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The Greenback drew some support from upbeat PMI but the big winner was the Loonie, which got a boost from strong data and a pickup in crude oil prices.

Price action was a bit choppy during today’s morning London session. However, the euro was clearly on the back foot during the session.

Risk aversion was the name of the game during the Asian session, as a lack of fresh catalysts kept traders on the sidelines.

The pound got a major smack-down this week. But can you guess which currency was this week’s champ? And just so you know, it’s not the euro.

The yen easily blew its rivals away during the session. The euro, meanwhile, reluctantly gave back its gains from yesterday.

The Aussie took hits on a dovish speech by an RBA official, while Kiwi got a boost from New Zealand’s Finance Minister.

Not even Draghi’s downbeat remarks were able to keep the euro down as bulls grabbed the chance to buy the shared currency at cheaper levels on tapering expectations.

Lots of action ahead of the ECB presser, with EUR and CHF mostly weaker and GBP in full retreat, even though U.K. retail sales was better-than-expected.

The Aussie and yen were big movers during the session, as Australia prints its jobs report while the BOJ revised its economic outlook.

The lack of top-tier U.S. data left the Greenback with a mixed performance against its major counterparts as currency-specific factors came into play.