Commodities In commodities, three major themes drove price action during the latest reporting week to 1 September. Crude oil and refined products received a fresh boost from renewed tensions in the Middle East, while escalating Russian and Ukrainian attacks on each other’s agricultural export
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The US dollar rally has steadied after recent gains, with EURUSD rebounding from 1.1469 to 1.1552 before the greenback found support. The 1.1550–1.1575 range remains key resistance, while USDJPY holds near 153.50 after rejecting a brief dip to 152.82. Despite softer risk sentiment, FX volatility remains low, with USDJPY one-month vols near 18-month lows, suggesting […]
Forex The latest reporting week captured the market’s response to the resumption of US rate cuts, a well-anticipated move that left the dollar index up around 0.6% as of last Tuesday. All eight IMM futures tracked in this update traded lower, led by weakness in NZD, AUD and GBP. However, speculators used the pullback to […]











