VT Markets https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home AUD/USD eases as RBA minutes, China PMIs and US jobs data steer near-term direction EUR/USD Stays Range-Bound Ahead of Lagarde at Sintra as Policy Divergence Caps Upside Dallas Fed Factory Index Stalls as Investors Hedge With Treasuries, Options and Oil Shorts China industrial profits cool as PMI looms, keeping yuan under pressure near 6.80 China export controls on Japanese firms raise rare earth risks as crowded yen shorts face reversal signals Canadian Dollar Firms as USD/CAD Rally Looks Overstretched, Upside Seen Capped Near 1.43 Sintra ECB Forum Puts Fed Chair Warsh in Spotlight as Markets Brace for Volatility Rabobank Sees Slow De-dollarisation Shift as Rate Differentials Keep Dollar Supported Amid Fed Caution BNY Sees Seasonal Post-Sintra EUR/USD Lift as ECB Hawkishness Fades Quickly Magnificent Seven concentration risk revives focus on economic moats and options hedging strategies USD/JPY tests 2024 highs near 162 as retail sales boost BoJ tightening expectations Heatwaves Seen as Structural Drag on Eurozone Growth, Lifting Inflation Risks and Pressuring the Euro Softer US PCE Cools Fed Hike Bets, Weighing on Dollar as Payrolls Loom Rabobank Sees Cyclical Dollar Upswing Pressing EUR/USD as Fed Holds and Eurozone Softens Sterling Firms on Labour Continuity Signals as Markets Await US Jobs Data and Hormuz Developments Sterling Outperforms as Labour Continuity Eases Gilt Yields, Focus Shifts to BoE and US Payrolls US-Iran pause attacks as Hormuz talks resume, oil steadies while AI-driven inflation risks mount WTI Holds Near $70 as Iran Tensions and Hormuz Signals Keep Oil Traders on Edge Oil Eases Euro Area Inflation but ECB Stays Hawkish as Core Pressures and Volatility Persist Hawkish Fed and flatter US yield curve drive dollar as OCBC cuts euro, lifts yen forecast SocGen Sees Central Bank Gold Buying Picking Up, With Real Yields Capping Summer Prices Rupee steadies as Hormuz risk and US data loom; USD/INR holds near 94.35 India’s Cumulative Industrial Output Growth Accelerates to 5.1%, Supporting Bullish Equity Outlook India’s industrial output growth upticks to 5.1% in May, bolstering Nifty and rupee outlook India manufacturing output growth slows to 5.5% in May, fuelling cautious equity and rupee outlook E-mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures hold key supports as dip buyers weigh hawkish Fed tone Stronger Dollar and softer oil pressure CEE currencies as Poland inflation guides zloty outlook EUR/USD recovers from 13-month low as Hormuz risks and key Fed, ECB signals dominate Japan Data Deluge Looms After Retail Sales Surge as BoJ Tankan Set to Test Tightening Case Belgium inflation cools to 3.4% in June, bolstering ECB rate-cut bets and trade shifts Belgium CPI rebounds in June, fuelling bets ECB rate cuts may be delayed, euro supported MUFG Sees Dollar Near Year Highs as Fed–Europe Policy Divergence Pressures Euro AUD/USD Steadies Near 0.6890 as Middle East Calm and RBA Outlook Shape Volatility Eurozone sentiment rises above forecasts, bolstering Euro STOXX 50 and euro as bund yields edge higher Eurozone consumer confidence holds at -17.7, keeping ECB rate-cut expectations in focus Eurozone Industrial Confidence Ticks Up in June, Easing ECB Easing Bets and Supporting Euro ECB Sintra Forum Keeps Hawkish Bias as Eurozone Inflation Seen Stalling, EUR/USD Supported Brent slides as Hormuz tanker traffic rebounds, while options markets price in fresh volatility risks UK M4 Money Supply Growth Slips to 4.3% as Cooling Liquidity Backs Dovish BoE View UK consumer net lending rises £4.6bn in May, undershooting forecasts and tempering growth outlook Portugal Consumer Confidence Improves in June, Bolstering Case for PSI 20 Options Trades UK Mortgage Approvals Miss Forecast, Softening Housing Outlook and Backing Dovish Bank of England Shift Sintra Forum in Focus as Lagarde Set to Guide ECB, Keeping Rate-Hike Premium in Curve US stock futures climb in Europe as Iran-US tensions ease; focus shifts to Fed, payrolls Asian currencies slip after June FOMC as swap spreads widen; baht, won and peso lead losses NAS100 Climbs Toward 29,435 as Tech Futures Lead Risk Rebound OpenAI and Anthropic: How to Trade the AI Boom Before They Go Public Spain Retail Sales Growth Accelerates in May, Bolstering IBEX 35 Bullish Case Spain’s June CPI Surge Clouds ECB Rate-Cut Outlook, Lifting Euro and Pressuring Shares