United States Kansas Fed Manufacturing Activity declined to -4 in November from previous 0
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EUR/USD comes under some mild selling pressure on Friday, partially fading Thursday’s strong pullback and revisiting the 1.1740 region on the back of a humble recovery in the US Dollar. Later in the day, investors’ attention will be on the release of US flash PMIs for the month of January.
GBP/USD extends its weekly firm performance and challenges the area of two-week peaks around 1.3530 on the back of a tepid bounce in the Greenback. Positive results from UK Retail Sales and preliminary PMIs appear to reinforce Cable's solid gains so far on Friday.
Gold loses its traction and declines toward $4,900 after touching a new record-high near $4,970 earlier in the day. The modest US Dollar recovery ahead of US PMI data causes XAU/USD to stretch lower, while investors keep a close eye on geopolitics.
Bitcoin is struggling to stay above support at $89,000 at the time of writing, as headwinds intensify across the cryptocurrency market on Friday. Ethereum and Ripple are facing low retail and institutional demand, while bearish indicators continue to flash subtle signals that losses may extend further.
The BoJ paused rates at 0.75%, expressing greater confidence in growth and reaching the 2% inflation goal. The challenge is balancing rate hikes to support JPY without slowing growth.
Tron (TRX) price extends its gains, trading above $0.30 at the time of writing on Friday after retesting the previously broken bullish breakout structure earlier this week. The positive on-chain and derivatives data back the bullish price action.