Excerpt from:  Forex Analysis
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May 28, 2008

Oil Prices and Currency Trading

Commodities can affect the FX market
Currencies that rely oil and other commodities often receive support as prices rise.
One of the items that affects forex trading includes oil prices. Oil prices affect currency trading due to their interplay with currencies. Normally, when the US dollar is weak, oil prices rise. Right now, as oil prices are dropping, there is support for the US dollar in forex trading on the currency market.

Currencies that rely oil and other commodities often receive support as prices rise. The Canadian dollar is a commodity currency that does well as oil prices rise.

Other commodities can also affect the FX market. When gold prices drop, it affects the Australian dollar, whose economy provides a large amount of gold, and that benefits from higher prices
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