April 17, 2026 1:31 pm
Key Moments Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP are trading close to weekly highs, supported by renewed inflows into spot ETFs. US-listed Bitcoin spot ETFs saw about $26 million in inflows on Thursday, bringing cumulative inflows to $57.08 billion. Risk sentiment has improved, with the crypto Fear & Greed Index at 21 on Friday, up from 16 […]
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Key Moments The Reserve Bank of India told state-run refiners to reduce spot USD buying. Instead, they should use a special FX credit line via State Bank of India. This tool, first used during the Ukraine war, aims to support the Rupee. The currency has fallen over 3% this year to record lows. Indian Oil […]
Read moreApril 17, 2026 10:45 am
Key Moments Brown Brothers Harriman flags underperformance in UK gilts and GBP as political scrutiny of Prime Minister Keir Starmer intensifies. BBH expects Labour’s weak position and fiscal credibility concerns to continue weighing on UK assets. With UK nominal GDP growth running below 10-year gilt yields, BBH anticipates EUR/GBP will move higher in line with […]
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 […]
Read moreApril 17, 2026 9:19 am
Key Moments GBP/JPY slipped from an intraday high near 215.65-215.70 and hovered around 215.30-215.25 in early European trading. The IMF’s April 2026 projections cut the UK’s 2026 growth forecast to 0.8% from 1.3% in October 2025, weighing on the Pound. Lingering Hormuz-related risks and fading expectations for an April BoJ rate hike kept the Yen […]
Read moreApril 17, 2026 8:18 am
Key Moments: Stellar (XLM) traded around $0.167 on Friday after a more than 10% advance earlier in the week and a breakout above a descending trendline. The Stellar network processed over 14.19 million transactions on Thursday, marking its highest transaction count in the past quarter. Derivative funding rates for XLM turned positive on Monday and […]
Read moreApril 17, 2026 8:13 am
Key Moments AUD/JPY trades around 114.30, marking a fifth straight session in positive territory. Markets are assigning nearly a 65% chance that the RBA will lift the OCR from 4.10% to 4.35% at its next meeting. Japanese officials signal readiness for “bold” FX action, potentially limiting further upside in AUD/JPY. AUD Advances as RBA Hawkish […]
Read moreApril 17, 2026 8:07 am
Key Moments NZD/USD trades with a modest bearish bias for a second session, hovering below 0.5900 in Asia on Friday. Geopolitical risks and an American naval blockade support the safe-haven USD, while prospects for US-Iran diplomacy and lower Fed hike odds curb dollar strength. Technical structure remains bullish above 0.5835-0.5840, with key resistance near 0.5930-0.5935 […]
Read moreApril 17, 2026 7:47 am
Key Moments EUR/JPY touched a new all-time high at 187.83 during Asian trading on Friday. The 14-day Relative Strength Index is at 71, indicating overbought conditions and potential consolidation. Initial downside support is identified at the nine-day EMA of 186.76, with further levels at 185.80 and 184.46. EUR/JPY Hits Fresh Record High EUR/JPY advanced during […]
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