Market Update for 12 November 2026

Market Update for 12 November 2026

Quotes around 09:00 UTC show mixed moves: EURUSD edged higher relative to the source’s previous close, while GBPUSD, USDJPY, AUDUSD and BTCUSD declined. Among the currency pairs, AUDUSD shows the largest current decline; for gold, the source provides only a price. Historical data from completed daily candles is presented separately: changes and ranges in that data must not be combined with current figures from another source.

EURUSD

Price: 1.10960 at 08:59:32 UTC, change: +0.00060 (+0.06%). The current session low is 1.10710 and the high is 1.11040; the quote is closer to the upper end of this range.

The latest daily close from Yahoo Finance is 1.11689 for 11 November. Close-to-close changes: −0.48% over one day, −0.21% over five days and −0.32% over twenty days. The range of 30 closing prices is 1.11297–1.13727, with the latest close 16% of the way up that range. The standard deviation of daily changes is 0.27%. The modest current gain is in the opposite direction to the historical changes.

GBPUSD

Price: 1.32710 at 08:59:32 UTC, change: −0.00050 (−0.03%). The session low is 1.32500 and the high is 1.32830. The current decline is small in percentage terms.

The latest daily close is 1.33486 for 11 November, within the range of 30 closing prices, 1.31996–1.34771, and 54% of the way up that range. The close fell by 0.69% over one day and 0.46% over five days, but rose by 0.81% over twenty days. The standard deviation of daily changes is 0.29%: the historical direction varies with the time horizon.

USDJPY

Price: 159.692 at 09:00:02 UTC, change: −0.016 (−0.01%). The session low is 159.472 and the high is 159.946. The change relative to the previous close from the source providing the current quote is minimal.

The latest daily close from Yahoo Finance is 158.705 for 11 November, at the upper end of the range of 30 closing prices, 156.494–158.705. Historical changes are positive: +0.46% over one day, +0.15% over five days and +0.24% over twenty days. The standard deviation is 0.31%. The current quote is above the historical range of closing prices, although the sources and measurement times differ.

AUDUSD

Price: 0.68250 at 08:59:32 UTC, change: −0.00270 (−0.39%). The session low is 0.68180 and the high is 0.68540; the price is closer to the low.

The latest daily close is 0.68696 for 11 November, almost at the lower end of the range of 30 closing prices, 0.68687–0.70580. The decline was 0.75% over one day, 1.42% over five days and 1.65% over twenty days. The standard deviation of daily changes is 0.45%, the highest among the four currency pairs covered.

XAUUSD

The spot gold price is 3931.60 at 09:00:02 UTC. The source does not provide the change, session low or session high; these must not be treated as zero. Comparable historical data is unavailable, so it is impossible to determine direction or assess volatility from these data.

BTCUSD

Price: 73495.40 at 09:00:06 UTC. The source reports a decline of −429.79 (−0.20%), but the absolute and percentage figures are inconsistent. The session low is 73382.59 and the high is 74072.29; the price is closer to the low.

The latest daily close is 73964.47 for 11 November, 2% of the way up the range of 30 closing prices, 73720.12–84011.97. The close rose by 0.33% over one day, fell by 2.35% over five days and fell by 9.04% over twenty days. The standard deviation of daily changes is 1.82%.

Events and Overall Risk

On the calendar: 07:00 UTC — GDP m/m and Prelim GDP q/q; 13:30 UTC — Unemployment Claims; 19:30 UTC — ECB President Lagarde Speaks. At the time of the quotes, the scheduled time for the first two releases had already passed, but their results were not provided: movements in the pound cannot be attributed to them.

The outlook for the rest of the day is limited by the lack of event results. Ahead of an important release, staying out of the market may reflect uncertainty and does not imply a forecast of sideways trading.

The correlation between daily EURUSD and GBPUSD moves over 30 days was +0.88; their correlations with AUDUSD were +0.39 and +0.41, respectively. The currency pairs’ correlations with USDJPY are weakly negative, ranging from −0.14 to −0.22. These measurements do not prove causation. The shared US dollar factor creates concentration risk, but does not require all pairs to move in the same direction.

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