Most markets are higher this morning as risk-on sentiment dominates: AUD/USD, EUR/USD, EUR/GBP are showing impressive gains as we move into the afternoon trading session.
The US dollar is getting stronger against a basket of currencies — USD/JPY trades at 139.57 after losing 1%. USD/CHF slipping 0.79% and closing at 0.9564.
At the same time, United States Core Consumer Prices released yesterday at 13:30 UTC with a figure of 0.3%, while the previous figure was 0.6%.
Here are the biggest currencies gainers so far today.
The Australian dollar | +0.61% in mid-session
After ending the previous trading day at 0.6619, the Australian dollar went up to 0.6679 only to drop back; still positive overall today, now trading at 0.666.
Euro-Pound | +0.44% in mid-session
Tentatively higher from an earlier low of 0.8704, Euro-Pound is up to 0.8751 today, adding 38 pips, or 0.44%, to yesterday's closing price of 0.8713.
The Euro | +0.83% in mid-session
After closing the previous trading day at 1.0206, Euro-Dollar went up to 1.0297 only to drop back; still positive overall today, now trading at 1.0291.