Friday, 18 September 2026
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Gold price (XAU/USD) is down 0.75% to near $4,620 during the European trading session on Wednesday. The precious metal corrects as the rally pauses after posting a fresh three-month high at $4,697 the previous day, with…
Silver price (XAG/USD) is up almost 1% to near $69.40 during the Asian trading session on Wednesday. The white metal gains as oil prices fall further on hopes that the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint to almost o…
The USD/JPY pair loses ground to near 158.90 during the Asian trading hours on Wednesday. The US Treasury’s bond buyback programs weigh on the US Dollar (USD) against the Japanese Yen (JPY). The US July Personal Consump…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price extends its losses for the third consecutive day, trading around $80.10 per barrel during the Asian hours on Wednesday. Crude oil prices have declined following reports that Iran …
The AUD/USD pair attracts buyers for the second straight day and climbs to the 0.7170 area following the release of Australian consumer inflation figures during the Asian session on Wednesday. Spot prices remain close t…
Gold price holds firm during the North American session as buyers fail to surpass the $4,700 level, exacerbating a retracement below a key psychological level, amid mixed US data and rising hopes for an end to the US-Ir…
Australia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 3.5% year-over-year (YoY) in July, compared to a 3.8% growth reported in June, the latest data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed on Wednesday.
A non-voting regional Federal Reserve president published a conditional hold on Tuesday, tying the current target range to continued evidence that inflation is actually coming down, and the Dollar Index has not moved fo…
The US Dollar Index (DXY) is hovering below the 99.00 mark as traders squared positions ahead of a heavy Wednesday data slate and Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole address on Friday. The move was mo…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), futures on NYMEX, trade 3% lower at around $82.00 during the European trading session on Tuesday. The Oil price faces intense selling pressure as market experts see warning of fresh United…
USD/JPY trades around 159.30 on Tuesday at the time of writing, up 0.15% on the day. However, the pair lacks a clear short-term direction, as concerns surrounding Japan’s public finances and the interest-rate differenti…
Commerzbank’s Carsten Fritsch notes that softer-than-expected US sanctions on Iran have added to downward pressure on Oil prices despite severe disruptions to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. At the same tim…
Private-sector hiring in the US has gained some pace in early August. According to the NER Pulse, the weekly companion to the ADP National Employment Report, companies added an average of 11.750K jobs per week in the fo…
It has become difficult to imagine how Washington and Beijing might turn their relationship, which is so crucial to the future of world order, toward calmer waters. If there is to be any hope of doing so, however, polic…
Michael Wan at MUFG discusses US threats of economic punishment on countries dealing with Iran and new sanctions on over 60 entities. He argues that rising geoeconomic fragmentation encourages countries to diversify res…
Rabobank's Senior FX Strategist Jane Foley discusses the British Pound's (GBP) recent performance, noting it is currently the top G10 currency on a 1‑day view but only middling over longer horizons. Foley expects EUR/GB…
The Japanese Yen (JPY) remains on the defensive against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, in a low-volatility market, as investors await key data releases and the Jackson Hole symposium, due in the second half of the week…
The Euro (EUR) trades marginally lower against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, extending its corrective move from the four-day high of 1.1711 to near 1.1655 during the European trading session. The major currency pair c…
The Indian Rupee (INR) trades marginally higher against the US Dollar (USD) in the opening session on Tuesday. The USD/INR pair ticks lower to near 95.70 as the Indian Rupee edges up amid possible Reserve Bank of India’…
Since 1979, Iran’s revolutionary regime has been the nemesis of eight American Presidents. None could tame its political furies; its covert operations, which killed more than a thousand Americans in Lebanon, Iraq, and A…
The dollar hovered near multi-month lows on Monday, with markets unsettled by the U.S. Treasury's move to boost purchases of longer-dated bonds and traders awaiting clarity on Iran sanctions and upcoming policy addresse…
TD Securities strategists argue that the US Dollar (USD) has re-entered a bearish regime after the Treasury buyback announcement pushed the US Dollar Index (DXY) below its 200‑day SMA. They highlight weaker US data, ris…
USD/IDR halts its three-day losing streak, trading around 17,770 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The pair appreciates as the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) struggles under the weight of cautious market sentiment driven by p…
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann keep a downside bias on USD/CNH after the pair dipped to 6.7180 and closed near 6.7210. Intraday, they expect any further weakness to be limited within 6.7150–…