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The US Dollar appreciated against the Swiss Franc, following the Swiss Libor Rate data release on Thursday at 07:30 GMT. The USD/CHF exchange currency rate gained 8 pips or 0.08% during a minute, right after the release to continue trading at the 0.9665 level.
The Swiss National Bank released Swiss Libor Rate data that came out in line with the expectations of negative 0.75%.
The central bank commented: "The situation on the foreign exchange market is still fragile,", adding that it's current policy remains "essential" to ease pressure on the currency.
| Historical Data Table: Swiss Libor Rate | Economic Calendar for 21.09.2018 | ||||||||
| Date | 15.12.2016 | 16.03.2017 | 15.06.2017 | 14.09.2017 | 20.09.2018 | 8:30 AM | UK Public Sector Net Borrowing | ||
| Actual | -0.75% | -0.75% | -0.75% | -0.75% | -0.75% | 12:30 PM | CAD CPI m/m | ||
| Forecast | -0.75% | -0.75% | -0.75% | -0.75% | -0.75% | 12:30 PM | CAD Core Retail Sales m/m | ||
| Initial Reaction on Main Pairs | SWFX Sentiment Indexes | ||||||||
| Open Price | Close Price | % Change | Longs | Shorts | |||||
| AUD/CHF | 0.70165 | 0.70196 | 0.04% | AUD/CHF | 70.93% | 29.07% | |||
| EUR/CHF | 1.12989 | 1.13033 | 0.04% | EUR/CHF | 74.33% | 25.67% | |||
| GBP/CHF | 1.27261 | 1.27325 | 0.05% | GBP/CHF | 73.08% | 26.92% | |||
| USD/CHF | 0.96609 | 0.96632 | 0.02% | USD/CHF | 60.07% | 39.93% | |||