The British currency was one of the best performers yesterday, as it appreciated against most major peers. A huge rise of 2.91% was registered against the Kiwi, following with moderate gains versus the Euro (1.42%), the Aussie (1.31%), the Swissie (1.23%), the Yen (1.12%) and the Loonie (1.08%). The US Dollar was the most resilient, as it lost only 0.85%
On the first working day of this week, all commodities that are included in our review declined in price.
On Monday, there were two clear major market movers among the Euro-currency pairs.
The Sterling was one of the best-performing currencies last Friday, as it appreciated against most major peers. The largest gains of 2.35% and 1.80% were registered against the Swiss Franc and the Euro, respectively. Slightly less, but still noticeably, the British currency added 1.41% versus the Yen, 1.38% versus the Buck and 1.12% versus the Aussie. The Loonie and the
The US Dollar experienced mixed performance over Friday. Gains of 0.93% and 0.51% were registered against the Swiss Franc and the Euro, respectively. At the same time, the Greenback declined against the Sterling (1.22%), the Kiwi (0.52%), the Loonie (0.49%) and the Aussie (0.34%). Nonetheless, the Buck remained relatively unchanged versus the Yen, having gained only 0.02%.
Natural gas surged 5.34% on Friday, posting the fastest jump in price during that day and overshadowing changes of other commodities.
On Friday, the single currency was in the up-trend only against the Swiss Franc, where an increase reached 0.41% on day-to-day basis.
The US Dollar was one of the best-performing currencies over the day, with exception against the Sterling. The largest gains were detected against the Aussie and the Euro, 076% and 0.71%, respectively. The Yen was most resilient, as the Greenback added only 0.23% against it. However, the Buck remained relatively unchanged against the British Pound (-0.02%), following with a further
Thursday was marked by poor performance of commodities. The benchmark index, S&P GSCI, fell as much as 2.02% yesterday.
The Euro turned out to be the second worst performer yesterday, giving up as much as 0.71% relative to the US Dollar and 0.69% relative to the British Pound.
The British Pound was one of the best-performing currencies yesterday, as it appreciated against most major peers. Substantial gains were recorded against the Aussie, and the Euro, adding 0.77% and 0.71%, respectively. The Sterling gained slightly less versus the Loonie (0.66%), the Kiwi (0.63%) and the Swissie (0.62%), whereas the smallest gain was detected against the Yen (0.21%). The Sterling
The share of buy commands increased from 52 to 67%
The Sterling experienced mixed performance over the day. Largest gains of 1.23% and 0.42% were registered against the Kiwi and the Greenback, respectively. However, substantial losses were also detected against the Euro (0.99%) and the Swiss Franc (0.71%).
By registering only a marginal decrease in price, some of the major commodities were on the side of losers on Wednesday.
The Euro traded very noticeably to the upside during the market trading session on Wednesday, as the common currency advanced versus all of its major counterparts.
The US Dollar was one of the worst performers yesterday, as it declined against most major currencies. The Greenback suffered the most losses against the Aussie (1.32%), following with a 0.77% drop versus the Swiss Franc. Less declines were registered against the Sterling (0.41%), the Euro (0.35%), the Kiwi (0.29%), the Yen (0.22%) and the Loonie (0.22%).
Yesterday, market participants could observe a major advance in oil prices, which grew by 1.61% and 2.49% for Brent and Crude types of it, respectively.
Besides EUR/AUD currency pair, the market for the single currency stayed largely muted in terms of price changes, and developments did not exceed 0.5% both from positive and negative side.
The Sterling experienced mixed performance yesterday, as it had minor gains against some major peers, but also serious losses versus against others. The Pound added the most (0.41%) versus the Greenback, following with lesser gains versus the Loonie, the Yen and the Kiwi. At the same time, a significant 0.91% decline was registered against the Aussie, following with a 0.37%
The US Dollar performed rather well over the day, as it appreciated against most major currencies, with exception against the Yen and the Loonie. The Greenback added the most against the Euro (0.46%), following with lesser gains against the Aussie, the Sterling and the Swiss Franc. Nonetheless, a sharp decline of 0.53% was detected versus the Loonie, while the Buck
The British Pound experienced mixed performance yesterday. The Sterling suffered losses against most major peers; the largest one was recorded against the Loonie (0.69%), following with lesser ones versus the Kiwi, the Yen and the Greenback. The Pound remained relatively unchanged against the Swissie (-0.04%) and the Aussie (-0.01%), whereas a 0.33% gain was detected versus the Euro.
On Monday of this week, both natural gas and silver gained around 1.6%, as they led the commodity market in terms of positive changes.
Following a number of positive days in terms of price changes, yesterday the Euro-currency pairs experienced a decline, with EUR/CAD losing the most of 0.99%.
The Greenback was one of the best-performing currencies last Friday, as it appreciated against most major peers. The US Dollar added the most against the Sterling and the Kiwi, gaining 1.37% and 0.98%, respectively. The Euro was the most resilient versus the Buck, while no changes were registered in the USD/CHF currency pair.