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Euro: Pressured yet systemic risk contained – DBS

DBS strategist Philip Wee explains that EUR/USD’s four-week decline reflects shifting risk balances, with renewed Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening overshadowing the European Central Bank (ECB) and France’s fiscal issues…

Australian Dollar: Downside limited against US Dollar – UOB

United Overseas Bank (UOB) strategist Quek Ser Leang reports AUD/USD closed at 0.6951 after a brief spike to 0.6976, with intraday price action expected to stay between 0.6930 and 0.6975. He judges the recent weakness f…

Oil: Diverging supply signals shape Brent – ING

ING’s Warren Patterson notes that ICE Brent has repeatedly dipped below $100/bbl but continues to settle above this level as the market weighs conflicting supply and geopolitical factors. Higher oil flows through the St…

EUR/USD: The Euro’s Slide Could Drag On for Months

The Euro has fallen to its weakest level in over seven months against the US dollar, slipping below 1.1440 on Friday amid fresh escalations in the US-Israel-Iran conflict, sending energy markets into turmoil. Brent crud…

Euro weakens against British Pound amid French fiscal concerns

The EUR/GBP cross attracts some sellers to around 0.8475 during the early European trading hours on Monday. The Euro (EUR) softens against the British Pound (GBP) as fiscal concerns in France in the wake of a steep bond…

EUR/USD Repriced for Fiscal Woes

France is no longer being treated by markets as an unquestionably "core" European sovereign. The clearest warning is coming from government bonds: investors are demanding a larger premium to lend to France than to Italy…

Euro softens below 1.1250 on France’s fiscal risk

The EUR/USD pair loses momentum to around 1.1245 during the early Asian session on Monday. The Euro (EUR) weakens against the US Dollar (USD) amid fears over France's shaky fiscal trajectory. The US ISM Services Purchas…

Russia vows to step up strikes on Ukraine

Russian Defense Ministry said that it would intensify attacks on Ukraine’s military and industrial facilities following a vow from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to double down on strikes against oil refineries, Bloomber…

OPEC+ agrees to keep oil output policy unchanged for November

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) agreed on Sunday to keep oil production ‌targets steady for November. This move came in line with expectations that further output policy adjustme…