The dollar eases after reaching a one-month high in the previous session when the U.S. and China announced a deal to lower tariffs for 90 days. Markets are suffering a "bit of a hangover" after Monday's rally as investors take a moment to question how good the U.S.-China news really is and how long the truce will last, Swissquote Bank's Ipek Ozkardeskaya says in a note. "While recent days have brought major progress to the table, this isn't the end." The DXY dollar index falls 0.2% to 101.618 after reaching a high of 101.977 on Monday. (Newsmaker23) Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Gold recovered on Tuesday as bargain-hunters stepped in after prices hit a more than one-week low in the previous session, pressured by a U.S.-China tariff truce that lifted appetite for riskier assets and dented bullion's safe-haven appeal. Spot gold was up 0.6% at $3,254.39 an ounce, as of 0639 GMT. Bullion recorded a 2.7% decline in the previous session. U.S. gold futures were up 1% at $3,258.70. After two days of negotiations in Geneva, U.S. and China announced tariff reductions for the next three months, with U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports dropping from 145% to 30% and Chinese...
The dollar retreated slightly on Tuesday but held on to most of the previous session's gains on lingering optimism over a tariff deal between the United States and China, which tapped the brakes on a trade war between the world's two largest economies. Washington and Beijing on Monday announced an agreement to slash the massive tariffs they had imposed on each other for 90 days, sparking a relief rally across markets that swept up global stocks and sent the dollar surging. The situation is still very dollar-centric according to Kit Juckes, chief FX strategist at Societe Generale, who said...