The Kiwi is leading the way, gaining 0.88%
The leading indices are showing gains — USD/JPY drawing back 0.81% to 138.92. GBP/USD up to 1.2536, gaining 0.77%.
Today's price action is taking place amid mixed market indicators – highly important Initial Jobless Claims data from United States beat analyst expectations of 235,000 with a reading of 261,000.
“Top Movers” are assets that recorded the highest percentage change compared to their nearest peers. The currently most active currencies are listed below.
Strong sentiment sees the New-Zealand Dollar posting 0.88% gain
Tentatively higher from an earlier low of 0.6034, the New-Zealand Dollar is up to 0.6095 today, adding 53 pips, or 0.88%, to yesterday's closing price of 0.6041.
Aussie-Dollar | +0.84% in mid-session
Having added to its 154 pips increase during 6 days of gains, This session seems to remain in the same lane for now — Aussie-Dollar trades at 0.6713 after gaining 55 pips (0.84%).
Weak sentiment sees Dollar-Swiss posting 0.98% loss
After a mostly steady day, USD/CHF loses 89 pips late into the session, trading at 0.9008.