Friday, 23 October 2026
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AUD/USD remains steady after two days of gains, trading around 0.6970 during Asian hours on Tuesday. The currency pair is hovering in a tight range as the Australian Dollar (AUD) finds support despite local economic hea…
The odds of an October Fed hike have fallen from about two in three in late September to roughly one in five, and GBP/USD hasn't left the range it has traded in since September 24. Monday's range is entirely inside Frid…
US Treasury yields edged up at the beginning of the week, with the 30- and 10-year yields reaching multi-year highs as inflation expectations rose, as shown in a US Institute for Supply Management (ISM) survey indicatin…
Silver (XAG/USD) price drifts higher by over 1.14% on Monday, even as US Treasury yields rise and the Greenback extends its gains by 0.26%, as per the US Dollar Index (DXY). XAG/USD trades at $61.13, after bouncing off …
The Mexican Peso (MXN) posted back-to-back bullish days as USD/MXN edges lower by about 0.34% on Monday amid softer-than-expected US data and a mediocre Nonfarm Payrolls report last Friday. The exotic pair trades at 18.…
New Zealand's firms are more upbeat and raising fewer prices, and the second half of that matters more for the Kiwi. NZD/USD trades just above 0.5600 after a fresh low beneath it, back near its November 2025 low.
Standard Chartered’s Edward Lee expects the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to deliver another very slight tightening in October, raising the SGD NEER slope to 1.5% from 1.25% while keeping the band parameters unc…
France's government owes close to 120% of what its economy produces in a year. The gap between what France and Germany pay to borrow for 10 years reached about 1.5 percentage points on Friday, the widest since 2011. Eur…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports the Euro (EUR) is underperforming major currencies, with EUR/USD briefly hitting 1.1161, its lowest since May 2025. Elias Haddad flags France’s budget crisis spilling…
Spain has now added another political log to the fire with snap elections scheduled for late November. On its own, Spain probably would not have been enough to knock the euro lower, but markets already have one eye on F…
The Pound Sterling dives by over 0.19% against the US Dollar at the beginning of the week, despite a dip in US services sector activity and elevated US Treasury yields. underpins the Greenback. The GBP/USD trades at 1.3…
USD/CAD reverses its earlier gains on Monday as the Canadian Dollar (CAD) outperforms its major peers, while the US Dollar (USD) consolidates after mixed US business activity data. At the time of writing, the pair trade…
AUD/USD advances on Monday, trading around 0.6970 at the time of writing, up 0.34% on the day. The pair manages to gain ground despite persistent strength in the US Dollar (USD), which remains supported by elevated Trea…
EUR/CHF holds modest losses on Monday as growing fiscal concerns in France weigh on the Euro (EUR). However, the cross has reversed most of its intraday decline as buying interest in the Swiss Franc (CHF) remains limite…
DBS strategist Philip Wee explains that EUR/USD’s four-week decline reflects shifting risk balances, with renewed Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening overshadowing the European Central Bank (ECB) and France’s fiscal issues…
The Swiss Franc (CHF) has retraced previous losses on Monday and trades practically flat against the US Dollar (USD), hardly affected by the bond market turmoil that has crushed investors’ appètite for risk.
The US Dollar Index (DXY) is testing fresh yearly highs near the 102.50 zone, powered by independent Euro (EUR) weakness and relative resilience in the Federal Reserve's (Fed) rate path.
The British Pound (GBP) claws back some of its early losses against the US Dollar (USD), but is still 0.15% down to near 1.3220 during the European trading session on Monday. The GBP/USD pair recovers slightly as the US…
United Overseas Bank (UOB) strategist Quek Ser Leang reports AUD/USD closed at 0.6951 after a brief spike to 0.6976, with intraday price action expected to stay between 0.6930 and 0.6975. He judges the recent weakness f…
The Euro (EUR) underperforms its major currency peers at the start of the week, weighed down by increased fiscal risks in France amid surging costs on public finances and political instability.
ING’s Warren Patterson notes that ICE Brent has repeatedly dipped below $100/bbl but continues to settle above this level as the market weighs conflicting supply and geopolitical factors. Higher oil flows through the St…
Gold (XAU/USD) starts the week with a mild positive bias but remains rangebound, caught between easing Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate hike bets and a stronger US Dollar (USD). US Treasury yields also remain elevate…
The Euro has fallen to its weakest level in over seven months against the US dollar, slipping below 1.1440 on Friday amid fresh escalations in the US-Israel-Iran conflict, sending energy markets into turmoil. Brent crud…
United Overseas Bank (UOB) strategist Quek Ser Leang notes GBP/USD recovered to 1.3238 after failing to extend Thursday’s decline, but intraday gains are expected to stay within 1.3215–1.3265. Over the next 1–3 weeks, h…