Market Overview - Page 105

The euro is one hair from parity with the dollar, a psychologically important line above which the single currency has been trading for the last generation. After losing more than 4% over the week, the EURUSD looks excessively and emotionally.

Bitcoin was down 2.5% on Monday and, continuing its decline on Tuesday morning, was back at $20,000. Ethereum has lost 5.2% in the past 24 hours to $1090. Altcoins in the top 10 fell from 1.1% (XRP) to 5.2% (Solana)..

WTI crude oil has been losing 3.5% since trading on Monday, bouncing back below $100 after rebounding late last week. A stronger dollar and the return of a cautious tone to financial markets as the week begins indicate that downside.

The dollar index is making new highs, rising to 107.6 on Friday afternoon, and by the start of active trading in Europe, trading at 107.45. This is the highest rate since October 2002. The dollar index has added about 20%.

The US labour market created 372K new jobs in June, close to the rate of growth in the previous three months when growth was 398K, 368K and 384K. The data came out better than expectations, which suggested a slowdown to.

The single currency fell to 1.0071 in the early European session on Friday. For EURUSD, it is a new low since December 2002 and a continuation of the massive sell-off that started last Tuesday. Looking solely at the technical picture,.

The US labour market seems to be letting off steam. Indicators ahead of official employment statistics point to a cooling of the market. New weekly jobless claims data showed an increase to 235K against expectations of 230K and 231K a.

The impact of British politics is once again dominating UK markets. Numerous cabinet resignations and the demand for Boris Johnson to step down have proved to be a driving force for GBP currency pairs and the British stock market. Recent.

Brent crude is losing more than 10% in just over a day to $100, repeating the lows of early May and raising the question of breaking the uptrend since last December. In our view, the trend break occurred when the.

The single currency collapsed below 1.03 for the first time since December 2002. The 1.0350 area euro buyers have managed to defend three times in the last month and a half and at the end of 2016. In our view,.

The Turkish lira has been losing more than 1% over the last 24 hours following the release of another batch of inflation statistics which show no sign of easing and trades near 17.0. Consumer prices rose by 5% during June,.

While the calendar’s second half of the year started last Friday, it will probably not begin in the markets until the upcoming US jobs data is released this Friday. It is worth sorting out where the US currency currently stands.