Markets are up, with GBP/USD & NZD/USD in the lead. These are unique currencies that were not expected on this list of top gainers.
The US dollar is getting stronger against a basket of currencies — EUR/USD goes up 0.49%, trading at 1.0521. USD/JPY trades at 136.3 after losing 0.48%.
Meanwhile, United States Crude Oil Inventories released earlier showed a marked improvement to -5.19 million from the preceding data of -12.58 million, but fell short of the -3.31 million figure forecast by a consensus of market analysts.
What are surprising gainers?
Surprising Gainers are low-performing assets that have jumped up in a way that is inconsistent with their past behavior and gained more than their expected daily return, thus making them surprising. The following list rates assets according to the difference between expectation and actual return: the bigger the difference, the higher the rank.
Bullish currency pair the New-Zealand Dollar runs out of steam at 0.6384; currently at 0.6372
The Kiwi trades at 0.6372 after gaining 50 pips (0.8%).
0.69% boost for Sterling-Dollar currency pair so far today
After ending the previous trading day at 1.2133, the Pound went up to 1.2234 only to drop back; still positive overall today, now trading at 1.2217.