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The Dollar has traded steadily in thin trading. Chinese markets reopened after a week-long break, while Japanese markets are closed today, as will be Canadian markets today, and Treasury markets in the U.S. (although Wall Street will be open). A risk-off sentiment has coursed through Asian markets as investors digest last week’s spike in U.S. […]

The Yen has outperformed while the Pound and the Euro have underperformed amid a backdrop of risk aversion in global markets. Trading conditions have been thinned by the absence of Tokyo today, and with holidays due in Canada and the U.S. The Euro has come under pressure concomitantly with a fresh spike in Italian yields […]

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