Dollar firm as risk-sensitive currencies advance
- Indian refiners' crude throughput in November was the highest since February 2020, as hopes of a steady uptick in demand at the world's third-biggest #oil consumer prompted refiners to operate at full capacity
- #USD steadied, recovering after a bout of profit-taking in the previous session, but its gains were held in check as improving risk sentiment boosted riskier currencies such as the Australian dollar and the British pound
- #Block CEO Dorsey has consistently praised bitcoin, and his departure as #Twitter's CEO is likely linked to his ambitions around the crypto asset
- #USDJPY rose 0.4% in the last session
- #BTCUSD exploded 3.5% in the last session
- #WTIUSD exploded 2.9%
