XE Market Analysis: Asia – Jan 19, 2018

The DXY managed modest gains in N.Y. on Friday, moving to 90.63 highs from 90.39 lows early in the session. The Softer Michigan sentiment report had little impact, nor sis prospects for about a 50-50 change of a U.S. government shut down (as of the time of this writing). EUR-USD eased from 1.2275 highs to 1.2219, as USD-JPY idled on either side of 110.60. USD-CAD made its way to 1.2480 highs from 1.2430 lows, while cable pulled back from trend highs of 1.3945 following softer U.K. retail sales.

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