The AUD/USD exchange rate continued its strong upward trend, reaching its highest point since May 2022. It has risen in the past five consecutive weeks, helped by the ongoing divergence between the Federal Reserve and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).
As the prospects of a peace deal between the USA and Iran fade on the reluctance of both sides to adjust red lines, energies rise, but US stocks are not deterred from hitting new highs, while the Forex market finally sees a Bank of Japan intervention to prop up the Yen.