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FOREX-Firm dollar keeps pound, euro and yen under pressure
Sterling in biggest three-day slide in two yearsEuro hovers near 2-year low, investors wary may fall to $1Yen rooted near levels that brought intervention in JulyInvestors gird for Trump tariff plansUpdates in European morning tradingBy Ankur Banerjee and Greta Rosen Fondahn SINGAPORE/GDANSK, Jan...Reuters
Jan 9, 2025
GBP/JPY bounces off multi-week low, still deep in the red just above 194.00
The GBP/JPY cross attracts some follow-through sellers for the third successive day on Thursday and drops to over a three-week low, around the 193.70-193.65 region during the first half of the European session.
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Jan 9, 2025
BUZZ-COMMENT-Options flag extent of U.S. NFP risk to Forex market
Jan 9 (Reuters) - Overnight options now expire at 10:00 a.m. New York/15.00 GMT on Friday, and therefore include December's U.S. jobs data, with the increase in related premiums showing the expected FX market reaction.FX volatility is a key yet unknown parameter of an FX option premium, so dealers u...Reuters
Jan 9, 2025
UK bond market sell-off heaps pressure on Reeves
Reeves in spotlight after gilt yields jump30-year government borrowing costs highest since 1998Sterling falls along with bond pricesMarket moves add pressure on Reeves to cut spendingGovernment promises iron grip on public financesBy William Schomberg LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Rachel Reeves is fa...Reuters
Jan 9, 2025
Pound in biggest three-day slide in two years as gilt pain intensifies
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The pound headed for its biggest three-day drop in nearly two years on Thursday, under pressure from a sell-off in global bonds that has hit gilts especially hard, driving yields to 16-1/2-year highs, as concern mounts about Britain's finances. Sterli...Reuters
Jan 9, 2025
UPDATE 2-Swiss central bank sees 2024 profit at record $88 billion as gold, stock prices jump
Highest profit since central bank set up in 1907Big gains for stocks and gold boost result First shareholder, government payouts since 2022 Adds detail throughout, analyst in paragraphs 11-12By John RevillZURICH, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank SNBN.S will likely report a record full-year ...Reuters
Jan 9, 2025
