Against the current: Markets slid, yet USD/JPY, EUR/JPY, USD/CHF went up and made this list of yesterday's top currencies gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US declined as after dropping 1.23%, AUD/USD closed at 0.6726. GBP/USD shed 0.65% and closed at 1.194.
Meanwhile, United States New Home Sales (Jan) released yesterday at 15:00 UTC with a figure of 670,000, while the previous figure was 625,000.
Even though markets fell yesterday, some currencies were bullish. Have a look at these Top Gainers from yesterday's session:
+1.37%: Dollar/Yen adds 1.37% within 136.44 – 136.44 daily range
Dollar/Yen pointed in the same direction yesterday: USD/JPY spiked to 136.49, gaining 184 pips.
Dollar-Swiss | Up 0.91% to 0.9412 yesterday
Thursday ended at 0.9327; during yesterday's session Dollar-Swiss rallied above 0.9406 for the first time in 2 months, gaining 85 pips and closing at 0.9412. Having established significant support at 0.9087 approximately 24 days ago, Dollar-Swiss's share price has bounced 2.63% higher.
Euro-Yen | Closed +0.87% at 143.94
Euro-Yen has managed to gain 2.24% so far this year despite trading at lows around 125.05 previously.