The New Zealand dollar slipped to around $0.571 on Friday, moving back near a ten-week low after rising 0.3% in the previous session, as a firmer US dollar continued to weigh on the currency. The greenback clung to a seven-week high after the Federal Reserve hiked rates and signaled further tightening ahead. This outweighed support […]
The offshore yuan strengthened to around 6.69 per US dollar on Friday, extending gains from the previous session and reaching its strongest level since July 2022 as increasingly firm daily yuan fixings from the People’s Bank of China continued to support the currency. The PBOC set its daily midpoint at 6.7521 per dollar, stronger than […]
The Indian rupee rebounded to around 95.7 per US dollar on Friday, recovering from seven-week lows as easing crude oil prices, expected foreign portfolio inflows linked to the $2.3 billion National Stock Exchange IPO, and likely intervention from the Reserve Bank of India helped support the currency. The rupee’s recovery comes despite continued pressure from […]
The Indian Rupee (INR) finds some buying interest against the US Dollar in the early session after a weak opening on Thursday. According to a Reuters report, the Indian central bank has likely intervened to limit the decline in the Indian Rupee. The report also showed that traders said the state-run banks were spotted offering […]
The Euro (EUR) ticks lower against the British Pound (GBP) on Thursday, with investors awaiting the Bank of England’s (BoE) monetary policy decision, due later in the day. The EUR/GBP pair hovers just above 0.8560 at the European session opening times, as the previous two days’ recovery attempt from the 0.8550 area found sellers at 0.8580. The BoE is expected […]
USD/CHF inches lower after reaching nearly 16-month highs the previous day, trading around 0.8250 during the Asian hours on Thursday. However, the pair may rebound its ground as the US Dollar (USD) may appreciate further due to the potential for further policy tightening by the Federal Reserve (Fed). The Greenback remains on a firm footing […]
The Bank of England (BoE) is set to reveal its latest monetary policy decision on Thursday, coinciding with its sixth rate-setting meeting of 2026. Market analysts expect the central bank to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.75%, which should be its sixth hold in a row following December’s 25-bps rate cut. The Monetary […]
The EUR/USD pair trades on a flat note around 1.1465 during the early European trading hours on Thursday. Traders continue to assess the latest interest rate hike decision by the US Federal Reserve (Fed). The US Initial Jobless Claims report is due later on Thursday. The Fed raised the interest rates by a quarter-percentage point at its September meeting on […]
Today Markets Analysis The South Korean won weakened toward 1,380 per U.S. dollar, hitting a three-week low as a fresh Federal Reserve rate hike, hawkish U.S. monetary guidance and continued foreign selling of Korean assets combined to increase demand for the dollar. The move puts USD/KRW firmly back in focus as traders reassess the interest-rate […]
The Indonesian rupiah slipped toward IDR 17,750 per U.S. dollar on Thursday, extending its losing streak to six sessions as the dollar index climbed to a seven-week high after the U.S. Fed raised rates for the first time in three years and signaled it might tighten further this year to curb sticky inflation. Locally, attention […]