On the first day of current trading week, Gold declined considerably along with many other commodities on the market, as only corn managed to rise 0.3% during last 24 hours.
Following two days of a decline, the single European currency advanced on Monday versus the vast majority of other currencies on the foreign exchange market.
After the bearish performance by the US Dollar at beginning of the week, it managed to recover and it posted gains versus the Japanese peer.
In terms of the pair's performance it has not been much different from any other week, since the Pound was outperformed by its American counterpart.
On the last day of the previous trading week, the yellow metal was among those commodities to decrease in value.
The European currency continued losing value on the last day of the previous working week, as it managed to gain 0.1% only versus the Japanese yen, while staying unchanged in its pair with the Australian dollar and declining against other major currencies.
Despite the fact that the pair appreciated yesterday it still has declined on a weekly basis; moreover, it reached the lowest level this year on Wednesday.
During the last two days USD/JPY has climbed more than 2% and is likely to post a weekly gain, after the weak performance at the beginning of the week.
Yesterday, the yellow metal rebounded moderately after three days of sideways development, as it managed to advance 0.74%.
For the second consecutive day in a row, the shared European currency lost value against all but one major currency on the foreign exchange market on Thursday.
USD/JPY reversed all this week's losses yesterday, as the Yellen's remarks favored the US currency.
GBP/USD dropped 1.12% on Wednesday, as the FOMC meeting boosted the overall confidence towards the US economy and its currency.
On Thursday, the yellow metal was the only commodity to decline in price on the market, which is a rather rare situation.
In the middle of the present trading week, the single European currency declined versus majority of its counterparts on the market.
GBP/USD rebounded from Monday's dip by adding 0.71% yesterday, despite the UK's inflation falling to the lowest in 12 years.
USD/JPY prolonged its decline by falling 1.2% yesterday, as the pair continues its phase of correction.
Yesterday, the yellow metal was rather volatile in terms of price changes, as at first mostly negative data on European PMI indicators pushed the Gold to trade higher, while later optimistic German and US statistics made the bullion to decrease in price.
On Tuesday, the Euro traded in a mixed environment against the various currencies on the foreign exchange market.
GBP/USD dipped 0.58% yesterday, as most of the US data were released positive.
USD/JPY slipped 0.71% in the first day of the week, as the pair continues its phase of correction.
Yesterday, the price of yellow metal lost as much as 2.40% and registered its fastest decline since November 27.
During the first day of the new trading week, the shared European currency managed to increase in value against the majority of currencies on the foreign exchange market.
The pair is consolidating around the 1.57 mark and it has left the boundaries of the down-trend that dictated the pair's movements since July.
Even though US Dollar rebounded rather strongly on Friday, it still lost value against the Japanese Yen on a daily basis.