A quick read on the currency board before the trading day builds momentum. Gold (XAU/USD) rallied hard to 4,450 (+1.53%), while EUR/USD went nowhere fast at 1.1539 (-0.06%).
Market snapshot
- EUR/USD 1.1539 (-0.06%)
- GBP/USD 1.3508 (-0.02%)
- USD/JPY 159.38 (+0.14%)
- AUD/USD 0.7060 (+0.07%)
- USD/ZAR 16.18 (-0.06%)
- Gold (XAU/USD) 4,450 (+1.53%)
What's moving markets
- Forex Today: Crucial US inflation data to lift market volatility *(FXStreet)*
- US Dollar: CPI and Fed rhetoric in focus – Commerzbank *(FXStreet)*
- Euro trims losses against the British Pound following hot German inflation data *(FXStreet)*
- Euro: Upside capped by key resistance against US Dollar – UOB *(FXStreet)*
- What are the main events for today? *(ForexLive)*
On today's calendar
- Wed 12:30 UTC — USD Core CPI m/m (high impact) — forecast 0.2%, previous 0.0%
- Wed 12:30 UTC — USD Core CPI y/y (high impact) — forecast 2.5%, previous 2.6%
- Wed 12:30 UTC — USD CPI m/m (high impact) — forecast 0.1%, previous -0.4%
- Wed 12:30 UTC — USD CPI y/y (high impact) — forecast 3.4%, previous 3.5%
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