tag archive - ‘USD’

iFOREX Daily- January 4, 2012

Sophie J. Fletcher | 08:20 | 04/01/12

Market investors returned from the holiday break and were quick to placed their positions, thereby raising trading volume again. The U.S. Dollar slid versus the Euro on signs that the manufacturing sector has expanded in the U.S., China and India. ...

iFOREX Daily- January 3, 2012

Sophie J. Fletcher | 08:05 | 03/01/12

2012 began with light trading activity in the Forex market and a slight strengthening of the U.S. Dollar as a result of a diminished appetite for risk assets. The European debt crisis took center stage once again and shaped market ...

iFOREX Daily- January 2, 2012

Sophie J. Fletcher | 08:25 | 02/01/12

The U.S. Dollar weakened on the last day of the year even through economic data releases were better than anticipated. Investors sought high-risk assets while they shied away from the Euro’s turmoil. Risk appetite returned to the markets after Spain ...

iFOREX Daily- December 30, 2011

Sophie J. Fletcher | 08:10 | 30/12/11

The U.S. Dollar extended gains as risk aversion dominated the markets. Risk appetite declined as the Italian bond auction produced unsustainably high borrowing costs, with the 10-year bond up to 6.98 percent yields. This rate was very close to the ...

iFOREX Daily- December 29, 2011

Sophie J. Fletcher | 08:15 | 29/12/11

It’s been a quiet week in the markets as many investors extended their Christmas break. However, the Euro region’s debt crisis has not taken a break and continues to affect the currency exchange. Despite the fact that there were no ...

iFOREX Daily-December 28, 2011

Sophie J. Fletcher | 08:10 | 28/12/11

The foreign currency exchange remains on holiday mode. There has been very little trading volume over the past few days with 30-40 pip ranges for most of the major pairs. Since the equities markets opened in the U.S., volume increased ...

iFOREX Daily- December 27, 2011

Sophie J. Fletcher | 08:05 | 27/12/11

Despite a reduced volume of trading in the money markets due to the Christmas holiday break, the U.S. Dollar extended losses against most of its peers in anticipations of today’s economic reports. The reports are expected to confirm that consumer ...

iFOREX Daily-December 26, 2011

Sophie J. Fletcher | 08:00 | 26/12/11

The U.S. Dollar dipped for a third week as optimism over data indicating that the world’s largest economy is expanding drew investors away from refuge currencies. According to Friday’s releases, U.S. orders for durable goods rose higher than anticipated. Also, ...

iFOREX Daily- December 23, 2011

Sophie J. Fletcher | 08:15 | 23/12/11

The U.S. Dollar strengthened against most of its peers while liquidity dwindled away in the market in anticipation of the holiday break. On the data front, reports indicated that Initial Unemployment Claims dropped to 364,000 during the week ending December ...

iFOREX Daily-December 22, 2011

Sophie J. Fletcher | 08:00 | 22/12/11

The U.S. Dollar dipped against the majority of its peers as European banks lined up to obtain 3-year loans from the European Central Bank. And while economists expected the ECB to award 293 billion Euros in loans, E.U. banks borrowed ...