Dollar Slips and Oil Falls as Markets Reprice Fed and Iran Risks
United States. The US dollar is strengthening against the Japanese yen today while posting moderate losses against the euro and the British pound.
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Benchmark Brent Crude Oil prices remain in a global corrective trend near $110.0 per barrel. The market is trading on elevated volumes, and prices recently approached the 115.00 high again, reacting to rapidly shifting fundamental conditions.
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The Dow Jones Index is moving sideways near 45,605.0, remaining under pressure from the sharp rise in energy prices amid the escalation of the Middle East conflict.
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The pound is gaining against the US dollar during the Asian session on March 31, correcting near the 1.3200 level after the strong bearish trend of recent days and pulling back from local lows recorded on November 26.
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United States. The US dollar is strengthening moderately against the euro and the pound, but is weakening against the yen.
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The Australian dollar is extending its corrective impulse and testing the 0.6867 mark for a downside breakout, renewing local lows from January 23 during the Asian session. Market activity remains restrained, as investors are in no rush to open new positions ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at 17:30 (GMT+2), where he may comment on the rapidly changing outlook for borrowing costs and assess the consequences of the escalating military conflict in the Middle East for the U.S. economy.
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The US dollar is losing ground against the yen in the USD/JPY pair, correcting after last week’s bullish momentum. During the Asian session, the instrument is testing the 159.70 mark, pulling back from the 160.00 level, which had previously been seen as a psychological barrier before potential new currency interventions by the Bank of Japan.
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The USD/CHF pair has been gaining for the second consecutive month, correcting toward the medium-term downward trend and currently testing the 0.7995 level (Murray [7/8]). The U.S. dollar is receiving support amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
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The leading Japanese stock index, NI 225, is trading near 51325.0, continuing its active downward movement triggered by the global outflow of investment capital from risk assets amid the escalation of the armed conflict in the Middle East. On Friday, the yen in the USD/JPY pair once again moved above the key 160.00 mark, increasing the likelihood of currency intervention by the Bank of Japan.
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During the Asian session, WTI Crude Oil prices are moving toward February highs near 101.95. In Friday’s trading, the instrument gained $5.16, ending the week at 99.64. Investors remain confident that the Middle East conflict will expand with the involvement of additional participants, which could negatively impact energy supplies from the region.
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The XAU/USD pair is extending last Friday’s bullish momentum, testing the 4515.00 level for an upside breakout during the Asian session. The key driver of the upward movement remains the escalation of the U.S.–Iran conflict, which by the end of March entered an expansion phase involving additional participants and increasing risks for the global economy.
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