US Open Preview – Pound jumps on retail sales; euro gains ahead of ECB meeting minutes
Posted on May 24, 2018 at 11:23 am GMTHere are the latest developments in global markets: FOREX: The US dollar lost more momentum after the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting were seen as dovish and the US President Donald Trump raised the prospect of new tariffs on imported cars similar to those introduced on steel and aluminum in March. Dollar/yen traded lower by 0.31% on Thursday, posting a 10-day low of 109.32. The US dollar index stepped back to 93.72 from its five-month high (-0.29%). Euro/dollar edged higher by 0.26%, following the pullback [..]