Markets are adopting a risk-off approach ahead of the weekend. The US Dollar (USD) is narrowly mixed against the core majors but the JPY and CHF are outperforming on the day while high beta FX is tending to underperform, Scotiabank's Chief FX Strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret report.
EUR/JPY retreats after reaching one-year highs on Thursday, trading around 170.10 during the Asian hours on Friday. The bullish bias is strengthening as the technical analysis of the daily chart shows that the currency cross moves upwards within the ascending channel pattern.
Gold price fell 0.80% on Thursday as a strong US Nonfarm Payrolls report strengthened the US Dollar, leading market participants to believe it unlikely that the Fed could cut rates at the July meeting. At the time of writing, the XAU/USD trades at $3,332, having reached a daily high of $3,365.