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The Swiss Franc and Japanese Yen, both deemed safe haven currencies by FX traders, lost ground in today’s trading as appetite for risk is whetted after a rally in global equities.
Asian shares remained slightly weaker after recovering slightly from near three-week lows on Wednesday after U.S. index provider MSCI decided not to include domestic Chinese equities in its indexes.
The Pound Sterling continues to be hammered as the “horse race” that is the Brexit decision nears the wire.
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The bitcoin surged to a two-year high amid expectations that the supply of the digital currency could shrink next month.
This week can be expected to be much more significant than the previous week, with Central Bank input due concerning the U.S. Dollar on Wednesday and concerning the Japanese Yen, British Pound and Swiss Franc on Thursday, with quite a lot of other important data releases due, particularly for the U.S. Dollar which is always a key driver of the Forex market.
Investors’ concerns that Britain could leave the EU are becoming widespread and impacting the Pound Sterling which hit a 3-year trough against the safe haven Japanese Yen.
Asian markets slumped Monday, ahead of central bank meetings in the U.S. and Japan this week and amid concerns over the June 23rd Brexit.
Asia markets stumbled on the final trading day of the week, as a stronger dollar weighed on commodity prices overnight and snapped Wall Street's three-day winning streak.
The Pound Sterling edged lower today as investors sought safe haven currencies as uncertainty grows regarding the upcoming referendum which will decide whether Britain remains in the EU or leaves it.
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The New Zealand dollar surged to a one-year high Thursday after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand defied expectations for an interest rate cut and left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 2.25 percent.
The US Dollar Index earlier struck a 5-week low as investors now expect the US Federal Reserve to hold off on a rate increase until much later in this year, if at all.
Oil prices jumped more than 1 percent reaching 2016 highs on Tuesday, with U.S. crude settling above $50 a barrel the first time in almost a year, on concerns of domestic stockpile drops and worries about global supply shortfalls resulting from attacks on Nigeria's oil industry.
Perhaps the recent speech from the UK Prime Minister David Cameron helped assuage some voters’ concerns as the latest polls on the upcoming referendum show a narrow lead for those who want to remain within the EU.
It doesn’t look promising for a US interest rate hike in June, or even July. At a luncheon for the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia’s yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen more or less voiced Fed intentions of leaving rates unchanged for the time being.
With only about a week to go for Britons to vote for or against the referendum which would decide their fate as regards staying within the E.U., the Pound Sterling is being pressured by uncertainty.