Currencies quick out of the gate this morning

Markets are up, with AUD/USD and GBP/USD in the lead. These are unique currencies that were not expected on this list of top gainers.

The leading indices are pointing up — USD/CAD drawing back 0.74% to 1.3722. EUR/USD up 0.72%, trading at 1.072.

What are surprising gainers?

Surprising Gainers are low-performing assets that have risen inconsistently with their past behavior and defied their expected daily return, making them surprising. The following list rates assets according to the difference between expectation and actual return: the greater the difference, the higher the rank.

Sterling-Dollar | +0.73% to start today's session

Keeping up its 4 days of climbing (+204 pips), Today's session so far looks to be heading in the same direction — Sterling-Dollar got off to a strong start by gaining 88 pips (+0.73%), only to run out of steam later in the session around 1.2141. Currently, the British Pound is trading around the 1.2122 level.

Great start to the day for the Australian dollar as it posts largest gain since Feb 7

The Australian dollar trades at 0.6662 after it made its largest daily jump of 77 pips (1.18%) since Feb 7. Today's gains are adding to the Australian dollar's a 4 day bullish trend, during which it gained a total of 1 pips.