The US Dollar fell under hard pressure last Friday, as it declined against all major currencies. The sharpest fall was recorded against the Kiwi, 1.20%, following with 0.84% and 0.83% slumps versus the Euro and Swiss Franc, respectively.
The British Pound experienced mixed performance through Friday, significantly appreciating only against the US Dollar (0.61%), but plunging versus other major peers. A 0.74% loss was detected against the Kiwi and a 0.46% decline versus the Swissie, while the Sterling remained relatively unchanged against the Yen (-0.02%), the Loonie (0.04%), and the Aussie (0.11%).
Influenced by US labour market numbers released last Friday, the American currency used to be a clear loser of the day.
The US Dollar was the second weakest currency on Thursday, declining as much as 1.08% relative to the Euro and 0.78% relative to the New Zealand Dollar. The only currency it appreciated against was the Australian Dollar, and only by 0.10%.
The Sterling mostly underperformed yesterday, but the losses were limited. The largest drop was recorded against the Euro, -1.05%, followed by -0.73% against the New Zealand Dollar and -0.72% against the Swiss Franc. Interestingly enough, GBP/USD stayed unchanged (+0.04%), even though the UK data disappointed and the US data surprised to the upside.
Yesterday, Gold failed to register a positive change in its price; however, a daily decline reached just 0.11%.
The shared currency increased in value all across the board on April 2.
Though there were two major disappointments concerning the US data, the Dollar was not the worst performer, appreciating versus the Antipodean currencies. Still, USD/CHF fell 0.59%, and USD/CAD slid 0.51%.
Though yesterday's data did not disappoint, the Sterling mostly underperformed. The currency lost 0.53% against the Swiss Franc and 0.74% against the Canadian Dollar.
On Wednesday, Gold registered its fastest increase in price since January 30.
Yesterday, the EUR/USD currency pair rebounded versus four major currencies on the foreign exchange.
The US Dollar was the second best-performing currency behind the Sterling, advancing 0.96% against the Euro and 0.62% against the Australian Dollar, as consumer confidence surprised the upside.
Amid good UK fundamentals demand for the Sterling was strong yesterday, as evidenced by its performance relative to the other major currencies, and the Pound appreciated against all of them. The largest advancement was versus the Euro (+1.00%), while the weakest rally was versus the US Dollar, only +0.05%, which also benefited from strong data.
In course of past 24 hours of trading, the precious metal used to be one of the best performers among the basket of commodities that are covered in our review, even though it fell by 0.21%.
On Tuesday, the single European currency under-performed it's all major counterparts across the board.
As a result of the better-than-expected home sales the Greenback added in value relative to all its major counterparts. The smallest gain was recorded against the British Pound, and it amounted to as much as 0.40%. The largest move was observed against the Aussie - more than 1.20%.
The Sterling more or less retained its momentum after spectacular performance on Friday. The currency appreciated 0.80% against the Aussie and 0.40% against the Kiwi. However, this time the US Dollar managed to beat the Pound by 0.46%.
On March 30, Gold used to be the second worst performer among main commodities.
In the beginning of a new working week, the Euro traded in a mixed environment against different currencies across the board.
On Friday the US Dollar performed well relative to the commodity currencies, appreciating 1.04, 1.01, and 0.40% versus the Aussie, Loonie, and Kiwi, accordingly. However, it retreated between 0.05 and 0.15% against the rest of the major currencies.
Friday's best performer was the Sterling, as the currency gained as much as 1.20% against the Australian and Canadian dollars. The smaller advance was recorded relative to the Swiss Franc, namely 0.10%.
On the last day before the weekend, all commodities that are usually covered in our review have decided to slide deeper into the red zone.
On Friday, the Euro managed to rebound considerably versus two other major currencies on the market.
The US Dollar appreciated against most major peers, with the exception of the Yen and Loonie. The Greenback added the most against the Euro, 0.79%, with smaller gains against some of the other currencies. However, depreciation was detected versus the Japanese and Canadian currencies, 0.25% and 0.30%, respectively.