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Asian stocks fall sharply on Tuesday as mounting skepticism over the massive financial returns on artificial intelligence spending triggered a widespread sell-off across global semiconductor shares. The tech-driven down…
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OCBC’s Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong expect USD/CNH to stay broadly rangebound near term, with the daily People's Bank of China (PBoC) fix clustered around 6.79 and acting as an anchor rather than a directional sig…
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MUFG’s Lloyd Chan notes that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) delivered a second consecutive tightening by slightly increasing the Singapore Dollar (SGD) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) slope, reinforcin…
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The Japanese Yen trades a little firmer on Monday, with USD/JPY down 0.05% and sitting short of 164.00 after last week's high stalled a hundredth of a Yen beneath the figure. Markets have spent a fortnight waiting for T…
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On Monday, late in the North American session, US President Donald Trump stated that there was a good inflation report recently, adding that costs were falling rapidly and that prices should drop significantly once the …
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The Australian Dollar trades just beneath 0.7000 on Monday, up around 0.1%, having covered less than 30 pips between its session high and its session low. For the better part of a fortnight the market has tried to make …
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WTI Crude Oil trades just above $81.00 on Monday, down close to 9% from Friday's close near $89.00, having gapped more than $5.00 lower at the open and spent the session extending rather than repairing it. Brent broke b…
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The US Dollar (USD) traded mostly unchanged on Monday as a temporary pause in hostilities between the United States and Iran reduces demand for safe-haven assets. The US Dollar Index (DXY) traded lower earlier in the se…
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Commerzbank’s Charlie Lay notes Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unexpectedly tightened policy for a second meeting, slightly increasing the Singapore Dollar (SGD) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) slope and s…
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EUR/USD trades lower near the 1.1370 area on Monday, surrendering earlier gains as investors remain cautious ahead of key Eurozone growth figures and the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy decision.
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Gold price registers gains of 0.58% as Washington pauses attacks on Tehran, while US President Donald Trump opened the door for a resumption in negotiations. This, along with falling US Treasury yields, is a tailwind fo…
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The Pound Sterling retreats by 0.13% even though the Greenback is flat during the day. Risk appetite shifted sour on news that a Chinese state-backed company is producing chipmaking machines, prompting a sell-off in ASM…
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NZD/USD trades near the 0.5790 area on Monday, struggling to extend its recovery despite modest weakness in the US Dollar (USD). The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) receives some support from the sharp decline in oil prices, a…
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USD/JPY edges lower on Monday and trades around 163.70 at the time of writing, down 0.09% on the day, as the US Dollar (USD) comes under pressure from improving risk sentiment following the latest geopolitical developme…
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Commerzbank’s Dr. Jörg Krämer argues that high energy prices will continue to weigh on the German economy in the second half of 2026, limiting full-year growth to 0.6%. He notes that the strong Ifo business climate read…
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Geoff Yu at BNY sees Latin American (LatAm) assets benefiting again from improved terms of trade for energy and soft commodity exporters, with strong real-rate anchors supporting currencies and duration. However, he war…
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Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes that Eurozone leading indicators, including Germany’s IFO, Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) and ZEW, point to improving activity. With inflation still above target, Had…
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USD/CAD edges higher on Monday, paring earlier losses as the US Dollar (USD) rebounds after opening the week with a bearish gap. The Greenback initially weakened as a temporary pause in attacks between the United States…
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Commerzbank’s Charlie Lay notes Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unexpectedly tightened policy for a second meeting, slightly increasing the Singapore Dollar (SGD) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) slope and s…
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) trades near 52,200, up around 250 points, on Monday after a session that handed it the month's cleanest bullish catalyst and then took most of it back. The peace bid carried the i…
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Silver (XAG/USD) reverses part of its earlier gains on Monday as the US Dollar (USD) rebounds after opening the week with a bearish gap following a temporary pause in attacks between the United States (US) and Iran.
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ING’s James Smith expects the Bank of England to keep rates on hold on 30 July and sees a prolonged pause extending through 2026. New forecasts are likely to show UK inflation peaking near 3%, below the 4% level seen as…
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Legend Biotech (NASDAQ: LEGN) announced that Ying Huang, Ph.D., has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective July 24, 2026. Dr. Huang will remain as an advisor through…
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Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.