July 22, 2013 12:28 pm
The euro continued its advance against the US dollar on Monday after Portugal’s Prime Minister Pedro Coelho said he would stick to the bailout program for the country. EUR/USD hit a new session high at 1.3191 at 10:25 GMT, the highest point since July 11th, after which consolidation followed at 1.3168, still up by 0.18% […]
Read moreJuly 22, 2013 11:46 am
US dollar showed a certain retreat against the Swiss franc through the course of a subdued trade on Monday, despite the continuing expectations, that the Federal Reserve Bank will soon begin tapering its Quantitative Easing, which gave support to the greenback. USD/CHF slid to a session low at 0.9371 at 9:42 GMT, the lowest point […]
Read moreJuly 22, 2013 9:45 am
British pound edged higher versus the US dollar on Monday, trading close to two-week highs, after UK Prime Minister David Cameron said an improvement in the economy may allow the government to lower taxes, while the Group of 20 nations emphasized the need a careful shift to be made away from monetary easing in order […]
Read moreJuly 22, 2013 8:45 am
The euro gained positions against the US dollar on Monday, but the cross saw limited upward movement, as expectations that the Federal Reserve may be closer to start paring back its asset purchases continued to weigh on greenbacks demand. EUR/USD reached a session high at 1.3167 at 0:10 GMT, the highest point since July 11th, […]
Read moreJuly 22, 2013 8:06 am
Australian dollar traded on higher levels against its US peer on Monday. However, gains seemed capped, as the diminished, but still present expectations of FED scaling back its Quantitative Easing soon gave support to the US dollar. AUD/USD hit a session high at 0.9233 at 5:36 GMT, after which consolidation followed at 0.9207, still up […]
Read moreJuly 22, 2013 7:47 am
New Zealand dollar traded steadily against its US counterpart on Monday, as expectations of the Federal Reserve Bank paring back its stimulus soon continued to support the greenback. NZD/USD reached a session high at 0.7951 at 0:40 GMT, the highest point since July 19th, after which consolidation followed at 0.7931. Support was expected at July […]
Read moreJuly 22, 2013 7:00 am
Japanese yen advanced against most of its major peers during the start of the week, as Japans ruling party failed to win an independent majority in upper-house elections during the weekend. USD/JPY fell to a session low at 99.60 at 0:10 GMT, after which consolidation followed at 99.80. At 6:32 GMT the cross was trading […]
Read moreJuly 19, 2013 2:49 pm
British pound advanced further against the US dollar on Friday, trading close to 2.5-week highs, ignoring the earlier released report on Public Sector Net Borrowing, as demand for the greenback was still pressured by recent comments by FED Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday. GBP/USD reached a session high at 1.5281 at 11:12 GMT, the highest […]
Read moreJuly 19, 2013 2:10 pm
US dollar edged higher against its Canadian counterpart on Friday, following the release of Canadian consumer inflation report, but demand for the US dollar was still under the influence of FED Chairman Ben Bernankes recent comments. USD/CAD reached a session high at 1.0391 at 12:51 GMT, after which consolidation followed at 1.0386. Support was likely […]
Read moreJuly 19, 2013 1:08 pm
On Friday the euro trimmed gained positions against the US dollar in a subdued trade, but was still supported, following FED Chairman Bernankes recent testimony yesterday, which still pressured demand for the greenback. EUR/USD came off session highs at 1.3149, recorded at 3:00 GMT, to reach 1.3126 at 12:45 GMT. The cross was still up […]
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