Forex Today: Optimism dominates a dull start to the week
|What you need to know on Tuesday, February 16:
Optimism maintained the greenback under pressure against all major rivals but the JPY. The upbeat sentiment was backed by hopes that US Congress will speed up a stimulus bill now that they acquitted former US President Donald Trump on his second impeachment.
China and the US markets were closed amid local holidays, but US futures rose to fresh record-highs. Chinese holidays will continue for most of this week.
Major pairs saw little action with the EUR/USD pair unchanged for a fourth consecutive day. GBP/USD continued to grind higher and reclaimed the 1.3900 threshold, amid the broad dollar’s weakness and the absence of UK macroeconomic news that could hit the pound. Commodity-linked currencies were also up against their American rival.
Coronavirus: Optimism overshadowed concerns related to new strains, as those countries leading vaccine immunization report encouraging results. In Israel, the number of new cases, severe illness and deaths keeps falling among those who received two Pfizer’s shots. Also, the UK has reached 15 million people vaccinated threshold, reporting under 10,000 new daily cases for the first time since October last year.
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