The dollar traded near a two-month high against a basket of currencies on Monday, September 28, while doubts about an economic recovery continued before a batch of economic data and political developments in the United States. The recovery of US stocks on Friday contributed to limiting the rise of the …
Read More »High-risk Currencies Offset Some of Their Losses, And Dollar is Stable Below its Two-Month High
The dollar settled below its recent two-month high, and riskier currencies erased some of their weekly losses, while stock markets received a boost from hopes of resuming talks on fiscal stimulus in the United States. The dollar is moving towards achieving its best weekly performance since early April, driven by …
Read More »Demand For US Dollar Rises as Stocks Decline
The dollar held on to its gains against most currencies on Thursday, after signs of an economic slowdown in Europe and the United States revived concerns about the repercussions of the second wave of coronavirus infections. The Euro, already hit by fears of a return to tight lockdown measures, faces …
Read More »Dollar Reaching 6-week high as Traders Staying Away From Riskier Currencies
The dollar rose on Tuesday, September 22, to a peak of six weeks, extending its gains from the previous session, as markets turn away from risk due to the increase in coronavirus cases and new isolation measures in Europe. Stocks fell on Monday as the currency market witnessed risk aversion …
Read More »Yen Posting 6-month High Against USD, Eyes on Fed
The yen hit a six-month high against the US dollar on Monday, September 21, posting gains for the sixth consecutive session against the US currency as stock markets tumbled. US stocks closed lower on Friday, and stock markets fell in Asia and Europe today, amid growing investor concern about the …
Read More »Weekly Recap 14-18 Sept
There were a lot of market drivers last week like the Fed and Bank of England meeting and tensions over the Brexit talks and developments for the Corona vaccine as well as the continuing trade tension between the US and China and the TikTok crisis. There was a lot of …
Read More »US Dollar on Track to Post Weekly Loss
The dollar held on to narrow trading ranges. Still, it was heading towards a weekly loss against the major counterpart currencies, after negative data cast doubt on the economic outlook, while positive comments from the Minister of Finance in New Zealand helped support the country’s currency. The dollar gave up …
Read More »US Dollar Back to Decline, Eyes on Fed
The dollar fell on Monday, September 14th against other major currencies, as a wave of mergers and acquisitions lifted sentiment in global stock markets as investors looked forward to a week crowded with events including the US Federal Reserve meeting and the appointment of a new Japanese prime minister. Attention …
Read More »US Dollar Index Losing Some Steam and Approaching 93.00
The US dollar index, which measures the strength of the greenback against a basket of currencies, started the week negatively from the major support level at 93.00. The index fell for the second session in a row on Monday, moving just above 93.00 in a somewhat risky environment. At the …
Read More »Weekly Recap 07-11 Sept
There were many important events that affected the markets over the past week, such as the European Central Bank and Bank of Canada meeting with Brexit talks reaching a dead-end last week and the developments of the Corona vaccine as tensions continued between the United States and China. At its …
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