Forex Market Snapshot - Nov 19, 2025

This morning's foreign exchange and related markets observed generally subdued movements, with the US Dollar Index posting a minor gain. Across the 19 key financial instruments tracked, 12 registered positive performance, 6 showed negative performance, and one pair remained unchanged.

 

The US Dollar Index (DXYNYB) edged up by 0.12% to 99.6740, indicating a slight strengthening of the greenback against a basket of major currencies. This translated into minor declines for several major pairs against the dollar, including EUR/USD, which was down 0.01% at 1.1579, GBP/USD dipping 0.04% to 1.3136, AUD/USD falling 0.39% to 0.6483, and NZD/USD decreasing by 0.45% to 0.5632. Conversely, the dollar gained marginally against the Japanese Yen, with USD/JPY rising 0.07% to 155.5560, and against the Canadian Dollar, as USD/CAD moved up 0.09% to 1.4001.

 

In emerging market currencies, the US Dollar saw minor appreciation against the Korean Won, with USD/KRW climbing 0.46% to 1466.0000, and against the Singapore Dollar, with USD/SGD up 0.10% to 1.3032. However, the dollar weakened slightly against the Malaysian Ringgit, with USD/MYR down 0.29% to 4.1480. USD/CNY remained unchanged at 7.1096.

 

Precious metals posted minor gains. Gold (XAUUSD) increased by 0.49% to 4087.2700, while Silver (XAGUSD) rose 1.55% to 51.3810.