April 21, 2026 6:16 am
Key Moments USD/CAD trades around 1.3640 in Asian hours, marking a seventh straight session of subdued price action. WTI crude hovers near $86.10 per barrel as supply worries and US-Iran ceasefire uncertainty support oil prices. Geopolitical tensions and mixed signals on US-Iran talks bolster USD safe-haven demand, limiting downside in USD/CAD. Oil Strength Helps Stabilize […]
Read moreApril 20, 2026 2:27 pm
Key Moments Bitcoin traded 1% lower at $75,127 by 09:33 ET (13:33 GMT), slipping from last week’s brief move above $78,000. Rising U.S.-Iran tensions and a closed Strait of Hormuz drove a risk-off tone across markets, pressuring cryptocurrencies alongside U.S. stock futures. Michael Saylor’s Strategy purchased 34,164 BTC for about $2.54 billion, bringing its total […]
Read moreApril 20, 2026 12:09 pm
Key Moments USD/CHF rebounded from 0.7775 but failed to sustain a move above the 0.7845 ceiling, keeping the short-term downtrend intact. Cautious sentiment around shaky US-Iran peace talks has offered only limited support to the US Dollar. The pair is holding near the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement at 0.7775, with resistance seen at 0.7845 and 0.7930, […]
Read moreApril 20, 2026 9:01 am
Key Moments Marvell Technology shares rose 6.3% in premarket trading by 04:38 ET (08:38 GMT) following a report of new AI chip talks with Alphabet’s Google. The reported collaboration focuses on developing a memory processing unit to pair with Google’s existing tensor processing units and a new TPU tailored for AI inference. The companies reportedly […]
Read moreApril 20, 2026 7:53 am
Key Moments USD/JPY trades in positive territory around 159.00 in early European hours on Monday. Rising US-Iran tensions and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz pressure the Yen and underpin the US Dollar. Japan’s Finance Ministry signals a “high sense of urgency” as the pair hovers near levels that could trigger intervention. USD/JPY Advances […]
Read moreApril 20, 2026 6:50 am
Key Moments AUD/USD recovered from a bearish gap near 0.7115, trading back above the mid-0.7100s during the Asian session. Diverging Fed and RBA policy expectations, alongside a modest USD pullback, supported the pair despite US-Iran tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.
Read moreApril 20, 2026 6:00 am
Key Moments NZD/USD traded near 0.5880 in Asian hours on Monday, recovering from earlier losses after New Zealand reported a NZD 698 million trade surplus for March. New Zealand exports climbed 7.3% year-on-year to a record NZD 7.94 billion in March 2026, while imports increased 9.6% to NZD 7.25 billion. The US Dollar strengthened as […]
Read moreApril 17, 2026 12:39 pm
Key Moments Affirm shares rose 3.5% in premarket trading after Morgan Stanley designated the stock as its Top Pick. Morgan Stanley sees potential for Affirm to sustain 30%+ GMV growth and attractive AOI margins over the near to medium term. The bank set a $76 price target, implying about 27% upside and a roughly 24x […]
Read moreApril 17, 2026 10:02 am
Key Moments USD/CAD closed at 1.37 as the Canadian Dollar outperformed the US Dollar by 0.28% among G10 currencies. Higher oil prices coincided with a move higher in US Treasury yields, with the 2-year up 1.2bp and the 10-year up 2.2bp. Investors are watching upcoming Canadian data on March housing starts and February international securities […]
Read moreApril 17, 2026 9:34 am
Key Moments Danske Research Team keeps its EUR/SEK forecast unchanged, seeing the pair at 11.00 over a 6-12 month horizon. EUR/SEK is currently trading near 10.80, with NOK/SEK back above 0.98 and EUR/DKK close to 7.4732. Comments from the Riksbank highlight a mixed inflation picture in Sweden, but are not prompting a change in Danske […]
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