Wednesday, 28 October 2026
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Gold price holds firm during the North American session as buyers fail to surpass the $4,700 level, exacerbating a retracement below a key psychological level, amid mixed US data and rising hopes for an end to the US-Ir…
Private-sector hiring in the US has gained some pace in early August. According to the NER Pulse, the weekly companion to the ADP National Employment Report, companies added an average of 11.750K jobs per week in the fo…
Rabobank's Senior FX Strategist Jane Foley discusses the British Pound's (GBP) recent performance, noting it is currently the top G10 currency on a 1‑day view but only middling over longer horizons. Foley expects EUR/GB…
It has become difficult to imagine how Washington and Beijing might turn their relationship, which is so crucial to the future of world order, toward calmer waters. If there is to be any hope of doing so, however, polic…
Michael Wan at MUFG discusses US threats of economic punishment on countries dealing with Iran and new sanctions on over 60 entities. He argues that rising geoeconomic fragmentation encourages countries to diversify res…
USD/JPY trades around 159.30 on Tuesday at the time of writing, up 0.15% on the day. However, the pair lacks a clear short-term direction, as concerns surrounding Japan’s public finances and the interest-rate differenti…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), futures on NYMEX, trade 3% lower at around $82.00 during the European trading session on Tuesday. The Oil price faces intense selling pressure as market experts see warning of fresh United…
Since 1979, Iran’s revolutionary regime has been the nemesis of eight American Presidents. None could tame its political furies; its covert operations, which killed more than a thousand Americans in Lebanon, Iraq, and A…
ING’s Francesco Pesole highlights escalating US-Canada trade tensions, with new US tariffs on Canadian autos and parts announced for early next year. He notes both sides remain entrenched in conflict territory and argue…
TD Securities strategists argue that the US Dollar (USD) has re-entered a bearish regime after the Treasury buyback announcement pushed the US Dollar Index (DXY) below its 200‑day SMA. They highlight weaker US data, ris…
The Japanese Yen (JPY) remains on the defensive against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, in a low-volatility market, as investors await key data releases and the Jackson Hole symposium, due in the second half of the week…
The dollar hovered near multi-month lows on Monday, with markets unsettled by the U.S. Treasury's move to boost purchases of longer-dated bonds and traders awaiting clarity on Iran sanctions and upcoming policy addresse…
USD/IDR halts its three-day losing streak, trading around 17,770 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The pair appreciates as the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) struggles under the weight of cautious market sentiment driven by p…
The Indian Rupee (INR) trades marginally higher against the US Dollar (USD) in the opening session on Tuesday. The USD/INR pair ticks lower to near 95.70 as the Indian Rupee edges up amid possible Reserve Bank of India’…
The Euro (EUR) trades marginally lower against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, extending its corrective move from the four-day high of 1.1711 to near 1.1655 during the European trading session. The major currency pair c…
The price for Gold stood at 14,243.41 Indian Rupees (INR) per gram, down compared with the INR 14,315.82 it cost on Monday.
The Australian Dollar began the week on a lower note, trading with a 0.28% loss against the Greenback as risk appetite soured after the US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Iran-linked entities. At the tim…
The GBP/JPY consolidates near familiar levels around 217.00 on Monday, as risk aversion dominates markets, with flows moving into haven assets like the US Dollar and Gold amid uncertainty over the Middle East conflict.
The shared currency registers minimal losses of 0.13% versus the US Dollar as EUR/USD fails to surpass 1.1700, exacerbating the drop towards the 1.1660 area, despite retaining its current neutral-to-upward bias.
FluidStack, the AI cloud startup founded in 2017 as an “Airbnb for GPUs,” is in talks to raise $1 billion at an $18 billion valuation – more than doubling its $7.5 billion valuation from just months earlier. The round, …
The coming decade will require technology companies to decide how nuclear fits into their energy strategies—and grapple with the obligations that follow.
Can Japanese Yen Futures Survive the 160 Threshold?Macroeconomic Pressures and the 160 Defense Line Japanese Yen futures are testing critical technical levels once again. Speculators are actively pushing the exchange ra…
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann keep a downside bias on USD/CNH after the pair dipped to 6.7180 and closed near 6.7210. Intraday, they expect any further weakness to be limited within 6.7150–…
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) is holding firm against the US Dollar (USD) at the time of writing, with NZD/USD consolidating near its recent multi-month highs, just south of the 0.6000 handle. The Kiwi has barely budged …