Treasury

EUR/USD
The Single currency slipped to $1.1800 with investors awaiting U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell further guidance on the U.S. monetary policy outlook during the Jackson Hole symposium starting on Thursday.

GBP/USD
The cable nosedived to 1.3094 following Britain and the European Union made scant progress towards a deal on future ties in talks this week, and their chief negotiators blamed each other for the stalemate as time ticks down to an end-of-year deadline.

USD/JPY
The Japanese Yen retreated to 105.87 against the U.S dollar on concerns surrounding Japanese PM Abe’s health and virus woes in Tokyo.

AUD/USD
The Aussie dollar dropped to $0.7171 with the U.S Markit Manufacturing PMI and the Services PMI data rising to 53.6 and 54.8, respectively.

USD/ZAR
The South Africa's rand gained to 17.10/dlr after a further easing of the country's coronavirus lockdown and three days of planned power cuts suspended by ailing state utility Eskom.

USD/MUR
The pair stayed put at 40.20(selling) on the domestic market.