Yen Paring Losses as Markets Turn to Consolidation, Oil Faces Resistance
The financial markets are staying in consolidative mode. Asian stocks are mixed in tight range, following the mixed closes in US overnight. Gold is trading sideway ahead of key near term support. In the currency markets, Yen and Swiss France...
New Zealand Dollar Rises after RBNZ, US Yield Resilient
New Zealand Dollar surges broadly today as markets see that RBNZ has less need to cut into negative next year. Kiwi’s strength is somewhat taking Aussie higher too. On the other hand, Sterling is paring some of yesterday’s strong gain...
Sterling Surges on Johnson’s Defeat in Lords, Markets Mixed Elsewhere
Sterling surges broadly today, as traders apparently cheers Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s defeat in the Lords regarding his internal market bill. But the forex markets are relatively quiet elsewhere. New Zealand Dollar is currently the second strongest, following the Pound....
Markets Mixed as Vaccine Boost Fades, Dollar Support by Yields
The forex markets turned mixed in Asian session today as the boost from coronavirus vaccine faded quickly. The close in US stocks overnight was rather disappointing and DOW ended up just 2.95%. NASDAQ has indeed closed with -1.53% loss. In...
Yen Selling Takes Off as World in Euphoria on Coronavirus Vaccine News
The world, at least the financial markets part, is in euphoria today on news that tens of millions doses of coronavirus vaccine are ready this year, to pull it out of the coronavirus pandemic that took away over 1.2 millions...
Yen and Dollar Heading Lower as Asian Markets Rally
Yen and Dollar weaken generally in Asian session today as strong risk appetite continues. Notable rally is also seen in gold today, extending its near term rally. New Zealand Dollar is currently leading other commodity currencies higher. European majors are...
Stocks Ready for Upside Breakout, But Yen Crosses Seem Not Agreeing
Politics aside, stock investors were the biggest winners of US presidential elections, while Dollar holders were the losers. The greenback ended as the worst performing one, followed by Yen by a wide margin. Australian Dollar shrugged of RBA easing and...
Dollar Selling Continues Despite Solid NFP, Euro Surges
Dollar’s selloff continues today despite stronger than expected employment data. Though, selling focus has turned to against Euro and Swiss Franc. Australian Dollar is taking a breather, together with global stock markets. There is no doubt that Dollar will end...
Dollar Remains the Weakest While US Stocks Could Make New Record High
Dollar’s decline is slowing a little bit in Asian session but there is no sign of a turnaround. The greenback remains the worst performing one for the week, followed by Yen, on strong risk-on markets. Australian Dollar is the strongest...
Dollar Selling Takes Off as Stocks Extend Powerful Rally
Dollar’s selloff finally takes off as market enters into US session today. While the final result of US presidential election is still unknown, investors couldn’t wait to push stocks higher. At the time of writing, Canadian Dollar is trading as...