The Greenback was one of the worst performers yesterday, as it declined against all major peers. The heaviest losses were recorded against the Loonie (1.56%), the Kiwi (0.99%) and the Swiss Franc (0.80%). However, versus the Yen the US Dollar was most resilient, sliding 0.22%.
Without any exception, all commodities that are included in our review rose in price on Wednesday.
Opposite to the situation covered by our yesterday's review on the Euro, this time the single currency can be named as a clear under-performer to its major peers.
The US Dollar suffered some heavy losses yesterday. The largest decline of 0.88% was detected against both the Loonie and the Kiwi. The Greenback also lost a substantial portion of it value (0.82%) versus the Euro. The most resilience was seen versus the Aussie, as the Buck slid the least against its Australian counterpart, 0.49%.
The British Pound experienced mixed performance over the day, as it appreciated against some major peers and also declined against the others. The Sterling added the most versus the Greenback, 0.72%, following with a 0.24% gain versus the Aussie. At the same time, 0.18% and 0.17% losses were registered against the Kiwi and the Loonie, respectively.
While losing value, Gold used to stay on the side of only two daily under-performers on Tuesday.
The single European currency outperformed the majority of its peers on the foreign exchange yesterday.
The Greenback had mixed performance on Monday, having appreciated against some major currencies, but also declining against others. The Buck added 1.17% and 1.06% versus the Aussie and the Kiwi, respectively. However, a 0.29% decline was registered against the Sterling, while the US Dollar remained relatively unchanged versus the Yen (-0.07%) and the Swiss Franc (-0.11%).
The British Pound performed rather well on Monday, as it appreciated against most major peers. The largest gains of 1.54% and 1.39% were recorded against the Aussie and the Kiwi, respectively, following with lesser additions versus the Euro (0.64%) and the Loonie (0.54%).
Yesterday, corn and silver posted the strongest drop among main commodities that are covered in our review, as they plunged 1.75% and 1.13%, correspondingly.
Among major currency pairs of the Euro, only the ones with the Australian and New Zealand dollars managed to gain value on April 13, increasing by 0.87% and 0.67%, respectively.
The US Dollar edged up against most of the major currencies, with the exception of the Loonie and the Yen. The Greenback added 0.56% and 0.54% versus the Sterling and the Euro, respectively, followed by a 0.43% gain against the Kiwi. Losses of 0.10% and 0.30% were detected versus the Canadian Dollar and the Yen, respectively.
The yellow metal stayed on the side of daily gainers on Friday of the previous week, as it gained 1.07%.
On Friday of the previous week, the Euro has been completely unchanged against another major currency, compared with Thursday.
The British Pound retained its title of the worst performer on Friday, as it declined against most major peers. The sharpest losses were recorded against the Yen (0.85%), the Loonie (0.65%) and the US Dollar (0.55%). However, the Sterling remained relatively unchanged versus the Euro (-0.01%).
The US Dollar performed well over the day, as it appreciated against most major currencies. Largest gains were recorded against the Swiss Franc (1.15%), the Euro (1.13%) and the Sterling (1.04%). However, the Buck slightly declined versus the Kiwi and the Aussie, losing 0.18% and 0.10%, respectively.
Commodity market performed in a divergent way on Thursday.
Ignoring a zero change of the Euro against the Swiss Franc, the common currency continued falling versus the vast majority of its counterparts.
The Sterling was one of the worst performers yesterday, as it declined against most major peers. The Pound lost the most against the Kiwi, 1.20%, following with 1.13% and 1.03% plunges versus the Aussie and the Greenback. However, the British currency remained relatively unchanged versus the Euro and the Swissie, adding 0.09% and 0.10%, respectively.
The British Pound performed relatively well over the day. The Sterling advanced the most versus the Loonie and the Euro, 0.72% against each one of them. Lesser gains were recorded against the other major peers, except for the Aussie and the Kiwi, where the Pound lost 0.27% and 0.39%, respectively.
The US Dollar's performance was mixed over the day. The Greenback appreciated 0.32% both against the Euro and the Loonie; however, it remained relatively unchanged versus the Swissie (adding 0.05%). Substantial losses were detected against the Kiwi (0.76%), the Aussie (0.65%), and the Sterling (0.40%).
Following considerably worse than expected US oil inventories data posted yesterday, the black gold registered one of its fastest drops in recent weeks.
The single currency has only achieved a slight positive change against the Canadian Dollar during trading on Wednesday, which still amounted to just 0.01% on a daily basis.
Sterling's performance over the day was quite mixed, as gains, as well as losses, were seen. The Pound added 0.50% against the Euro, following with minor gains against the Swissie, Kiwi, and the Yen. At the same time, 1.02 and 0.48% declines were registered versus the Aussie and the Greenback, respectively.