Financial & Forex Market Recap – Apr. 27, 2026
Markets opened Monday cautiously as traders navigated nine weeks of Strait of Hormuz disruption and assessed new diplomatic signals from Tehran that offered some hope for resolution.
Read MoreMarkets opened Monday cautiously as traders navigated nine weeks of Strait of Hormuz disruption and assessed new diplomatic signals from Tehran that offered some hope for resolution.
Read MoreNew Zealand’s Q1 CPI beat forecasts and repriced RBNZ expectations – here’s how our NZD watchlist setups held up.
Read MoreIs the Bank of Japan (BOJ) getting ready to adjust monetary policy this time or will they just step up their jawboning game? Here’s what you need to know when trading this central bank event.
Read MoreThe Strait of Hormuz kept markets on edge all week, but blowout US data, oil swings, and a hot NZD CPI made for no shortage of action.
Read MoreManufacturing is rebounding for the wrong reasons, services are slowing, and the dollar is the quiet winner in April’s PMI releases.
Read MoreOil surged over 4% on Thursday as stalled US-Iran peace talks and Strait of Hormuz uncertainty rattled global markets, pushing equities lower while lifting the US dollar.
Read MoreU.K. inflation climbed to its highest in three months in March as the Iran war sent fuel costs sharply higher.
Read MoreECB policymakers are publicly split on rate hikes amid the Iran war energy shock. Learn what hawk vs. dove central bank language means for EUR/USD traders.
Read MoreRisk appetite revived Wednesday as Trump extended the Iran ceasefire indefinitely and strong earnings lifted the S&P 500 to a record high while Bitcoin surged over 4%.
Read MoreA new era of American monetary policy is taking shape, and what it means for markets is only beginning to come into focus.
Read MoreProblems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.Albert Einstein