Calmed by Trump’s Refrained Response
Dollar turns slightly softer, broadly, as Middle East tensions escalated after Iran's strike against US forces in Iraq. But loss is so far limited after President Donald Trump's refrained response. Markets generally calmed down for now, awaiting Trump's statement later in US morning. Yen and Canadian Dollar are the...
Dollar Surges Broadly, Aussie Selloff Accelerates
Dollar is trading generally higher today and Middle East tensions seem to be out of traders' mind already, without any new developments. Instead, markets are focusing back on fundamentals and central bank expectations. Thus, Australian and New Zealand Dollars are suffering steep selloff despite return of risk appetite. In...
Yen Turns Soft as Sentiments Stabilized, No Further Escalation in Middle East Tensions
Market sentiments have generally stabilized, with no further escalation in Middle East tensions so far. Asian stocks are trading generally higher. US indices closed with slight gains after reversing initial losses. Focus should now be turned back to economic data. The currency markets is relatively mixed for today. New...
Euro and Sterling Rebound on Economic Data, Risk Aversions Continue
European majors stage a strong come back today as supported by positive data. Germany investor confidence recorded a strong rebound while UK PMI services was revised up. On the other hand, despite continuous risk aversion on Middle East tensions, Yen is pairing some of last week's gains. Dollar follows...
Middle East Tensions Continue to Dominate as Gold and Oil Surge
Middle East tensions continued to drive risk aversion in the markets as another week started. Stocks in Asia are generally in red, except in being mixed in China. Gold and oil price surge sharply on safe haven flows. Movements in the currency markets are relatively limited though. Canadian Dollar...
Yen, Gold and Oil Jumps as Geopolitical Risks Cloud Markets
The financial markets took a roller-coaster ride as 2020 started with a bang. US stocks jumped to new record higher to celebrate new year. But sentiments took a great turn after abrupt escalation in Middle-East tensions. Safe-haven flows into Gold, Yen and US treasuries came in unison. Oil prices...
Risk Aversion Continues on US-Iran Conflicts
Risk aversion is the dominant theme today, with deep selloff in global equity markets. Treasury yields took a dive while gold and oil prices surge. Sentiments are rocked by abrupt escalation in Middle East tensions, after US military had killed Qasem Solemaini, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
Middle East Tensions Push Yen, Franc and Oil Higher
Yen and Swiss Franc jump sharply as markets turned from strong risk appetite to risk aversion. Despite record closes in US stocks, Asian markets tumble on fresh geopolitical tensions in Middle East. Oil prices also skyrocket together with gold, while treasury yields tumble. In the currency markets, Australian and...
Dollar Attempting Recovery Together With Yen, Market in Consolidation Mode
Dollar started the first trading day of 2020 with mild recovery, as the year end selloff seems to have passed the climax temporarily. Though, Yen is currently even stronger. On the other hand, European majors are generally lower for the moment. But overall, the forex markets appear to be...
Dollar Soft in Holiday Trading, Sterling Extending Rebound
Dollar remains soft in mixed, quiet market in Asia. Trading is subdued, on holiday mood, with no reaction to Chinese data, nor the surprised PBoC RRR cut. Calendar is light today too, with PMI manufacturing final reading from, Eurozone, UK and US. There is little change in the weekly...
Dollar Ends the Year With Accelerated Selloff
Dollar selloff accelerates further as 2019 is heading to an end. The signing of US-China trade deal phase one should now be confirmed, but that provides little support to the greenback. Instead, Dollar dives through some key technical levels. As for today, Sterling is the strongest one, followed by...
AUD/USD Breaks 0.7 as Dollar Selloff Extends
Dollar's selloff continues on the last trading day of the year, while markets are rather mixed elsewhere. Australian Dollar is the strongest one for now, but it's followed by Japanese Yen. Meanwhile, New Zealand Dollar is the weakest one, followed by Euro and Sterling. Trading will likely become more...
Dollar Stays Weak as Focus Turns to Trade, Swiss Franc Firm
Dollar remains the worst performing one today as focuses turned from geopolitical tensions to trade. Euro is following as the second weakest as earlier rally reverses. On the other hand, buying in New Zealand Dollar picks up, followed by Swiss Franc. Sterling is also firm as the third strongest...
Dollar Broadly Lower as Geopolitics Dominates Headlines
Dollar trades generally lower as markets started another holiday shortened week quietly. With an empty calendar in Asia, focuses were mainly on geo-political news, which weren't very much market moving. For now, commodity currencies are the next weakest following the greenback. Yen and Swiss Franc are the mildly stronger...
Dollar Selloff Accelerates, Sterling Staging a Comeback
Dollar's selloff continues today and is accelerating. Solid risk appetite isn't a friend of the greenback this time, nor the Yen which is the second weakest. Sterling is staging a strong rebound as it seems that recent pull back has completed. Commodity currencies are indeed mixed despite persistent strength...
Aussie and Kiwi Strong as Stocks Extended Record Runs
Commodity currencies are extending this week's rallies on strong risk appetite, with US stocks continuing record runs. Solid gains are also seen in oil price and gold. New Zealand and Australian Dollars are set to end as the strongest ones for the week. On the other hand, Yen and...
Sterling Recovers in Quiet Trading, Oil and Gold Strengthen
Trading in the forex markets is generally quiet in Asian session. Sterling's broad based recovery suggests that last week's steep pull back could have completed. Yen crosses are also mildly firmer on optimism over US-China trade deal. These two developments would be the focuses for the rest of the...
Sterling Suffers Renewed Selling, Canadian Lower on GDP
Sterling is trading as the weakest one for today as it suffers renewed selling ahead of holidays. Canadian Dollar is currently the second weakest, weighed down by unexpected contraction in October GDP. Meanwhile New Zealand and Australian Dollars are the strongest ones, lifted by China's move to lower import...
Markets in Holiday Mood, USD/CAD to Decide Next Direction
Australian and New Zealand Dollar strengthen mildly in Asia today. But markets remain quiet overall, very much in holiday mood. Dollar and Canada are the weaker ones. US President Donald Trump's tweet late Friday indicated that US-China trade deal is still on the right track. China also announced to...
Canadian Dollar Tumbles after Poor Retail Sales, Sterling Pares Losses
Canadian Dollar drops sharply in early US session after much weaker than expected retail sales data. Euro and Swiss Franc are also under some selling pressure. On the other hand, Sterling is paring some losses ahead of weekly close while Australian Dollar is generally firm. Over the week, Swiss...