XE Market Analysis: Trade Wars à la Carte Again
OVERVIEW Investors digest strong US payrolls data. Euro jumps into June despite fresh political concerns. WTI slides lower, down 55 cents to trade at $66.50 a barrel. HIGHLIGHT
OVERVIEW Investors digest strong US payrolls data. Euro jumps into June despite fresh political concerns. WTI slides lower, down 55 cents to trade at $66.50 a barrel. HIGHLIGHT
The dollar has traded mostly softer, losing ground to the euro, sterling and the Australian dollar, though has held near net unchanged versus the Canadian dollar while gaining ground against the yen. EUR-USD rallied to a four-day high of 1.1730 as markets digested political development in Italy, where Five Star and the League are forming […]
USD-JPY crawled higher during the Tokyo session, as did EUR-JPY and other yen crosses. USD-JPY lifted back above 109.0, though remained shy of yesterday’s peak at 109.24. A choppy but overall sanguine reaction in global markets, some would say surprisingly so, to the U.S. escalation of trade warring yesterday has seen the yen lose the […]
The dollar rallied following the jobs report, where NFP rose more than forecast, and earnings were better than expected. The jobless rate unexpectedly fell to a new low of 3.8%. The buck had been on the rise ahead of the report following a Trump Tweet implying a better than expected outcome. EUR-USD fell to 1.1618 […]
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