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The Pound Sterling extends its intraday decline against the US Dollar (USD), trading 0.6% down to near 1.3260 during the European trading session on Monday. The GBP/USD pair tumbles as escalating conflicts in the Middle East have further diminished investors’ risk appetite.

The Indian Rupee (INR) extends its downfall against the US Dollar (USD) at the start of the holiday-shortened week. Indian markets will remain closed on Thursday due to Shri Ram Navami.

ING strategist Francesco Pesole highlights that aggressive repricing of European Central Bank tightening, with three hikes now fully priced, may have gone too far.

Gold (XAU/USD) bounces off a technically significant 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) during the first half of the European session on Monday and trims a part of its heavy intraday losses to a four-month low.

The EUR/USD pair weakens as the US Dollar (USD) trades higher due to escalating Middle East conflicts, trading 0.3% lower to near 1.1535 during the European trading session on Monday.

Societe Generale economists argue that Oil demand remains structurally inelastic despite sharp price gains. They estimate short‑run crude demand elasticity at –0.024, implying around 1.2 mb/d of lost demand so far, and warn that a move toward $150/bbl could destroy up to 2.7 mb/d of consumption.

Francesco Pesole at ING expects Japan’s CPI to slow further due to subsidies, though core‑core inflation should stay above 2%, keeping the Bank of Japan (BoJ) cautious about ruling out further hikes.

The Indian Rupee (INR) extends its downfall against the US Dollar (USD) at the start of the holiday-shortened week. Indian markets will remain closed on Thursday due to Shri Ram Navami.

Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister highlights that the Pound has held up despite a weak UK real economy, persistent inflation and strained public finances, helped by reduced political risk and aggressive Bank of England (BoE) repricing from cuts to multiple hikes.

Silver price (XAG/USD) continues its losing streak for the fifth consecutive day, down by nearly 5%, and is trading around $64.60 per troy ounce during the European hours on Monday.