Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Global markets, trading & world business — for professional traders
Silver (XAG/USD) gains 0.37% on Friday and trades around $64.70 at the time of writing, erasing part of its recent correction. The precious metal benefits from easing expectations of monetary tightening in the United St…
According to Eurostat, the Eurozone Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the second quarter this year remains at 0.4%, as shown by the preliminary data released on July 30.
The GBP/USD pair attracts some dip-buyers during the Asian session on Friday and, for now, seems to have snapped a two-day losing streak to the weekly low, which it touched the previous day. Spot prices, however, strugg…
The USD/JPY pair loses traction to near 159.45 during the Asian trading hours on Friday. Softer US inflation reports and fears of currency intervention weigh on the US Dollar (USD) against the Japanese Yen (JPY). Trader…
Latvian officials announced the activation of an air threat alert in the southeastern part of the country, near the border with Russia and Belarus, Reuters reported on Friday. It was also reported that fighter jets from…
USD/CAD loses ground for the second successive day, trading around 1.3920 during the Asian hours on Friday. The pair depreciates as the US Dollar (USD) declines following a softer-than-expected US inflation report. Mark…
AUD/USD edges lower for the third successive day, trading around 0.7060 during the Asian hours on Friday. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Assistant Governor Chris Kent stated on Thursday that recent interest rate hikes …
The US Dollar Index (DXY), an index of the value of the US Dollar (USD) measured against a basket of six world currencies, currently trades near 99.90 in the Asian trading hours on Friday. The DXY weakens following cool…
To explore these dynamics, we turn to the FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI), which measures the performance of fixed-rate, local currency, investment-grade sovereign bonds. The WGBI is a widely used benchmark that…
The NZD/USD pair is seen building on the previous day's bounce from the 0.5820 region, or a two-week low, and gaining some positive traction during the Asian session on Friday. Spot prices climbed back above 0.5850 in t…
The dollar rose to 159.4570 against the yen on Thursday, August 13, up 0.02% from the previous session, after testing 159.53 during the European morning. The pair traded flat near 159.40 through the Asian session and ha…
OCBC’s Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong note that USD/IDR has rebounded after a near 2% month-to-date pullback, with external factors such as elevated Oil prices and US rates remaining key drivers.
The US Dollar (USD) has softened with the US Dollar Index (DXY) slipping back below the 100.00 mark after Thursday's lower-than-expected Producer Price Index (PPI) data and a higher-than-expected weekly Jobless Claims p…
The USD/MXN extends its downtrend for the 14th straight day, down a minimal 0.08% as the Mexican Peso hovers near a 24-month low of 17.01 on Thursday.
The USD/CHF pair trades near the top trendline of a bearish flag pattern on Thursday, holding steady at around 0.8134 after the release of softer inflation data on the producer side.
The largest weekly build in American Crude Oil inventories in three and a half years landed on Wednesday into a market that two forecasting agencies spent the same morning describing as physically short, and the barrel …
USD/JPY is trading sideways on Thursday, hovering in the mid-159.00s and holding within its recent range. It is more of the same for the pair, which continues to move in consolidation as opposing forces cancel each othe…
There’s possibly more U.S.-Japanese intervention to support the yen, key economic data, and, whether the U.S. will accept an emerging interim deal being negotiated by Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control of the …
Group says ‘time is right’ to move on VodafoneThree less than a year after combining, buying out CK Hutchison and bulking up in its home market. Management cites progress on synergies, but jury’s out on ‘success’ of mer…
Nomura economists note Norges Bank kept its policy rate at 4.25% in August despite softer CPI-ATE inflation. The bank still flags a possible further hike, but they now expect a November move, with risks tilted to no add…
Commerzbank's Dr. Marco Wagner analyzes how Donald Trump’s past and potential future attacks on the Federal Reserve (Fed) affect its independence. Using the Central Bank Pressure Index, he notes that Trump’s criticism s…
The PBoC will announce China's benchmark lending rates on Monday, after keeping them unchanged for 12 consecutive months, with the 1-year Loan Prime Rate at 3.00% and the 5-year Loan Prime Rate at 3.50%. The rates are u…
Gold (XAU/USD) trades under pressure on Thursday after hitting a fresh two-month high of $4,449 during Asian trading hours. The metal fails to capitalise on softer-than-expected US Producer Price Index (PPI) data, even …
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad highlights USD/JPY trading just below 160.00 as Japan’s government signals support for faster Bank of Japan (BoJ) rate hikes, reinforcing narrowing US–Japan differentials and…