Friday, 30 October 2026
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The AUD/USD pair struggles to capitalize on a modest Asian session uptick and extends its sideways consolidative price move around the 0.7000 psychological mark on Wednesday.
The AUD/USD pair gathers strength to near 0.7010 during the early Asian trading hours on Wednesday. The Australian Dollar (AUD) strengthens against the US Dollar (USD) as the likelihood of the Reserve Bank of Australia …
Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Wednesday that the authorities will take necessary steps on the foreign exchange if necessary.
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said that it completed another night of attacks that targeted “military operations centers, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military log…
Yemen’s Houthis said that they have closed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Saudi-linked shipping in retaliation for the kingdom’s blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on the international airport in Yemen’s rebel-held capi…
The GBP/JPY consolidates around 218.20 as the Pound Sterling loses momentum amid the new PM, Andy Burnham, taking office. Fears of a possible intervention by Japanese authorities capped the cross-pair advance, which rem…
The Australian Dollar spent Tuesday doing a convincing impression of movement, climbing from just below the 0.7000 handle to a session high short of 0.7050 before handing the entire advance back through the North Americ…
The US Dollar (USD) advances on Tuesday as escalating tensions between the United States (US) and Iran push energy prices higher and revive concerns that inflation could remain elevated. The Greenback also benefits from…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made eight requests to Saudi Arabia under long-term economic cooperation, including conversion of short-term existing deposits of $5 billion into a long-term facility of 10 years, enhancing oil f…
The USD/JPY extends its rally on Tuesday, hitting 40-year highs above 163.00 as the Greenback continues to gain ground versus the Japanese Yen. At the time of writing, the USD/JPY trades at 163.19, slightly shy of the m…
Societe Generale’s technical team notes USD/KRW failed twice to break above the June high around 1,561, triggering a deeper decline towards the 200-day moving average. The pair is now testing this key MA, with next supp…
The British Pound received a labour market report on Tuesday that beat consensus on nearly every line, and sold off anyway. Sterling slid from a London morning high just above 1.3450 to a New York low just above 1.3350,…
Silver price (XAG/USD) surges over 4.50% on Tuesday, reaching five-day highs, clearing $59.00 as buyers push the white metal to test a downslope resistance trendline near the $59.65/$50.75 range, about to surpass the $6…
USD/CAD trades just above the 1.4100 handle into the North American afternoon, up around a fifth of one percent and on track for a second consecutive daily advance. The recovery follows the July slide from the year's hi…
Gold price surges on Tuesday during the North American session, up by more than 1.50% amid continued missile strikes between the US and Iran despite mediators' efforts to end the war. The XAU/USD trades at $4,071
A Reuters poll revealed that the Federal Reserve is most likely to keep interest rates unchanged for the rest of the year as it battles stubbornly high inflation that has remained above the Fed’s 2% goal for at least 5 …
Dell Technologies (DELL) was viewed as a mature PC and enterprise hardware company fighting for relevance in a rapidly changing tech landscape. Now, the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is rewriting that story. On Thur…
United Overseas Bank’s Quek Ser Leang notes that USD/CNH retains a downside bias in both the 24-hour and 1–3 week horizons, with key support around 6.7600 and strong resistance at 6.7820. Short-term momentum is building…
BNY’s Geoff Yu highlights how China’s regulators and state-backed funds have stepped in to stabilize A-shares after global tech deleveraging hit domestic markets. Official buybacks and insurer commitments are framed as …
Robert F Kennedy Jr, one of President Donald Trump's most controversial cabinet picks, has been sworn in as the next US Health and Human Services Secretary.
BNY’s Geoff Yu argues that Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s removal of Value Added Tax (VAT) on household electricity is a test of the United Kingdom’s (UK) fiscal protection strategy. While the measure offers modest relie…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) trades around $84.40 at the time of writing on Tuesday, up 2.6% on the day, as concerns over global Oil supplies continue to support prices despite hopes for a diplomatic de-escalation in t…
Commerzbank’s Moses Lim and Dr. Henry Hao note that Singapore’s June non-oil domestic exports (NODX) growth moderated to 20.7% year-on-year but remained strong, with electronics exports surging on AI-related semiconduct…
Microsoft first started opening up access to Claude Code in December, inviting thousands of its own developers to use Anthropic’s AI coding tool daily. It was part of an effort to get project managers, designers, and ot…