Thursday, 17 September 2026
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Silver price (XAG/USD) is up almost 1% to near $66.40 during the Asian trading session on Wednesday. The white metal strengthens as the US Dollar remains under pressure despite expectations that the Federal Reserve (Fed…
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, is losing ground for the third consecutive day and trading around 98.80 during Asian hours on Wednesday.
The EUR/JPY cross trades in negative territory near 178.50 during the early European trading hours on Wednesday. The Japanese Yen (JPY) edges higher against the Euro (EUR) as a slew of hawkish comments from the Bank of …
USD/CHF loses ground for the third consecutive day, trading around 0.8090 during the Asian hours on Wednesday. The pair remains subdued as the US Dollar (USD) holds losses despite a hawkish tone surrounding the Federal …
Gold (XAU/USD) struggles to capitalize on a modest Asian session bounce from a one-week low touched earlier this Wednesday, albeit it sticks to a positive bias and, for now, seems to have snapped a three-day losing stre…
The EUR/USD pair attracts fresh buyers during the Asian session on Wednesday, though it lacks bullish conviction and remains confined within the weekly range. Spot prices currently trade near the 1.1630 region, up aroun…
The USD/JPY continued to fall for the second straight day, losing 0.40%, but found support around 153.00, with the pair set to end the session at around 153.75.
GBP/USD trades just under 1.3550 after a session that spanned 40 pips and returned two-tenths of a pip. The Bank of England (BoE) sent four Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members to the Treasury Committee on Tuesday af…
Forex markets have remained subdued since the beginning of the week, with the US Dollar (USD) holding near 99.00 on Tuesday, as depicted by the US Dollar Index (DXY). Geopolitical developments in the Middle East, a jump…
The Mexican Peso (MXN) remains unchanged against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday as market participants await the release of Mexico’s Fiscal package, which will be delivered to the Mexican Congress for approval. At the t…
UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note GBP/USD edged higher to around 1.3545, with no significant build-up in momentum but a modest upside tilt toward 1.3565 in the near term. They stress that major resistance at 1.3…
TD Securities economists Oscar Munoz, Eli Nir, Gennadiy Goldberg and Molly Brooks expect August Core CPI to rise 0.19% m/m, with services driving gains and core goods offsetting. They project Core CPI at 2.3% y/y and He…
Silver price struggles to clear a key technical resistance near $67.00, retraces to two-day lows at $65.31, and records a 1.42% loss. The non-yielding metal failed to sustain its early gains amid elevated US bond yields…
USD/JPY holds just below 154.50, unchanged on the day after a 153-pip round trip. The pair traded well over a Yen lower on the strongest Japanese pay data since 1997 and has bought back all of it. Nothing about the wage…
TD Securities notes that the Colombian Peso (COP) has been a top high-yield performer but sees its supportive mix of tight monetary and loose fiscal policy fading. With Banco de la República’s (BanRep) hiking cycle near…
The New York Federal Reserve (Fed) released on Tuesday the August Survey of Consumer Expectations, in which households' inflation expectations dipped in the medium term, while expectations about the labor market remaine…
The US dollar spiked to the upside on Friday after the US NFP report showed job growth in August almost tripling the consensus estimate of 56K. The dollar gains didn’t last long, though, as most of the NFP-driven moves …
OCBC’s Christopher Wong reports USD/CNH briefly fell to its lowest level since February 2023 before rebounding after the PBoC set a higher-than-expected daily fix. Wong argues policymakers are leaning against the pace, …
The Pound Sterling (GBP) registers modest gains of over 0.08% on Tuesday as Bank of England (BoE) policymakers testify before the UK Treasury Select Committee, while a light economic docket in the US keeps the Greenback…
The Loonie gains some traction versus the Greenback, while the latter posts modest losses, as US and Canadian financial markets remain closed in observance of Labour Day. Nevertheless, the USD/CAD edges lower by some 0.…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades near 52,900, roughly 190 points lower, in the first session since Friday. Crude Oil has risen for six days running and the two-year Treasury yield sits at its highest since Januar…
EUR/USD holds above 1.1600 on Tuesday after a session that has covered 28 pips and left the pair half a pip from where it opened. European gas hit a three-year high on the same clock, and the European Central Bank (ECB)…
Rabobank’s Florence Schmit highlights that TTF Natural Gas remains supported by low European storage and disrupted Gulf LNG flows. The absence of meaningful U.S.-Iran progress keeps a structural risk premium in prices, …
ING strategist Francesco Pesole reports that Sterling gained modestly, helped by Chancellor John Healey’s first major speech stressing fiscal discipline and keeping long-end gilt moves aligned with global bond selling. …