Slumping commodity prices have taken African currencies down with them, exposing the fundamental economic frailties of the world's poorest continent by driving up inflation in countries that import most of their manufactured goods...
Euro Declines Against Majors The euro drifted lower against its major counterparts in early New York deals on Thursday, as continued sell-off in commodities sapped demand for riskier assets, while a decline in Eurozone bond yields weighed...
USD/CAD Challenges Highs Near 1.33, Oil Plummets The greenback remains on a firmer footing vs. its Canadian neighbour on Thursday, now lifting USD/CAD to fresh peaks in the 1.3280/85 band...
EUR/USD Muted Post-US PMI, Around 1.1160 Nothing new around EUR/USD following today’s Services PMI in the US economy, keeping the negative ground in the 1.1160/50 band so far. EUR/USD now looks to US Q4 GDP The pair kept the composure after flash US Services PMI has returned above the 50...
Dollar Slides After Durable Goods Orders, Jobless Claims Data The U.S. durable goods orders for February and jobless claims for the week ended March 19 have been released at 8:30 am ET Thursday. After these data, the greenback slipped against its key counterparts. The greenback was trading at 1...
Turkish Lira Slides To 8-day Low Against U.S. Dollar After Turkey Rate Cut The Turkish Lira lost ground against the U.S...
Russian Ruble Slides To Weekly Low Against U.S. Dollar The Russian Ruble drifted lower against the U.S. dollar in European trading on Thursday, as oil prices declined on Fed rate hike fears and as official data showed large build in crude oil inventories last week...
Pound Off Lows Against Majors The pound trimmed its early losses against the other major currencies in Europe on Thursday. The pound recovered to 0.7899 against the euro and 1.3784 against the franc, from its early 15-month low of 0.7946 and a 2-month low of 1.3720, respectively...
GBP/USD Turns Positive Above 1.4100 The sterling has found strong buying interest around session lows near 1.4050 today, pushing GBP/USD well above the 1.4100 handle. GBP/USD clinches highs near 1.4140/50 The pair has found decent buying interest around 1.4050 today, quickly recovering the 1...
EUR/GBP Slumps to 0.7900, GBP Soars A strong rebound in the sterling is now prompting EUR/GBP to quickly retrace the earlier advance and return to the 0.7900 neighbourhood...
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) purchased 86.1 billion Swiss francs (62.58 billion pounds) in foreign currency last year to enforce a minimum exchange rate, scrapped in January, and influence exchange rate developments, according to its annual report published on Thursday...
CurrencyFair, one of a number of so-called peer-to-peer currency exchanges, has scored a further €8 million in funding. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from Proxy Ventures...
Two professors at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London have published the results of their deep dive into The Onion Router, or Tor, network, which is designed to make it difficult to track the activity of online users...
Former first minister Alex Salmond has called for a fresh look at the currency options for an independent Scotland. He said he still favoured the use of Sterling, but said the independence case needs "refurbishment...
USD/CAD eases from highs near 1.3280 The greenback has resumed its advance vs. its Canadian peer today, with USD/CAD testing fresh highs in the 1.3280 area, albeit deflating afterwards...
U.S. Dollar Advances Against Majors The U.S. dollar gathered momentum against its major rivals in early European deals on Thursday. The greenback climbed to 8-day highs of 1.1157 against the euro, 112.97 against the yen, 1.4073 versus the pound, 0.7478 against the aussie, 0...
GBP/USD Trades Below 1.41 Ahead of UK Data GBP/USD stays on the back foot below 1.41 handle with traders awaiting UK retail sales data release followed by US durable goods orders release in the US session...
EUR/USD Slips Further to 1.1160 The offered tone is now picking up pace around the single currency, dragging EUR/USD to test fresh lows in the 1.1165/60 band...
EUR/USD - Slide Stalls After Four Day Losing Streak EUR/USD has recovered from Asian session low to trade largely unchanged on the day around 1.1175 as bears are taking a breather following the pair's four day losing streak. Trades above 23.6% Fibo support The pair sits just above 1.1173 (23...
