The Swiss Franc (CHF) has retraced previous gains against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday and trades practically flat on the daily chart, stronger as investors brace for the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy deci…
ASX 200 rallies 1.37% to 8,844 as weak US payrolls ease Fed hike bets and gold rebounds above US$4,100, capping a choppy week bridging the FY26 close and FY27 open.
Gold (XAU/USD) stalls its rebound on Wednesday as investors await the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy announcement, due at 18:00 GMT. A modest pullback in Oil prices helped bullion recover from its lowest levels…
Governor Tiff Macklem is set to take questions from reporters shortly, which should offer markets a clearer read on the central bank’s thinking. His remarks come after the widely anticipated decision to raise the policy…
UOB’s Lee Sue Ann notes that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 2.75% in a narrow 4-3 decision, but maintained a clear tightening bias. With inflation still above target and risk…
The increasing reliance on automatic code generation integrated with Generative AI technology has raised new challenges for cybersecurity defense against code injection, insecure code templates, and adversarial manipula…
UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note EUR/USD’s downside bias has intensified after the pair broke below 1.1135 faster than expected, reaching 1.1121. Intraday, they see strong but stretched downside momentum, limit…
The AUD/USD pair trims a part of its intraday gains to a fresh one-month high, touched during the Asian session on Wednesday in reaction to hot Australian consumer inflation figures. Spot prices, however, retain a posit…
The US Dollar Index (DXY), an index of the value of the US Dollar (USD) measured against a basket of six world currencies, currently trades near 102.40 in the early European trading hours on Wednesday. The DXY gathers s…
The Indian Rupee (INR) gives back its opening gains and turns slightly negative against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday. The USD/INR pair ticks up to near 95.16 as the Indian currency underperforms due to multiple head…
GBP/USD continues its losing streak for the fourth consecutive day, trading around 1.3290 during Asian hours on Wednesday. Traders are waiting for UK Finance Minister John Healey to present his first budget later in the…
Gold (XAU/USD) extends its retracement slide from the weekly high touched during the Asian session on Wednesday, falling further below $4,050 heading into the European session and ahead of the key central bank event. Th…
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Tuesday that it had launched a ballistic missile toward the Ras Tanura oil refinery in eastern Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s largest refinery, Reuters reported.
OCBC’s Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong report that IDR remains under pressure despite new IDX measures to address MSCI’s transparency concerns. They retain a mildly cautious bias, stressing that enforcement and forei…
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note that USD/SGD extended higher than expected, with the pair touching 1.2814 instead of staying in the prior intraday range. Short-term momentum suggests sco…
Lloyd Chan at MUFG focuses on Thai Baht as a key expression of the Oil shock in Asia. He cites September trade data showing a sharply wider deficit, driven by surging imports outpacing strong exports. MUFG expects the B…
Gold price (XAU/USD) jumps to around $4,065 during the early Asian session on Wednesday, bolstered by lower oil prices. Traders await the Federal Reserve's (Fed) policy meeting later on Wednesday for signals on the fut…
Commerzbank’s Dr. Henry Hao and FX analyst Charlie Lay highlight that Singapore’s September inflation and manufacturing data softened, keeping underlying price pressures contained despite higher global energy costs. MAS…
The Australian Dollar consolidates for the fourth straight day versus the US Dollar, yet registers modest gains of 0.11%, as price action shifts to choppy ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision. A busy …
USD/CHF advances for the third straight day, registering modest gains of 0.09% on Tuesday, with the pair recovering some ground after hitting a monthly low of 0.8191 last Friday. The pair exchanges hands at 0.8282 with …
Gold prices stage a rebound off a daily low of $3,989, rising over 1% on Tuesday even as the US Dollar and US Treasury yields rose. Falling Oil prices provide a leg up for the yellow metal, while investors brace for the…
The yen was 0.16% weaker at 157.73 per dollar, inching further away from the one-month high it touched last week ahead of the Bank of Japan policy decision later this week. The yen had lost ground on Monday too.
Australia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 4.3% year-over-year (YoY) in September, compared to a 4.0% growth reported in August, the latest data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed on Wedne…
The US Dollar (USD) has added to Monday’s optimism, advancing to the area of fresh two-week highs on the back of mixed US Treasury yields and the continuation of the pre-Fed cautious stance in the global markets.