2 rising currencies that surprised the market

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

Markets are up as AUD/USD up to 0.6736, gaining 0.46%. USD/CHF trades at 0.8963 after losing 0.24%.

Meanwhile, United States TIC Net Long-Term Transactions (Feb) came out at 71 billion, while a consensus of analysts was expecting 101.9 billion.

What are surprising gainers?

Surprising Gainers are low-performing assets that have sprung up uncharacteristically with their past behavior and beat their expected daily return, making them surprising. The following list rates such assets in line with the difference between expectation and actual return. The greater the difference, the higher the rank.

The Pound | +0.47% in mid-session

GBP/USD rallies 58 pips (0.47%) deep into the session, trading at 1.2437.

The Euro | +0.43% in mid-session

Euro-Dollar rallies 47 pips (0.43%) deep into the session, trading at 1.0978.