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AUD/USD reverses part of Friday’s sharp decline and gyrates around the 0.7050 region ahead of the opening bell in Asia. The pair’s modest recovery comes amid humble losses in the Greenback, always amid the steady uncertainty on the geopolitical front. Moving forward, Westpac’s Consumer Confidence measure will be the salient release on Tuesday.
USD/JPY holds higher ground toward 160.50 in Monday's Asian trading, despite intervention fears. Japan’s revised GDP print, which confirmed that the economy lost momentum in the first quarter, weighs on the Japanese Yen. Meanwhile, Friday's upbeat US NFP report and fresh Israel-Iran attacks favor the US Dollar bulls, underpinning the currency pair.
Gold manages to reclaim the $4,300 mark per troy ounce and above on Monday. The yellow metal’s small uptick comes on the back of modest losses in the US Dollar, while traders continue to follow geopolitical events in the Middle East and the likelihood of a tighter-for-longer Fed.
On June 12, the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history is set to hit the tape, and almost nobody is asking whether the price is right, because almost everybody already wants in.
More than three months after the start of the Iran war and the resulting disruption to global energy markets, the US economy continues to display remarkable resilience. The conflict has triggered a sharp rise in Oil prices, reignited inflationary pressures and fueled widespread concerns about a potential economic slowdown.
