Despite a hike in oil prices, the USD/CAD remained relatively unchanged over the day, with the pair edging only a few pips lower.
The AUD/USD slightly overperformed and closed trade at 0.7226 yesterday, rather than the expected 0.7210 level.
Although the Euro advanced only four pips against the Yen yesterday, this rally was sufficient to bring the given cross back inside the channel's borders.
Disappointing statistics on Chicago PMI and US pending home sales dragged American equity markets lower on Monday, which consequently supported the safe-haven commodity.
There were no surprises in the USD/JPY's performance, with the pair appreciating and returning above the up-trend.
A correction occurred on Monday, causing the Cable to erase intraday losses and end the day with a 21-pip gain.
EUR/USD hovered modestly to the downside on Monday, but the currency pair saw few opportunities to be dragged significantly lower in course of the session.
The NZD/USD currency pair slightly failed to meet expectations, as it dropped as low as 0.6530, rather than 0.6540.
The US Dollar skyrocketed against the Canadian Dollar on Friday, making it the largest intraday gain in three weeks.
The Australian Dollar weakened against its US counterpart at the end of last week, returning under the down-trend and even piercing the immediate support.
The European currency remained relatively unchanged against the Japanese Yen on Friday, having lost only four pips.
With US markets reopening for shorter-than-usual session on Friday, the traders' focus was shifted back to the Fed December meeting and a busy new week.
The US currency managed to outperform the Japanese Yen at the end of last week, after edging closer to the weekly low of 122.25.
In spite of all positive signs, the Sterling suffered a rather heavy loss against the US Dollar on Friday, amid rising conviction of the Fed hiking in December.
EUR/USD is getting ready for sharp losses by the end of new trading week, in case the ECB announces more stimulus on Thursday.
The Kiwi weakened against its US counterpart on Thursday, but failed to retreat towards the 55-day SMA, as the 20-day one limited the losses at 0.6568.
Once again the weekly PP and monthly R1 pushed the USD/CAD lower, allowing the pair to appreciate only four pips and remain under 1.33.
The AUD/USD currency pair behaved in accordance with the forecast yesterday, as it declined, but stabilised above the down-trend.
The immediate support cluster somewhat failed at holding the losses, as only the cluster's final level was able to prevent a decline beyond 130.00.
The bullion was literally unchanged in price on Thursday, which is explained by US Bank Holiday and low volatility in both commodity and FX markets.
On Thursday the US Dollar edged lower against the Japanese Yen, somewhat breaching the up-trend.
The Sterling made its way closer to the Nov low yesterday, by falling towards the major level of 1.51 against the US Dollar.
EUR/USD continued to trade in a tight range on Thursday, owing to lack of major fundamental and technical drivers throughout the day.
The NZ Dollar appreciated only 23 pips against its US counterpart on Wednesday, also closing trade at the highest in three weeks.