With the start of a new week, the US Dollar slightly surged against the Loonie.
Relatively poor US fundamental data helped the Australian Dollar to recover from its intraday losses against the US counterpart on Friday, with the pair ultimately closing with a 30-pip rally.
The Euro appears to be having trouble with upside momentum, being that during the previous week the given cross remained relatively unchanged when attempting to strengthen.
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The Cable closed with a 40-pip loss on Friday, as mixed US fundamentals were unable to cause a breach in the tough demand cluster around 1.2450.
Following repeated attempts to claim the upper boundary of the senior ascending channel, EUR/USD failed at the area once more and established the area as a major supply level, meaning that it is unlikely that the pair will push through 1.0796 anytime soon.
Gold showed solid demand with a surge above the 1,219.20 level, which is strengthened by the 100-hour SMA and the upper Bollinger Band, and taking into account the significance of the area, a consolidative movement should follow on shorter time-frames.
A strong US NFP reading on Friday was insufficient for the USD/JPY pair to remain elevated, as weak secondary data weighed on the Buck and caused the support area circa 112.60/50 to be retested.
During the first half of Friday's trading session the Kiwi remained between the two levels of significance, between which it had bounced for the whole week, against the US Dollar.
The US Dollar remained almost unchanged against the Canadian Dollar by the middle of Friday's trading session.
Thursday ended with the Aussie adding over 70 pips against the US counterpart, breaching two immediate resistance levels.
The EUR/JPY currency pair closed with a 62-pip loss yesterday, thus, unable to remain above the possible psychological support of 121.60/50.
During the early hours of Friday's trading session the yellow metal remained near the 1,215 mark, as it struggled to find support after the previous fall.
There were no surprises in the USD/JPY pair's performance yesterday, as the 112.60 psychological support remained intact in spite of the Yen taking the upper hand.
Thursday ended with the Cable falling significantly below the anticipated 1.26 level.
Due to falling below the weekly R1 at 1.0761 against the US Dollar, the common European currency began Friday's trading session just below that level.
Even though the European single currency edged higher against the Japanese Yen on Wednesday, it was unable to maintain trade above the 122.00 mark, with the resistance cluster there pushing the exchange rate down again.
The New Zealand Dollar remained firmly near the 0.73 level against the US Dollar by the middle of Thursday's trading session.
The US Dollar did not manage to score additional gains against the Canadian Dollar during Wednesday's trading session, and with it began a decline, which continued to last into Thursday's trading session.
The Aussie erased all intraday losses on Wednesday and remained completely flat against the US counterpart.
During the early hours of Thursday's trading session the yellow metal surged and broke through the first weekly resistance level, which is located at 1,213.16.
The USD/JPY currency pair behaved in accordance with expectations yesterday, having bounced back from the 112.60 psychological support level.
Despite a strong US ADP Employment Change reading on Wednesday, the Sterling still outperformed the US Dollar, successfully climbing over the 1.26 major level.
On Thursday morning the common European currency gained against the US Dollar, as the currency exchange rate approached the 1.08 mark.