The AUD/USD exchange rate held steady above the key resistance level at 0.700 as investors priced in a potential Federal Reserve and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) divergence. It rose to a high of 0.7030, a few points below the year-to-date high of 0.7095.
Precious metals continue to consolidate following their burst bubble, while the Australian Dollar and Japanese Yen are the two most interesting major currencies in the Forex market, as dinosaur stocks take their turn to shine.