The Sterling was one of the best performers last Friday, as it appreciated against most major peers. The Pound added the most against the Loonie (1.12%), following with 0.87% gains versus the US Dollar, 0.80% versus the Swiss Franc and 0.71% versus the Kiwi. The Aussie was the most resilient, allowing the British currency to add only 0.30% against it.
Along with corn and oil, the yellow metal stayed on the side of losers on Friday.
On the last trading day of the previous week, the single European currency advanced against four of its major peers, while losing value versus three of them.
The US Dollar was one of the worst performers yesterday, as it declined against most majors, with exception against its New Zealand counterpart. The Greenback lost 1.73% versus the Swissie, 0.91% versus the Euro and 0.77% versus the Loonie. Lesser losses were registered against the Aussie, the Yen and the Sterling, whereas a 0.96% rally took place against the Kiwi.
The Sterling experienced mixed performance over the day, mostly declining, but also appreciating against some major peers. The Pound added 1.08% and 0.13% versus the Kiwi and the US Dollar, respectively. Losses were detected against the Swiss Franc (1.62%), the Euro (0.78%) and the Loonie (0.62%). Furthermore, minor declines of 0.17% and 0.14% were registered versus the Aussie and the
Yesterday, the clear leader of the day was oil, which climbed noticeably in course of the trading session.
On April 23, the Euro has generally out-performed the majority of its peers on the foreign exchange.
The Pound retained its ‘best performer' title, as it appreciated against most major peers. The largest appreciation of 2.5% was detected against the Swiss Franc, following with rather moderate gains versus the Yen (0.95%), the Euro (0.85%), the Kiwi (0.81%) and the Buck (0.74%).
The US Dollar experienced mixed performance over the day, with significant gains of 1.73% against the Swiss Franc. 0The Greenback remained relatively unchanged against the Yen (0.20%), the Euro (0.10%), and the Kiwi (0.05%). Nonetheless, losses of 0.75% and 0.57% were registered versus the Sterling and the Aussie, respectively.
On Tuesday, Gold used to be the second best performer on the commodity market.
Yesterday, the single European currency registered the most considerable gain against the Swiss Franc, namely by 1.63%.
The US Dollar experienced mixed performance over the day. Significant gains of 0.45% and 0.41% were registered against the Loonie and the Yen, respectively. The Greenback remained relatively unchanged versus the Euro (0.02%), while minor declines were detected versus the Kiwi (0.09%), the Sterling (0.12%) and the Swissie (0.13%).
The Pound was one of the best-performing currencies yesterday, as it appreciated against most major peers. Largest gains of 0.58% and 0.54% were seen versus the Loonie and the Yen, respectively. However, the Sterling remained relatively unchanged against the Kiwi (0.02%) and the Swissie (0.00%).
The yellow metal used to be the second biggest gainer in terms of price changes on Tuesday.
The single currency was swinging between gains and losses during trading on Tuesday.
The US Dollar performed well over the day, as it appreciated against most major peers, with exception against the Loonie. The Greenback rose the most versus the Aussie (0.75%), following with a 0.64% and 0.43% gains versus the Euro and the Swissie, respectively. However, a 0.17% loss was detected against the Canadian Dollar.
The Sterling experienced mixed performance on Monday, as it strengthened only against the Aussie and the Euro, while declined versus other major peers. The Pound added 0.39% versus the Aussie and 0.25% versus the Euro. Largest losses were registered against the Loonie (0.53%) and the US Dollar (0.37%). Moreover, the British currency remained relatively unchanged against the Swiss Franc (0.03%).
It seems that in the past few days, volatility of the Euro has increased sharply.
On Monday, only oil succeeded in gaining some ground during the trading session.
The Greenback experienced mixed performance over Friday, rising against only two major peers and falling against the others. The 0.47% and 0.27% gains were registered versus the Loonie and the Aussie, respectively. At the same time, the Buck declined the most against the Euro (0.42%) and the Swiss Franc (0.41). Lesser losses were detected versus the Sterling, Yen and the
The Sterling experienced mixed performance on Friday, as it not only strengthened against some major currencies, but also weakened against the others. The Pound added the most against the Loonie, 0.65%, following with a 0.44% gain against the Aussie. Meanwhile, 0.22% and 0.20% losses were registered versus the Euro and the Swissie, respectively.
The bullion gained 0.47% on Friday, thus registering the second highest increase in price.
On the last day of the previous week, the Euro used to be a clear out-performer on the foreign exchange.
Yesterday, Gold declined only 0.34% in its price.