XE Market Analysis: Asia – Nov 12, 2018

The Dollar posted an up day in relatively thin conditions, being a Monday and amid the Remembrance Day holidays in North America. The USD index (DXY) settled 0.6% higher at 97.46 having earlier posted a 17-month high of 97.58. EUR-USD concurrently printed a 16-month low of 1.1240 and USD-JPY a six-week high at 114.20. Sterling underperformed, and was showing a 1% decline at the 1.2827 low, which is a two-week low, before closing out in London at 1.2862-64.