The U.S. dollar strengthened against its major rivals in the early European session on Thursday, as heightened tensions between the U.S. and China dampened risk sentiment. Tensions flared up after the Trump administration barred Chinese airlines from flying into the U.S. from June 16 in retaliation

The quarterly Business Sentiment Index survey for Q2, conducted by the Japanese Ministry of Finance and the Economic and Social Research Institute (a part of Japan's Cabinet office), showed Thursday that the business morale among large Japanese companies crumpled to the lowest in 11 years. Key findi

The Indonesia stock market headed south again on Thursday, one day after it had ended the two-day slide in which it had stumbled almost 65 points or 1.2 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index now rests just beneath the 4,900-point plateau although it figures to bounce higher again on Friday. The globa

USD/CHF: Under pressure Stay on top of the markets with Swissquote’s News & Analysis Pivot (invalidation): 0.9485 Our preference Short positions below 0.9485 with targets at 0.9460 & 0.9445 in extension. Alternative scenario Above 0.9485 look for further upside with 0.9500 & 0.9510

GBP/JPY defies the previous day’s losses while taking a U-turn from 134.05. Ireland expects Brexit deal in October, Germany’s Merkel less likely to help. China attacks the UK over the Huawei ban, Russia dislikes the first independent British sanctions for human rights violations. BOE’s Bailey postpo

Bloomberg has reported that the US Mint says it has reduced gold and silver coin supplies to purchasers. Gold is printing fresh highs of $1,967 up 1% and silver $25.6462, up 3.9%. The global pandemic’s relentless onslaught on economic activity and bullion supply chains had forced the US Mint’s bulli