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The yen has extended its recent upward move, trading beyond the 154-per-dollar level, a development forex traders are closely monitoring for positioning and risk management.
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Oracle Shares Lifted as Investor Sentiment Toward OpenAI Reverses Positively
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Market Highlights
Indicative FX reference rates against the US dollar. · Updated 9 Sept, 00:02 UTC
- EUR/USD
- 1.1624
- +0.01%
- GBP/USD
- 1.3542
- +0.02%
- AUD/USD
- 0.7218
- -0.01%
- USD/JPY
- 153.82
- -0.39%
- USD/VND
- 25,932.75
- -0.14%
- USD/SGD
- 1.2649
- -0.07%
- USD/CNY
- 6.7283
- -0.00%
- USD/CHF
- 0.8096
- +0.05%