Monday morning open levels - indicative forex rates - 9 August 2021

Good morning, afternoon or evening to all ForexLive traders and welcome to the start of the new FX week!

As is usual for a Monday morning, market liquidity is very thin until it improves as more Asian centres come on online ... prices are liable to swing around on not too much at all, so take care out there.

Little change from late Friday levels:

• EUR/USD 1.1763
• USD/JPY 110.34
• GBP/USD 1.3880
• USD/CHF 0.9144
• USD/CAD 1.2548
• AUD/USD 0.7360
• NZD/USD 0.7012

Be back soon with weekend news. ICYMI, weekend posts:

• Weekend Australia coronavirus - outbreak accelerates
• Crypto is having a good weekend, ETH is above US$3,000
• US Senate inches ahead with infrastructure bill
• China trade data for July: Exports +19.3% y/y (expected +20.8%) & Imports +28.1% y/y (expected +33.0%)