By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators added to their overall long bets for the US dollar last week against the other major currencies while Euro short positions rose and ascended to a new record level as sentiment …
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Forex – US Dollar falling against Indian Rupee for 4th day. USD/INR trades near 45.40
The US dollar has been on the decline against the Indian rupee for the fourth straight day in the forex markets, according to currency in the US session today. The …
FOREX: Large Currency Speculators turned long on the Euro, Pound against the US Dollar
The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that futures speculators added to their short positions of the US dollar against the other major currencies…

Forex – US Dollar edges higher against Indian Rupee. USD/INR at 45.62
The US dollar has edged just slightly higher against the Indian rupee in the forex market today as the USD/INR currency pair has traded in a tight range. The USD/INR …
Forex – US Dollar trades lower against Indian Rupee for third day. USD/INR near 45.50
The US dollar has lost ground against the Indian rupee in the forex market for a third straight day and currently trades near the 45.50 exchange rate at the end …

Forex – US Dollar trades lower against Indian Rupee for second day. USD/INR trades near 45.60 exchange rate
The US dollar has lost ground against the Indian rupee in the forex market for second day in a row and currently trades just above the 45.60 exchange rate. The …

Forex – US Dollar edges higher against Indian Rupee. USD/INR trades near 46.00 exchange rate
The US dollar has gained very slight ground against the Indian rupee in the forex market today following yesterday’s unchanged results. The USD/INR currency pair opened the day near the …

Forex – US Dollar advances higher against Indian Rupee for 2nd day. USD/INR test 200-day moving average
The US dollar has gained ground against the Indian rupee in the forex market for a second straight day as the dollar rose broadly today in trading on better than …
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