The Japanese yen grows against the U.S. dollar today after yesterday’s correction on USD/JPY pair, as the traders are speculating on the possible funds repatriation performed by the Japanese exporting companies. The Bank of Japan…
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Pound Extends Gains on Mortgage Approvals
The pound has been recovering steadily this week and extended its gains this Thursday as mortgage approvals in the British Isles rose, adding investors’ confidence to inject capital in the U.K.’s financial sector,…
Brazilian Real Rebounds on Domestic and Global Optimism
The Brazilian had one of the sharpest climbs versus the U.S. dollar today as both the domestic and international economic scenario set the risk appetite high increasing appeal for emergent market currencies, and setting the greenback…
Canadian Dollar Reverts Negative Trend on Stocks Rebound
The Canadian dollar, which posted consecutive days of losses during this week changed its negative trend after stocks recovered globally fueled by a report that showed a quarterly growth…
Crude Oil Affects Mexican Peso Rate
A decline in crude oil rates forced down a basket of currencies which are originally from oil exporter countries, which is the case for the Mexican peso, continuing a losing streak versus the U.S.…
Norwegian Krone Down Despite Central Bank Optimism
The Norwegian krone lost versus currencies like the dollar and the yen, as traders become more risk averse as a negative home sales report was published in the United States, affecting commodities rates and consequently…
U.S. Dollar Rises on Negative Home Sales Report
Markets were affected by pessimism today after a monthly U.S. home sales report was published with rather unexpected negative figures, helping the dollar to gain versus almost all…
Canadian Dollar Down Another Day on Stocks
This week is being one of the most negative for the Canadian currency in months, as stocks and commodities declined significantly, and considering the loonie one of the most influenced currencies by these movements, today’s drop…
Pound Extends Gains on Retail Sales
Speculations that retail sales would post another month of gains were confirmed providing support for the pound to regain terrain versus the euro and several other currencies, changing the negative outlook for the British…
Sweden’s Krona Down Further on Economic Outlook
The Swedish currency has been one of the biggest losers in the European currency market as producer prices declined again in September, raising concerns towards the economic recovery in the country. Since Riksbank affirmed that…