The US Dollar Index (DXY) rises around 0.2% toward 101.00 as higher United States (US) Treasury yields and escalating tensions in the Middle East support the Greenback. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield advances towa…
Crude Oil compressed its entire 2026 personality into a single Monday tape. The barrel faded from just above $84.00 through the European morning, flushed the stops to just short of $79.50 around midday, and then reprice…
MUFG’s Lloyd Chan highlights that higher Oil prices and persistent inflation risks are weighing on Asian currencies, with the Indian Rupee (INR) and Thai Baht (THB) underperforming against the US Dollar. The Baht looks …
Gold price edges down some 0.19% on Monday as hostilities between the US and Iran extended, following a short-lived truce that began after both countries agreed to a ceasefire, which was broken nine days ago. At the tim…
TD Securities’ commodity strategy team highlights that, after a five‑week reduction in Copper longs, speculators have resumed adding net length, supported by firm Chinese premiums, low arrivals and inventory draws on th…
USD/CAD trades higher near the 1.4060 area on Monday, recovering from below 1.4000 as the Canadian Dollar (CAD) weakens following softer-than-expected domestic inflation data. The US Dollar Index (DXY) also rises around…
The US Dollar Index (DXY) edges higher on Monday as heightened tensions in the Middle East drive demand for the safe-haven Greenback. At the time of writing, the index, which tracks the Greenback’s value against a baske…
Silver (XAG/USD) trades on the front foot on Monday as buyers defend the $55.00 mark after the metal briefly slipped below it on Friday, touching its lowest level since December 2025. At the time of writing, XAG/USD tra…
KYIV, July 20 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met some of Ukraine’s top military commanders on Monday to try to ease growing discontent with the defence leadership that has triggered the largest street protest…
Executives at Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly fear a judge will hit pause on their massive $110 billion merger in the coming days – putting the deal on hold for weeks as it nears a crucial deadline.
Donald Trump opened the week on Truth Social with a promise that every American soldier killed by Iran will be repaid many times over, a directive he says has been passed to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs o…
The Pound Sterling reverses course and turns negative on the day as Andy Burnham is named the new Prime Minister and reassures that he will stick to the fiscal rules set by the former Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, who just…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) trades near the 52,000 handle on Monday, down roughly 100 points, while the S&P 500 adds 0.4% and the NASDAQ Composite climbs 0.9%, with all three coming off a losing week. The sp…
AUD/USD trades around the 0.7000 area on Monday, holding near recent highs after recovering from last week’s decline. The Australian Dollar (AUD) remains supported by limited US Dollar (USD) demand, although rising geop…
The United Kingdom entered a new period of political uncertainty after Rachel Reeves stepped down as Chancellor of the Exchequer as part of the first cabinet reshuffle led by newly appointed Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
Societe Generale’s Michael Haigh and Jeremy Sellem highlight that Brent has surged as US-Iran tensions, Trump’s rhetoric and Houthi blockade threats lift risk premia. Crack spreads in Asia and US have outperformed as re…
EUR/USD edges lower on Monday after reversing earlier gains as markets swing between risk-on and risk-off sentiment. At the time of writing, the pair trades around 1.1408, easing from an intraday high of 1.1449.
USD/JPY trades around 162.55 on Monday at the time of writing, up 0.10% on the day. After an initial pullback in the US Dollar (USD), the pair regains momentum as geopolitical concerns return to the forefront and suppor…
TD Securities strategists note that softer Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) is lifting USD/CAD as rate divergence remains a key driver. They argue broad US Dollar (USD) strength should limit USD/CAD downside below 1.…
BNY’s Geoff Yu sees Latin American currencies underpinned by strong balance-of-payments positions and attractive carry, even as global equity nerves rise. Yu notes that conflict-era inflows have created a solid buffer a…
Gold (XAU/USD) trades in a volatile range on Monday as markets react to conflicting headlines from the Middle East. At the time of writing, XAU/USD trades around $4,010, little changed on the day after climbing to an in…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad expects the ECB to leave rates at 2.25% this week after June’s 25 bps hike, maintaining a data-dependent stance without new projections. Markets fully price a September hike …
NZD/USD moves higher on Monday and trades around 0.5850 at the time of writing, up 0.14% on the day, as the US Dollar (USD) weakens following the latest US inflation data. Investors have scaled back expectations of furt…
Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) Abbey Xu notes that Canadian inflation eased in June, with Consumer Price Index (CPI) slowing to 2.8% year-over-year and energy prices reversing part of their earlier surge. Underlying measu…