Towards the end of the trading session, markets are still higher while Dollar-Swiss declines 0.43% to top this list of worst performing currencies
A quick recap of what we saw during this session: the leading indices are pointing up — GBP/USD up to 1.2062, gaining 1%. EUR/USD up to 1.0609, gaining 0.54%.
Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as highly important Pending Home Sales data from United States beat analyst expectations of 1% with a reading of 8.1%.
Despite the markets climbing Friday, some currencies are currently down. Take a look at the Top Losers:
Dollar-Swiss | Currently down 0.43% at 0.9358
After hitting its highest point in 2 months at 0.9429, Dollar-Swiss dropped by 71 pips and is now trading at 0.9358. As things stand, Dollar-Swiss is 3.42% away from a significant low of 0.9087 first set 26 days ago.
USD/SGD | –0.24%; session high: 1.3517 session low: 1.3461
Late into the session, USD/SGD loses 32 pips (0.24%), currently trading at 1.3464.
Euro-Pound | –0.38%; session high: 0.8836 session low: 0.8787
As things stand, Euro-Pound is 9.78% away from a significant high of 0.9785, first set 4 months ago.