Sunday, 20 September 2026
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USD/CHF extends its gains for the second successive day, trading around 0.8110 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The pair appreciates as the US Dollar (USD) receives support from rising safe-haven demand amid ongoing h…
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) published its Sectoral Factor Model Inflation gauge for the second quarter of 2026, following the release of the official Consumer Price Index (CPI) by NZ Stats on Tuesday.
Silver (XAG/USD) attracts buyers for the third straight day and climbs back above the $57.00 mark during the Asian session on Tuesday. The white metal, however, remains below the overnight swing high, with bulls awaitin…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price extends losses for the second successive day, trading around $81.90 per barrel during the Asian hours on Tuesday. Oil prices decline as temporary diplomatic signals have emerged. …
The AUD/USD pair drifts higher to near 0.7010 during the Asian trading hours on Tuesday. However, the potential upside for the pair might be limited amid the escalation of the US-Iran conflict. The Australian employment…
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 21 (Reuters) - Airbus is on track towards its full-year target of 870 deliveries after a 15% increase in the first half of the year as engine supplies stabilised, CEO Guillaume Faury told CNBC…
AUD/USD trades up around 0.2% on Monday and still cannot hold the figure that matters, climbing from near 0.6950 in early dealing, poking above the 0.7000 handle twice through the London and New York sessions, and getti…
Japan Prime Minister (PM) Sanae Takaichi said during the Asian trading session on Tuesday that the government will guide economic and fiscal policy while paying close attention to fiscal sustainability and will focus on…
RSM has appointed 22 new partners and directors while William Buck broke its own record by adding 19 partners and principals.
OCBC strategists Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong see USD/CNH staying broadly rangebound as the People's Bank of China (PBoC) fixing continues to anchor moves. Softer US inflation has recently weighed on the Dollar wh…
US President Donald Trump is imposing a new tariff of 50% on most Canadian products in response to what it called Canada's "discriminatory treatment" of US cars, alcohol, and dairy, according to the White House.
USD/JPY changes hands near 162.50 on Monday after a session range of barely 40 pips, wedged between a floor just above 162.00 and a lid just beyond the half-handle. The pair sits within half a big figure of the cycle to…
The EUR/USD pair posts modest losses around 1.1410 during the early Asian trading hours on Tuesday. Renewed tensions between the United States (US) and Iran continue to fuel risk-off sentiment, weighing on the Euro (EUR…
Gold price edges down some 0.19% on Monday as hostilities between the US and Iran extended, following a short-lived truce that began after both countries agreed to a ceasefire, which was broken nine days ago. At the tim…
Crude Oil compressed its entire 2026 personality into a single Monday tape. The barrel faded from just above $84.00 through the European morning, flushed the stops to just short of $79.50 around midday, and then reprice…
The Mexican Peso gains some ground versus the Greenback on Monday, up by 0.66% as risk appetite improves despite escalating tensions in the Middle East. At the time of writing, the USD/MXN trades at 17.43 after hitting …
Executives at Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly fear a judge will hit pause on their massive $110 billion merger in the coming days – putting the deal on hold for weeks as it nears a crucial deadline.
Silver (XAG/USD) trades on the front foot on Monday as buyers defend the $55.00 mark after the metal briefly slipped below it on Friday, touching its lowest level since December 2025. At the time of writing, XAG/USD tra…
The US Dollar Index (DXY) rises around 0.2% toward 101.00 as higher United States (US) Treasury yields and escalating tensions in the Middle East support the Greenback. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield advances towa…
The Swiss Franc loses ground against the Greenback in a trading session marked by CHF weakness amid improving risk appetite. At the time of writing, the USD/CHF trades at 0.8101, up 0.32%.
USD/CAD trades higher near the 1.4060 area on Monday, recovering from below 1.4000 as the Canadian Dollar (CAD) weakens following softer-than-expected domestic inflation data. The US Dollar Index (DXY) also rises around…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) trades near the 52,000 handle on Monday, down roughly 100 points, while the S&P 500 adds 0.4% and the NASDAQ Composite climbs 0.9%, with all three coming off a losing week. The sp…
The United Kingdom entered a new period of political uncertainty after Rachel Reeves stepped down as Chancellor of the Exchequer as part of the first cabinet reshuffle led by newly appointed Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
Donald Trump opened the week on Truth Social with a promise that every American soldier killed by Iran will be repaid many times over, a directive he says has been passed to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs o…