Treasury

EUR/USD
The shared currency gathers momentum to $1.1765 after the European Central Bank latest minutes of a meeting revealed a wrangle over the new guidance on interest rates and macroeconomic revisions to align with the board members hawkish views on recent upbeat business activity in Q3.

GBP/USD
The British pound fizzled out to $1.3678 as the Brexit conundrums continue to linger on the economy.

USD/JPY
Yen popped to 109.93 against the greenback following US Q2 Gross Domestic Product got upward revision to 6.6% QoQ versus 6.5% prior, missing the expected 6.7%, coupled with disappointing weekly U.S jobless claims.

USD/CAD
Loonie slammed to 1.2688 per dollar on comments from St. Louis Fed President Bullard that the Fed should have completed its tapering process by the end of March 22, and from Dallas Fed President Kaplan that the strength in the US economy prompts the central bank to begin reducing its monthly asset purchases in October.

AUD/USD
Australian dollar recovered from yesterday's low from $0.7219 to $0.7239, even on poor Aussie Retail Sales for July during early Friday.

USD/ZAR
Rand firmed at 14.88 against its U.S counterpart on mounting risk appetite ahead of the Federal Reserve's chairman Jerome Powell who is due to deliver a keynote speech later today.

USD/MUR
The local pair staggered at 42.85(selling) on the Mauritian market.