Monday, 2 November 2026
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OCBC’s Christopher Wong reports USD/IDR briefly traded back towards 18,000 as higher Oil prices, elevated US Treasury yields and a firm Dollar weighed on the Indonesian Rupiah. Bank Indonesia has shifted intervention to…
Brown Brothers Harriman highlights that the Reserve Bank of Australia delivered a widely expected 25 bps hike to 4.60%, a 15-year high, and kept the door open to further tightening. AUD/USD initially rallied on the hawk…
Christopher Wong at OCBC notes Gold has extended its decline to a seven-week low, pressured by higher Oil prices, firm US Treasury yields and a stronger Dollar. The break below $4,200 has intensified technical selling, …
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf says during the European trading session on Tuesday that no one in the region shall sell its oil if Iran cannot sell its oil, according to state media, Reuters report. Q…
BNY Markets’ John Velis observes that US real yields across the curve have risen sharply, driven more by expectations of further policy tightening than by inflation fears. Markets see the Fed and other central banks rea…
U.S. President Donald Trump said a preliminary agreement to end the war has been signed by the U.S. and Iran. Details have yet to be made public but that didn't stop global markets from cheering and sending oil prices …
The US Dollar (USD) is up 0.12% at around 1.4190 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Tuesday. The Loonie pair trades higher as the US Dollar outperforms, with financial markets becoming in…
Scotiabank’s Global FX Strategy team, led by Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret, notes broad Dollar strength versus most G10 currencies, with focus on Oil, US yields and the Federal Reserve rate path. The team stresses that…
EUR/CAD halts its three-day winning streak, trading around 1.6100 during the European hours on Tuesday. The currency cross experiences downward pressure as the Euro (EUR) softens ahead of key economic data releases from…
Gold (XAU/USD) clings to modest recovery gains through the first half of the European session, albeit it lacks follow-through and remains below $4,150. Moreover, the bearish fundamental backdrop keeps the precious metal…
European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member and Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS), Peter Kazimir, said during the European trading session on Tuesday that the interest rate hike at the policy meet…
The Indian Rupee (INR) recovers its early losess after sliding to a fresh two-month low against the US Dollar (USD) and closed flat on Tuesday. The USD/INR pair closes flat at around 95.98 after rectreating from the day…
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, is extending its gains for the second successive day and trading around 101.20 during Asian hours on Tuesday.
The USD/JPY pair posts modest gains around 157.40 during the Asian trading hours on Tuesday. Traders remain on high alert for currency intervention after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japan's Finance Minister …
Japanese Finance Minister (FM) Satsuki Katayama said on Tuesday that she believes that undervalued Japanese Yen is problematic, while saying that she agreed with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to beef up cooperation w…
The AUD/USD pair extends its consolidative price moves through the Asian session on Tuesday, trading just above the 0.7000 psychological mark, near the lowest level since August 4 ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia …
EUR/JPY remains subdued for the third successive day, trading around 178.80 during Asian hours on Tuesday. Technical analysis of the daily chart shows that the currency cross remains confined within a descending channel…
The EUR/USD pair is seen consolidating around the 1.1365-1.1370 region during the Asian session on Tuesday and trading near its lowest level since July 28, touched the previous day. Traders now seem hesitant and opt to …
A software bug at Boeing (BA) cost the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) more points than a record $150 billion buyback at Nvidia (NVDA) put back. The index closed just under 51,500 on Monday, handing back about two-t…
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is widely expected to raise the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points (bps) to 4.60% from 4.35% on Tuesday, after keeping rates unchanged at its previous two meetings
The US Dollar (USD) has stated the week with slight gains, resuming its recent uptrend and leaving behind Friday’s hiccup. In the meantime, further tightening by the Fed remains at the centre of almost every debate, whi…
The dollar starts the final week of September regaining ground against the yen. USD/JPY trades at 157.746, up 0.4985 or 0.32% on the session, after bouncing from a Monday low of 156.95. The pair printed 157.79 during As…
Gold (XAU/USD) begins the week on the back foot, tanking over 3.4% on Monday as US Treasury yields soar and Oil prices remain elevated despite falling from daily highs amid mixed news headlines about a potential US-Iran…
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, in a speech in Oakland, California, said that the number and magnitude of future adjustments to the Fed funds rate would depend on inflation and labour market data.