Against the current: Markets are down, yet USD/CAD, EUR/CAD, USD/JPY go up and make this list of top gainers.
The US dollar is weakening against a basket of currencies — GBP/USD trades at 1.2145 after losing 0.4%. EUR/USD drawing back 0.28% to 1.0468.
While price action maintains a negative bias, United States ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Nov) came out at 56.5, while a consensus of analysts was expecting 53.3.
Markets are falling this session, but some currencies are registering gains. Take a look at today's positive market movers.
Dollar/Yen | +0.25% in mid-session
Having set a peak of 150.1 around a month ago, Dollar/Yen is now trading 8.94% below this level.
EUR/CAD | +0.34% in mid-session
Having added to its 297 pips increase during 5 days of gains, Heading in the same direction for now — tentatively higher from an earlier low of 1.4243, EUR/CAD is up to 1.4305 today, adding 48 pips, or 0.34%, to yesterday's closing price of 1.4256.
US Dollar-Canadian Dollar | +0.61% in mid-session
After setting a supportive marker at 1.1321 around 25 days ago, US Dollar-Canadian Dollar is now trading 20% above this level.