By Olga Cotaga and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling hit a seven-month high against the dollar and a 2-1/2 year peak versus the euro on Monday after fresh polls showed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has extended its lead in opinion polls before Thursday’s election. The ruling Conservatives extended their lead over […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The ruble hit its weakest level in two weeks on Wednesday, tracing moves in other emerging-market currencies that came under pressure from investors’ fears over global trade tensions. At 0746 GMT, the ruble was 0.5 percent weaker against the dollar at 68.44 after briefly touching 68.59, a level last seen on Aug. […]
The dollar rebounded against the yen on Thursday after China’s foreign exchange regulator said a report about Beijing slowing or halting U.S. treasury purchases could be wrong. USD/JPY was up 0.36% to 111.84 by 02:52 AM ET (07:52 AM GMT) pulling away from Wednesday’s one-and-a-half month low of 111.26. China’s foreign exchange regulator said on Thursday […]
