Thursday, 5 November 2026
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EUR/JPY extends its gains for the third consecutive day, trading around 180.60 during Asian hours on Tuesday. Technical analysis of the daily chart shows the currency cross remaining within a descending channel, suggest…
The New Zealand Dollar extends its losses for the second straight trading session, down 0.13% after last week’s Fed rate hike and a hawkish tilt within the board, which was reinforced by speeches of Fed officials on Mon…
GBP/USD has stalled at 1.3400 in each of the last three sessions, and it trades just under that level again on Monday. The Dollar is up against most major currencies, so this is more a Dollar move than a Pound one. Trad…
The AUD/USD pair gains ground to near 0.7120 during the early European trading hours on Tuesday. The Australian Dollar (AUD) strengthens against the US Dollar (USD) following Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Mic…
NZD/USD extends its losing streak for the third consecutive day, trading around 0.5700 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The currency pair is facing downward pressure as the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) weakens following s…
The GBP/USD pair consolidates above mid-1.3300s during the Asian session on Tuesday and remains within striking distance of its lowest level since July 30, touched last week. Moreover, the fundamental backdrop seems til…
UOB’s Jester Koh assesses Singapore’s soft labour market and its implications for Monetary Authority of Singapore policy. The Labour Market Pressure Index shows rising slack, which UOB links to weaker passthrough of sup…
Gold price (XAU/USD) declines to near $4,365, snapping the two-day winning streak during the early Asian session on Tuesday. The precious metal loses ground on the prospect of further monetary tightening by the US Feder…
Japan's markets are shut from Monday to Wednesday for national holidays, which is when a government that wants to move its currency gets the most for its money. USD/JPY is higher for a fifth session in six and is tradin…
Silver price advance stalled at the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) of $66.39 and is set to end Monday’s session with losses of 0.39% as the Greenback rises following last week’s Fed decision. The XAG/USD trades at …
Gold price (XAU/USD) is down 0.61% to near $4,350 during the European trading session on Monday. The yellow metal is under pressure as the US Dollar (USD) remains broadly firm amid solid expectations that the Federal Re…
On Monday, Boston Federal Reserve (Fed) President Susan Collins said the resumption of hostilities in the Middle East was a key reason for supporting the increase in the Fed funds rate last week.
Bank of Canada (BoC) Governor Tiff Macklem, speaking in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Monday, offered a cautious assessment of the economy as higher energy prices and US tariffs create competing risks for inflation and growt…
Gold price retreats on Monday, down over 0.6% following last week’s Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate hike. That 25 bps hike initially pushed US bond yields higher, but the US Dollar Index (DXY) has recovered some gro…
The Bank of Canada Governor, Tiff Macklem, said that he expects inflation to “drift up a little higher in the coming months,” and commented that “A new era of uncertainty is not going away any time soon,” as he speaks i…
The Pound Sterling (GBP) retreats by some 0.17% on Monday as the US Dollar (USD) trades in the green following last week’s Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike, which widened the interest rate differential between the US and…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) trades near 51,900 on Monday after its worst week since March. Crude Oil fell back under $100 after President Donald Trump told Fox News he'd probably be open to meeting Iran's Pr…
ING’s Francesco Pesole notes that a reported Bank of Japan rate check briefly pushed USD/JPY below 157.0 and suggests authorities may focus on the pace of moves rather than a specific level. However, with the Fed soundi…
ING strategist Francesco Pesole notes the Dollar remains supported as ING now expects the Fed to deliver one final rate hike in December. Despite near-term upside risks for the Dollar, ING keeps a gradually negative lon…
Actions by advanced economies to limit rising government bond yields are unlikely to be durable without additional policy change or a material economic slowdown—but the first is unlikely and the second is unwanted.
The Euro (EUR) is consolidating last week’s decline against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday, with price action capped below 1.1500 and the seven-week low in the mid 1.1400s still on the bears’ radar. The decline in Oil pr…
Gold (XAU/USD) remains on the defensive on Monday, pausing a two-day winning streak as expectations of additional Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hikes and a firmer US Dollar (USD) limit the upside. At the time of writing, X…
OCBC’s Christopher Wong notes that the Japanese Yen (JPY) weakened after the BoJ’s 25 bp hike to 1.25% as limited guidance on further normalisation disappointed hawkish expectations. Wong highlights that USD/JPY remains…
TD Securities’ commodity strategists report that CTAs (Commodity Trading Advisors) have reversed recent Gold buying, yet emphasize that discretionary investors continue to support the metal. They point out Gold’s resili…