XE Market Analysis: Dollar Rallies as Trade Rhetoric Calms

OVERVIEW

  • Risk appetite recovers amid a calmer view of trade war risks.
  • Stock markets rally strongly, European markets up over 2%.
  • GBP under pressure from weak services data.
  • EUR also under pressure from softer data.
  • US trade deficit hits 9.5 year high.

HIGHLIGHT

The Dollar is rallying across the board today versus the Japanese Yen where it reached a 3-week high, bolstered by a rebound in global stock markets and signs of the US looking to resolve a trade dispute with China.