Thursday, 29 October 2026
Global markets, trading & world business — for professional traders
The Australian Dollar trades just beneath 0.7000 on Monday, up around 0.1%, having covered less than 30 pips between its session high and its session low. For the better part of a fortnight the market has tried to make …
MUFG’s Lloyd Chan notes that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) delivered a second consecutive tightening by slightly increasing the Singapore Dollar (SGD) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) slope, reinforcin…
On Monday, late in the North American session, US President Donald Trump stated that there was a good inflation report recently, adding that costs were falling rapidly and that prices should drop significantly once the …
On Monday, US President Donald Trump grabbed the headlines as investors awaited monetary policy meetings by three of the eight major central banks, led by the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the Bank of Japan.
WTI Crude Oil trades just above $81.00 on Monday, down close to 9% from Friday's close near $89.00, having gapped more than $5.00 lower at the open and spent the session extending rather than repairing it. Brent broke b…
The Japanese Yen trades a little firmer on Monday, with USD/JPY down 0.05% and sitting short of 164.00 after last week's high stalled a hundredth of a Yen beneath the figure. Markets have spent a fortnight waiting for T…
Commerzbank’s Charlie Lay notes Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unexpectedly tightened policy for a second meeting, slightly increasing the Singapore Dollar (SGD) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) slope and s…
Jay Clayton, often in circuitous fashion, avoided saying Joe Biden won 2020 race against Donald Trump during his US Senate confirmation hearing.
Silver (XAG/USD) reverses part of its earlier gains on Monday as the US Dollar (USD) rebounds after opening the week with a bearish gap following a temporary pause in attacks between the United States (US) and Iran.
NZD/USD trades near the 0.5790 area on Monday, struggling to extend its recovery despite modest weakness in the US Dollar (USD). The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) receives some support from the sharp decline in oil prices, a…
BNP Paribas strategists see Japan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowing to 0.8% in 2026 from 1.1% in 2025 as higher inflation and energy-related costs weigh on activity, partly offset by fiscal support and AI (A…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) trades near 52,200, up around 250 points, on Monday after a session that handed it the month's cleanest bullish catalyst and then took most of it back. The peace bid carried the i…
Gold price registers gains of 0.58% as Washington pauses attacks on Tehran, while US President Donald Trump opened the door for a resumption in negotiations. This, along with falling US Treasury yields, is a tailwind fo…
The EUR/JPY holds firm around 163.70 on Monday as the Japanese Yen strengthens, with investors cautious about opening fresh hawkish bets amid fears of intervention in the foreign exchange market.
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports that the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) and Jakarta equities underperformed after Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo unexpectedly resigned two years before his term ends,…
The US Dollar (USD) traded mostly unchanged on Monday as a temporary pause in hostilities between the United States and Iran reduces demand for safe-haven assets. The US Dollar Index (DXY) traded lower earlier in the se…
Geoff Yu at BNY sees Latin American (LatAm) assets benefiting again from improved terms of trade for energy and soft commodity exporters, with strong real-rate anchors supporting currencies and duration. However, he war…
Commerzbank’s Dr. Jörg Krämer argues that high energy prices will continue to weigh on the German economy in the second half of 2026, limiting full-year growth to 0.6%. He notes that the strong Ifo business climate read…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes that Eurozone leading indicators, including Germany’s IFO, Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) and ZEW, point to improving activity. With inflation still above target, Had…
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
Commerzbank’s Charlie Lay notes Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unexpectedly tightened policy for a second meeting, slightly increasing the Singapore Dollar (SGD) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) slope and s…
AUD/USD retreats to 0.6990 on Monday, though still up on Friday's close, after briefly rising as high as 0.7011 during the Asian session as investors prepare for key Australian inflation data and the Federal Reserve’s i…
ING’s James Smith expects the Bank of England to keep rates on hold on 30 July and sees a prolonged pause extending through 2026. New forecasts are likely to show UK inflation peaking near 3%, below the 4% level seen as…
EUR/USD trades lower near the 1.1370 area on Monday, surrendering earlier gains as investors remain cautious ahead of key Eurozone growth figures and the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy decision.