The dollar headed for its worst week since September, while other risk-friendly assets from bitcoin to the Australian dollar maintained their recent gains buoyed by easing concerns about the severity of the new COVID-19 mutation. MSCI’s Asia Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2%, and Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.1% after the …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 23-12-2021
During trading today, Thursday, in the currency market, only three of the currencies in the list of major currencies achieved profits and gains against other currencies. The list of winning currencies was presented by the pound sterling, followed by the Australian dollar, followed by the New Zealand dollar. The profits …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 22-12-2021
The Turkish lira stabilized and retained its recent gains amid highly volatile currency trading this week. The lira fell in recent trading by about 1.4 percent to 12.57 against the dollar. Still, it retained most of its gains after it rose from record low levels, in the wake of new …
Read More »The Dollar Rises And The Turkish Lira Maintains Its Gains
The dollar rose on Wednesday, while the euro and riskier currencies such as the Australian dollar fell as traders braced for more volatility as well as the consequences of increased infections with the Omicron coronavirus. The Turkish lira stabilized and maintained its recent gains amid highly volatile currency trading this …
Read More »Eurozone Consumer Confidence Falls In December
The Euro seemed to take a hit in wake of the day and EUR/USD fell to session lows. The Eurozone Consumer Confidence index fell to -8.3 in December from -6.8 in November according to the flash estimate released by the European Commission on Tuesday. That was below expectations for a …
Read More »Dollar Settled And High-Risk Currencies Decline Due to Omicron’s Fears
Currencies including the Australian dollar and the British pound fell on Monday amid fears that further restrictions may be imposed in Europe to contain the mutated Omicron from the coronavirus. Investors shifted their focus to the potential impact of the rapid spread of the new mutation after the Netherlands imposed …
Read More »Dollar Struggles After Central Banks’ Plans to Halt Stimulus
The dollar remained under pressure on Friday at the end of a week in which major central banks revealed plans to halt their pandemic-era stimulus as the Bank of England surprised markets with an interest rate hike. After a turbulent week, the dollar index, which measures its price against a …
Read More »Eurozone Bonds Quaked By Central Banks’ Moves
Eurozone government bond yields rose on Thursday after the Bank of England delivered a surprise rate rise and the European Central Bank cut stimulus, but the bonds selloff was limited as the ECB pledged to continue monetary support in 2022.Bond yields, which move inversely to their price, shot up when …
Read More »Pound Surging Higher On Surprise Rate Hike
The British pound has skyrocketed during the trading session on Thursday against most currencies, and of course against the Japanese yen which was not an exception. There has been an overall risk on type of move for the session, and that will help this pair. It is worth noting that …
Read More »Lagarde Itroduces Changes To QE Programmes
The European Central Bank introduced changes to its QE programs on Thursday. The ECB could have delivered a more hawkish calibration, but retain flexibility and optionality for now. During today’s press conference, Christine Lagarde conveyed that optionality and flexibility were key components of ECB’s calibration. The calibration has both something …
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