Mixed US data and cooling expectations for higher rates in the country fueled risk-appetite heading into the weekend. EUR/USD trades around 1.2140, recovering all of the previous week´s losses and nearing its monthly high at 1.2150.

GBP/USD has bounced as the BOE upgraded its outlook and horrible US jobs figures. UK GDP and US consumer figures promise another busy week in cable. Early May's daily chart shows bears are gaining some ground. The FX Poll is pointing to short-term falls before and upswing later. 

The USD/JPY dozed from Monday’s open at 109.36 to Friday’s 109.17 approach to the US Nonfarm Payrolls report (NFP), then woke with a start as the US economy added just one-quarter of the expected jobs. American firms hired 266,000 people in April and the unemployment rate rose to 6.1%, according to the US Department of Labor.

The AUD/USD pair remained trapped for a third consecutive week, ending this last session near the upper end of the range. The Australian currency continues to lack a life of its own, with the pair instead depending on whether speculative interest sells or buys the greenback

Bitcoin price faces a stiff resistance wall that has prevented weak bullish momentum from passing through. As a result, a short-lived retracement has caused a majority of the market to follow suit despite BTC’s raging adoption and interest from institutions over the past week.

During the first half of the week, the XAU/USD pair struggled to rise above $1,800 and fluctuated in a horizontal channel. With the greenback coming under heavy selling pressure in the second half of the week, gold gained traction and touched its highest level since February 10 at $1,843 before settling around $1,830.