XE Market Analysis: Europe – Aug 14, 2018

Safe haven positioning were unwound some today, which saw the Dollar and Yen traded softer against most other currencies after Ankara managed to halt the rout of the Lira, which in turn brought a reprieve in still-fragile global markets. Most stock markets found a footing in Asia, and S&P 500 futures are showing a 0.3% gain, reversing most of yesterday’s regular-session’s losses, though Chinese market were an exception, declining after a batch of economic data showed the economy to have hit a rough patch, while investment growth was shown to have reached a record low.