Yen Mildly Higher in Subdued Markets, Dollar and Euro Soft
Dollar and Euro are both trading mildly lower in a relatively subdued, consolidative markets today. Yen and Kiwi are, on the other the stronger ones. There is no clear sing of range breakout yet. Pfizer provided another piece of upbeat...
Markets Turned into Consolidations, Gold Weakness Might Help Dollar
The financial markets generally turned into consolidation for now as vaccine boost faded. Commodity currencies are mildly softer in Asian session, together with Dollar. On the other hand, Swiss Franc and Yen are the firmer ones, together with Sterling. For...
Dollar Recovering as Stocks Digest Gains, But European Majors Stronger
Global stock markets are paring some of yesterday’s strong gain, together with slight pull back in oil price. The development translates into mild weakness in commodity currencies. Yet Dollar is not gaining much for now, as it’s overshadowed by the...
No Range Breakout in Dollar Yet Despite Vaccine Optimism
Vaccine optimism pushed DOW to new record high overnight and positive sentiment continues in Asian session. Dollar, Yen and Swiss Franc are the weaker ones, while commodity currencies are strongest. Though, major pairs and crosses are generally bounded inside last...
Stocks Cheer Moderna’s Vaccine News, Dollar Mixed
Global investor sentiments are boosted by more good news on coronavirus vaccines. Moderna said it’s vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19, based on interim data from a late stage trial. Major European indices are trading up while DOW future...
Sentiments Supported by Solid Japan and China Data, Dollar and Yen Soft
Dollar, Yen and Swiss Franc are trading generally lower as the week starts with solid risk-on mode. In particular, Nikkei is up more than 2% after release on stronger than expected GDP data. A batch of solid Chinese data also...
Vaccine News Solidify Risk On Mode; But Yen Selling Lacks Conviction
News of coronavirus vaccine readiness was the biggest market mover last week, solidifying near term risk-on sentiments. Subsequent price actions in major global indices were clearly corrective looking, setting the stage for further rally. Swiss Franc and Yen ended as...
Yen Extending Recovery as Treasury Yields Dip
Yen appears to be trying to reverse the losses posted earlier this week, as helped by pull back in treasury yields. US 10-year yield is trading at around 0.88 a the time of writing, well below this week’s high at...
Yen Recovers Further as Stocks Pull Back Continues
Commodity currencies turn softer today, following pull back in stocks. On the other hand, Yen, Swiss Franc and Dollar are gaining some grounds. Euro and Sterling are mixed on the sideline. Over the week, Kiwi remains the strongest one, followed...
Sterling Reverses after GDP, Dollar Ignores Jobless Claims and CPI
Sterling suffers notable selling today after slightly weaker than expected Q3 GDP data. Though, pull back against Euro could be a bigger driver for the profit-taking. Elsewhere, better than expected US job data and worse than expected Eurozone production data...