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"The deal’s all signed”: US President Trump trumpets agreement with Iran

United States (US) President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Iran deal had been signed, adding that the Strait of Hormuz had fully reopened and that Oil prices were falling while stocks were rising. The President made the statement shortly after arriving in Evian, France, for a G7 meeting.

Key takeaways:

The deal’s all signed.

Strait all opened.

Strait completely opened on Friday.

Important that oil is plummeting and stocks rising.

Will not have a nuclear weapon.

Will have strong policing.

Hopefully going to be a good relationship.

I may be involved, I may not on Iran signing.

Vance will be coming for signing.

Will release Iran deal text sometime after Friday.

Text will come sometime in the very near future.

No sanctions relief for Iran until they do what they are supposed to do.

Allies: Don’t think we’re going to need much help but not a bad idea.

Do want to see if we can straighten out Lebanon.”

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Japanese Yen.

USDEURGBPJPYCADAUDNZDCHF
USD-0.30%-0.17%-0.02%-0.04%-0.49%-0.02%-0.40%
EUR0.30%0.13%0.33%0.28%-0.19%0.29%-0.12%
GBP0.17%-0.13%0.19%0.14%-0.34%0.18%-0.25%
JPY0.02%-0.33%-0.19%-0.02%-0.49%-0.04%-0.42%
CAD0.04%-0.28%-0.14%0.02%-0.45%-0.01%-0.40%
AUD0.49%0.19%0.34%0.49%0.45%0.49%0.11%
NZD0.02%-0.29%-0.18%0.04%0.00%-0.49%-0.41%
CHF0.40%0.12%0.25%0.42%0.40%-0.11%0.41%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

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Agustin Wazne joined FXStreet as a Junior News Editor, focusing on Commodities and covering Majors.

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