Treasury

EUR/USD
The Shared currency extended its fall to $1.0736 unfazed by French President Emmanuel Macron's comfortable Sunday defeat of far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

GBP/USD
The Cable plummets to eighteen-month-lows at $1.2765 on weak British retail sales and consumer-confidence data and Bank of England comments that signaled a possible slowdown in the expected upward movement of interest rates.

USD/JPY
The Japanese yen took a bath at 128.44 per U.S dollar as Bank of Japan is set to maintain ultra-low interest rates on Thursday and hold off from major tweaks to its dovish policy guidance.

AUD/USD
The Aussie dollar dived to $0.7160 amid a souring market mood, Aussie CPI in focus.

USD/CAD
The Loonie posted its biggest decline against the greenback in five months to 1.2750, as oil prices dropped and investors weighed prospects of upsized interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada to tackle inflation.

USD/ZAR
South Africa's rand continued its losing streak and dropped heavily once again on Friday to 15.66 against the dollar as severe power cuts and floods dented the country's economic growth prospects.

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee retreated to 43.40 (selling) following intervention from the Bank of Mauritius.