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Euro climbs above 1.1400 as US Dollar loses ground

EUR/USD trades with a mild positive bias on Monday as the US Dollar (USD) gives back its earlier gains. At the time of writing, the pair trades around 1.1424 after recovering from an intraday low of 1.1384.

Oil: Markets price renewed Hormuz risks – Rabobank

Rabobank strategist Michael Every discusses rising geopolitical risks around the Strait of Hormuz after the apparent collapse of a US-Iran memorandum of understanding. Every notes both sides are now striking each other,…

British Pound: Gilt confidence and new leadership – BNY

BNY’s Geoff Yu argues that United Kingdom (UK) assets, including the British Pound (GBP) and gilts, will react more to the choice of chancellor under incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham than to the leadership change it…

US Dollar: Higher energy supports Fed tightening – ING

ING analysts Chris Turner, Frantisek Taborsky and Francesco Pesole note that higher energy prices and tensions in the Gulf are supporting the Dollar against low-yielding currencies. They highlight that US energy indepen…