Monday, 26 October 2026
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Silver (XAG/USD) struggles to capitalize on the previous day's modest gains and fails to break above the $64.00 round figure during the Asian session on Wednesday. Traders now seem hesitant and opt to wait for the highl…
EUR/JPY gains ground for the third successive day, trading around 179.10 during Asian hours on Wednesday. Technical analysis of the daily chart shows the currency cross trading within a descending channel, keeping the o…
NZD/USD extends its losses for the third consecutive day, trading around 0.5750 during Asian hours on Wednesday. The currency pair faces downward pressure primarily due to a weakening New Zealand Dollar (NZD) following …
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, is continuing its winning streak for the sixth consecutive day and trading around 99.70 during Asian hours on Wedn…
The Mexican Peso (MXN) loses some ground against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, with USD/MXN rising by over 0.09% amid a sour market mood and a stronger Greenback, ahead of the FOMC monetary policy decision on Wednesda…
Commerzbank’s Volkmar Baur notes that Chinese growth remains export-led as domestic demand stays soft, with investment and retail sales under pressure and car sales slumping. While a rising trade surplus supports the cu…
The Euro (EUR) extends its losses against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, sliding below the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at 1.1555, opening the door to further downside, with sellers setting their sights on Monda…
Gold (XAU/USD) price holds firm on Tuesday, capped on the upside by solid resistance at the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at $4,328, while broad US Dollar strength and elevated US bond yields weighed on the non-yi…
USD/JPY climbed to 155.09 on Tuesday afternoon, up 74 pips or 0.48% on the session, extending a rebound from the seven-month yen high of 153.40 printed last Thursday. The pair traded at 155.17 early in the U.S. morning,…
Commerzbank analysts report that USD/IDR extended gains as investors assessed the appointment of Suahasil Nazara as Indonesia’s new Finance Minister, the third in under two years. While markets took some reassurance fro…
USD/JPY trades near 155.20 on Tuesday, rising for a second straight day and pulling away from the roughly seven-month low it set last week. A firmer US Dollar (USD) is doing the work, helped by a sharp jump in Oil that …
USD/JPY extends its rebound on Tuesday and trades around 155.00 at the time of writing, up 0.41% on the day. The pair continues its recovery from levels below 153.00 reached last week, mainly supported by broad-based st…
Societe Generale economist Kunal Kundu notes that India’s headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose to 4.8% year-on-year in August 2026, staying above the Reserve Bank of India ’s (RBI) 4.0% median target for a…
Lockheed Martin (LMT -0.35%) posted Q1 earnings of $6.44 per share, missing estimates of $6.74, as heavy spending on production expansion and $1 billion in debt repayments weighed on results. Shares fell nearly 5% Thurs…
TD Securities’ macro team, including Oscar Munoz and colleagues, expects the FOMC to deliver a 25bps hike, with the dot plot signaling fewer hikes than markets imply.
UOB’s Quek Ser Leang reports USD/JPY reversed earlier downside expectations, dipping to 153.29 before surging to 154.99 and closing at 154.35. The bank now sees scope for a move above 155.00, though 155.50 is likely out…
Deutsche Bank’s Chief UK Economist Sanjay Raja assesses latest United Kingdom (UK) labour market data as signalling a still weak backdrop, with employment struggling and vacancies falling.
EUR/USD remains on the back foot on Tuesday as rising US Treasury yields support the US Dollar. However, the pair lacks strong follow-through selling as traders avoid placing large bets ahead of the Federal Reserve’s (F…
The Yen has finally reached the part of the rally where the easy money has probably already been made.
The British Pound (GBP) extends losses against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, with the GBP/USD pair hovering a few pips above five-week lows near 1.3465 at the London session opening times. Mixed UK employment figures …
Standard Chartered’s Chong Hoon Park and Nicholas Chia expect the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to deliver a 25bps rate hike in September but maintain a gradual normalisation path. They argue that USD/JPY is unlikely to fall on B…
Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister argues that rising Oil prices have sharply lifted UK rate expectations, with markets now discounting four Bank of England hikes by mid-2027 versus just over one in June. However, he highlig…
The US Dollar (USD) gathers strength to a near two-week high around 99.60 in early European trading on Tuesday as surging oil prices pushed Treasury yields to fresh peaks since 2007. US Consumer Price Index (CPI) accele…