(Bloomberg) — Global trading of the Chinese yuan has surged to $817 billion a day, extending a decade-long trend with volumes nearing those of the British pound, according to the Bank for International Settlements. The yuan now makes up 8.5% of global currency transactions, up from 7.0% in 2022, according to the BIS’s triennial survey. While it remains the fifth-most traded currency, it closed the gap with fourth-placed sterling, whose share fell from 12.9% to 10.2%. Most Read from Bloomberg Chinese of ...

By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -The Swiss National Bank ramped up foreign currency purchases during the second quarter, data showed on Tuesday, as the central bank reacted to appreciation pressure on the Swiss franc after President Donald Trump announced tariffs on U.S. imports in April. The central bank's purchase of 5.06 billion Swiss francs ($6.36 billion) worth of foreign currencies in April-June was its highest quarterly level of foreign currency interventions for more than three years. The SNB ...

By Chibuike Oguh and Canan Sevgili NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar gained against peers including the yen, Swiss franc and euro on Wednesday, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell struck a cautious tone on further easing overnight. The dollar strengthened 0.54% to 0.795 against the Swiss franc, on track to snap two consecutive sessions of losses. The euro was lower against the dollar after German business morale fell unexpectedly in September. It was last down 0.69% at $1.1734 after ris ...

By Chibuike Oguh and Canan Sevgili NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar held steady against major peers on Tuesday as investors weighed commentary from Federal Reserve officials including Chair Jerome Powell, while the Swedish krona gained after the Riksbank delivered a hawkish 25-basis-point rate cut. The dollar was down 0.11% at 0.791 against the Swiss franc The euro was up slightly by 0.08% at $1.1812 while sterling was flat at $1.3517. Powell said the central bank needed to continue balancing ...

What do you take away from the market dynamics and how they've been trading. The violence in the Middle East over the last 24 hours or so. Because, yes, we've seen a bit of a pick up in oil prices, but a lot of that was unwound as we've been through the last few hours.And I wonder what that tells us about the market's response function. Yet beyond the humanitarian tragedy of the fact that we've got a war going on, from a markets point of view, this is very much an inflationary impulse rather than a risk off ...