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The first full week of August will test whether the US Dollar can recover from its sell-off during the last week of July as investors shift their attention from central bank decisions to a fresh round of economic data. …
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HOUSTON >> Chevron surpassed analyst estimates for second-quarter earnings today, reporting its highest quarterly profit in at least six years as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran disrupts world energy markets, boosting pr…
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Silver (XAG/USD) trades on the back foot on Friday as rising US Treasury yields outweigh support from a weaker US Dollar (USD). At the time of writing, XAG/USD trades around $57.50, down 2% on the day and on track to cl…
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The head of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has been hired away by one of the world’s largest banks — the latest in a trend of regulators joining entities they formerly regulated.
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The USD/CHF bounces off weekly lows and meanders around 0.8080 after hitting a daily high of 0.8127, amid presumed intervention, with Nikkei reporting that the US Treasury Department has told currency market participant…
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) trades just beneath 52,500 on Friday, up around 230 points and roughly 1.6% under the record set early in July. That mild figure covers a session that ran close to 600 points, fro…
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EUR/USD trades near the 1.1530 area during Friday's American session, consolidating after a strong rally off intraday lows. The Euro found support from resilient Eurozone inflation data, although gains remain capped as …
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Gold price tumbles nearly 1.50% on Friday as the US Dollar recovers some ground after Japanese authorities intervened in the foreign exchange markets a day ago, driving the Greenback to a 30-day low before recovering, a…
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USD/CHF trims part of its earlier gains on Friday as the US Dollar (USD) struggles to regain momentum following Thursday’s sharp sell-off, which was driven by suspected intervention by Japanese authorities to curb exces…
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Scotiabank’s FX team notes EUR/USD is drifting toward 1.15 after a Fed‑driven rally, with euro area CPI broadly in line with expectations and French data briefly lifting the Euro. Rate expectations are stabilizing, with…
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Thursday's record Yen defence is the story everyone has written. Friday is the one that matters, because the Dollar has been sold in three separate lurches since the Tokyo morning, nobody has claimed any of them, and th…
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The US Dollar Index (DXY) struggles to hold its early recovery on Friday as the fallout from suspected Japanese intervention and the possibility of direct action by the United States (US) keep the Greenback under pressu…
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AUD/USD trades around the 0.7020 area during Friday's American session. The pair remains under mild pressure as disappointing Chinese business activity data offsets stronger Australian inflation expectations, while rene…
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Apple drew investor attention on Wednesday after Evercore ISI reaffirmed it as the firm’s top stock pick in the technology hardware sector, highlighting robust iPhone demand.
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West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Oil trades higher on Friday, rising 0.76% to around $83.30 after staging a sharp rebound from an intraday low below $80.00. The Crude Oil has erased some of its weekly losses and is on t…
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TD Securities’ Robert Both and Emma Lawrence note that stronger-than-expected Canadian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data support a brighter growth outlook but do not materially change their Bank of Canada (BoC) view. Th…
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BNY’s Geoff Yu highlights that the Japanese Yen (JPY) entered the latest Bank of Japan (BoJ) decision and suspected intervention with weak flow momentum and lighter positioning, even as investors remained net long JPY a…
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The Pound Sterling retreats some 0.02% on Friday as the Greenback stages a recovery following Thursday’s intervention day, which weakened the US Dollar Index (DXY) to a 30-day low. At the time of writing, the GBP/USD tr…
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NZD/USD trades around 0.5860 on Friday, down 0.33% on the day, as investors react to another deterioration in Chinese business activity. China, New Zealand's largest trading partner, reported that the official NBS Manuf…
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Silver price (XAG/USD) is down 1.7% to near $58.00 during the European trading session on Friday. The white metal continues to decline throughout the day as United States (US) Treasury Yields have bounced back amid fear…
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GBP/JPY extends its slide on Friday as suspected intervention by Japanese authorities rattles the FX market and lifts the Yen across the board, pushing the cross further away from the multi-year high of 219.16 touched e…
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AUD/USD trades around 0.7030 at the time of writing on Friday, little changed on the day after Thursday's strong rally. The Australian Dollar (AUD) continues to draw support from the persistent weakness in the US Dollar…
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Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes that the Dollar stabilized after a sharp sell-off linked to suspected USD/JPY intervention, but argues the broader USD rally since May has likely ended, with US Dollar …
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The British Pound (GBP) faces roadblocks in extending the early recovery against the Japanese Yen (JPY) above 216.33 during the European trading session on Friday. The cross rebounded strongly at THE open as profit-book…