The Euro posted a general positive development against its main counterparts on Tuesday.
The US Dollar had mixed performance after yesterday's data. The Buck gained most ground against the Euro (0.33%), while it suffered the largest losses against the NZD (0.50%).
The Pound performed worse than most of its counterparts on Monday, as some of the releases surprised to the downside.
Only two main commodities registered a decline in price during the trading session on Monday.
In the beginning of this week, the shared currency was one of the major underperformers on the foreign exchange.
Apparently, the net effect of Friday's data was negative for the Dollar, and the currency underperformed. USD/CAD fell 0.49%, and the Buck depreciated 0.47% against its New Zealand counterpart.
Despite the fact that all main commodities on the market managed to gain strong value during trading on Friday, Gold used to be the worst performer among them as it gained just 0.64%.
On Friday of the previous week, the Euro declined against all but one currency on the market, namely the Swiss Franc while fell 0.07% versus the single currency.
The Pound performed worse than most of its counterparts on Friday, as some of the releases surprised to the downside.
Disappointing data heavily weighed on the US Dollar that managed to appreciate only relative to the Swiss Franc (0.24%). USD/JPY and USD/CAD shed 1.12 and 0.97%, respectively.
The Great British Pound broadly benefited from hawkish rhetoric of the BoE yesterday, gaining 1.21% against the Swissie and 0.96% against the US Dollar. However, the currency stayed unchanged relative to the Loonie (-0.02%) and underperformed the Japanese Yen (-0.17%).
Being that Gold grew just 0.26% on Thursday on a daily basis, it was formally the worst performer among all gainers.
Yesterday, the single European currency traded in different directions against various currencies on the foreign exchange.
Yesterday demand for the Japanese Yen was weak. The currency depreciated relative to all its major counterparts, although the fundamentals were reported to be better than expected.
Despite a lack of fundamental events the Sterling was among the top three performing currencies yesterday, appreciating 0.75 and 0.56% against the Yen and the Aussie, respectively.
On Wednesday, the Euro used to be one of the best performers on the foreign exchange.
Yesterday, the natural gas continued to be the only positive performer among main commodities as it surged 4.48% during past 24 hours.
The Sterling was the only currency the US Dollar failed to outperform (-0.26%). At the same time, USD/CAD and USD/JPY advannced 0.96 and 0.67% north, respectively.
The price of the British Pound increased across the market. The smallest change was recorded in the pair with the US Dollar, where the Sterling gained 0.26%. The largest change was observed in GBP/CAD, were the Pound appreciated 1.23%.
On Tuesday only natural gas, which is considered as one of the most volatile commodities, managed to advance in price as it gained 3.08%.
The single European currency performed in fairly positive environment on Tuesday of this week.
The Japanese Yen turned out to be among the top performers yesterday, benefiting from a widening trade balance surplus.
During this week's first working day, all main commodities managed to gain strong ground during the trading session, with Crude oil and silver surging the most.
Yesterday, movements of the Euro currency used to be very small in both positive and negative directions, as the single currency was affected by optimistic German statistical data from one side and EU-Greece political tensions from another one.