Markets went up yesterday, with AUD/USD & NZD/USD in the lead. These are unique currencies that were not expected on this list of top gainers.
Markets had an interesting day yesterday; USD/JPY shed 1.67% and closed at 147.64. USD/CAD slipped 0.88% and closed at 1.3644.
More data out yesterday as United States CFTC Gold speculative net positions released yesterday at 19:30 UTC with a figure of 77,000, while the previous figure was 94,400.
What are surprising gainers?
Surprising Gainers are low-performing assets that have risen inconsistently with their past behavior and defied their expected daily return, making them surprising. The following list rates assets according to the difference between expectation and actual return: the greater the difference, the higher the rank.
Kicking off the session at 0.628, Aussie-Dollar currency pair peaks at 0.6394
On-trend Aussie-Dollar closed the session yesterday with more of the same: generally flat but with a slight bullish bias, AUD/USD ranged between 0.621 and 0.6394 before closing higher at 0.6385.
Bullish currency pair the New-Zealand Dollar runs out of steam at 0.5771; currently at 0.5761
Yesterday's session pointed in the same direction — the New-Zealand Dollar rallied 82 pips (1.45%) deep into the session, closing at 0.5761.