Trump: This is a last chance for Iran

Agustin Wazne FXStreet

United States (US) President Donald Trump said on Monday that Washington is currently holding talks with Iran, adding that the discussions are taking place at Tehran's request and describing them as a final opportunity for the Islamic Republic.

Key quotes

Iran conflict is working out very well.

Iran talks are going on now.

We are talking at request of Iran.

This is a last chance for Iran."

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 British Pound.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.11%	0.38%	-0.41%	0.16%	0.34%	0.14%	0.34%
EUR	-0.11%		0.25%	-0.54%	0.05%	0.21%	0.06%	0.19%
GBP	-0.38%	-0.25%		-0.78%	-0.24%	-0.03%	-0.19%	-0.03%
JPY	0.41%	0.54%	0.78%		0.50%	0.66%	0.53%	0.64%
CAD	-0.16%	-0.05%	0.24%	-0.50%		0.18%	0.04%	0.14%
AUD	-0.34%	-0.21%	0.03%	-0.66%	-0.18%		-0.17%	0.00%
NZD	-0.14%	-0.06%	0.19%	-0.53%	-0.04%	0.17%		0.16%
CHF	-0.34%	-0.19%	0.03%	-0.64%	-0.14%	-0.01%	-0.16%

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

FXStreet

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

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