Friday, 23 October 2026
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The USD/CAD pair gathers strength to around 1.4280 during the early European trading hours on Monday. Oil prices fall as rising crude exports from the Middle East and G7 nations' release of oil add to supplies, weighing…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the benchmark US Crude Oil price – attracts sellers for the second straight day on Monday and sticks to its intraday losses around the $89.00 mark through the early European session. The …
France is no longer being treated by markets as an unquestionably "core" European sovereign. The clearest warning is coming from government bonds: investors are demanding a larger premium to lend to France than to Italy…
The EUR/GBP cross attracts some sellers to around 0.8475 during the early European trading hours on Monday. The Euro (EUR) softens against the British Pound (GBP) as fiscal concerns in France in the wake of a steep bond…
The Indian Rupee (INR) trades marginally higher against the US Dollar (USD) after an extended weekend. Indian markets were closed on Friday due to Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.
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The Japanese Yen (JPY) nurses marginal losses against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday but remains trading within previous ranges, with downside attempts limited as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to keep pu…
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) agreed on Sunday to keep oil production targets steady for November. This move came in line with expectations that further output policy adjustme…
Crude oil exports from the Middle East exceeded pre-war levels in four of the seven days of the final week of September despite attacks on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to provisional data from…
The USD/JPY pair kicks off the new week on a subdued note, stalling Friday's modest bounce from sub-157.00 levels, touched in reaction to the weak US employment details. Spot prices, however, remain confined in a famili…
Bank of Japan (BoJ) Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said on Monday that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a major focus among central banks, including at BoJ monetary policy meetings.
The EUR/USD pair loses momentum to around 1.1245 during the early Asian session on Monday. The Euro (EUR) weakens against the US Dollar (USD) amid fears over France's shaky fiscal trajectory. The US ISM Services Purchas…
Iran's rial fell to new record lows on Saturday, with the euro crossing 3 million rials for the first time and the US dollar hovering around 2.7 million rials on the open market.
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Silver price retreats on Friday, dropping about 0.76% as US Treasury yields edged higher, capping US Dollar depreciation, while investors punished the Greenback following a soft US jobs report. The XAG/USD trades at $60…
NZD/USD advances on Friday and trades around 0.5610 at the time of writing, up 0.12% on the day. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) benefits mainly from the decline in the US Dollar (USD), which comes under pressure following…
The Mexican Peso (MXN) recovers some ground versus the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, gaining 0.5%, but it remains poised to end the week with a 3% loss as investors exit the 'carry trade' amid a narrowing of the interest r…
Gold prices dropped on Friday, with the yellow metal struggling to decisively break the $4,200 milestone. The precious metal is down nearly 1% as US Treasury yields edge higher following a less-than-stellar US employmen…
TD Securities analysts characterize the upcoming September FOMC minutes as largely outdated given subsequent employment and PCE data. The minutes are expected to show disagreement over how much further tightening is nee…
USD/JPY trades around 157.65 on Friday at the time of writing, down 0.28% on the day. The pair briefly dropped to 156.95 following the release of the United States (US) employment report before erasing the entire move a…
Royal Bank of Canada analysts review Canada’s September labour report, the first full dataset since U.S. Section 338 tariffs took effect. They estimate around 0.4% of Canada’s GDP and employment is tied to tariff-listed…
Chicago Federal Reserve (Fed) President Austan Goolsbee said in an interview with Fox Business that the labor market is steady and that “the inflation side of the Fed’s job is more important.”