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AUD/USD sticks to modest gains around 0.6630, upside seems limited ahead of US NFP
The AUD/USD pair gains some positive traction during the Asian session on Friday and for now, seems to have snapped a two-day losing streak to sub-0.6600 levels, or a one-week low touched the previous day. Spot prices currently trade around the 0.6630 area, up just over 0.10% for the day, though any meaningful appreciating move still seems elusive. A slew of weak economic data from China released over the past week added to worries about slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy. Furthermore, the risk of a further escalation in the US-China trade conflict continues to weigh on investors' sentiment, which ... (full story)