New York Morning FX Commentary April 16

United States Dollar (USD) US stock markets continue to gyrate, though the high-low range for the Dow Jones Industrial Average this last week was ‘only’ 540 points with 50 points for the S&P 500 index. Overnight in Asia and this morning in Europe, futures markets...

London Morning FX Commentary April 16

British Pound (GBP) The British Pound opens after a very good week, which would have been even better if it had ended at lunchtime on Friday. GBP/USD began last Monday around 1.4085 and by Friday morning had added just over two cents to a 10-week high of 1.4290. It...

Sydney Morning FX Commentary April 16

Australian Dollar (AUD) The Australian Dollar had a pretty good week which would have been even better if it had finished at lunchtime in Europe on Friday. AUD/USD began on Monday morning around 0.7675 but early selling pressure took the pair down to what proved to be...

New York Morning FX Commentary April 13

United States Dollar (USD) We noted here yesterday that for the S&P 500 Index, there had already been 27 1% moves in the first 67 trading days of 2018. After Thursday’s price action, it’s now 28 from 68 as the index had another 30-point high-low trading range. It...

London Morning FX Commentary April 13

British Pound (GBP) The British Pound had a pretty mixed morning on Thursday but as the euro came under heavy selling pressure in the afternoon, GBP/EUR broke out of its 2018 range from roughly 1.1200-1.1475 and moved on to a 1.15 ‘big figure’ for the first time since...