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USD/JPY is virtually unchanged late in the North American session, hovers at around the current week's highs after hitting a daily low of 146.55, exchanges hands at around 147.28, and gains 0.05%.

In Tuesday's session, the USD/NOK edged higher, trading around 10.935 seeing 0.80% gains following the reports of robust Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reading and softer-than-anticipated JOLTs Openings figures.

Mexican Peso (MXN) falls on Tuesday, extending its losses against the US Dollar (USD) in the early morning North American session after the USD/MXN briefly tested the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA), a critical resistance level.

The USD/CHF is continuing to climb for a second trading day, with the US Dollar (USD) getting propped up by broad-market risk-off flows rather than any specific weakness in the Swiss Franc (CHF), which is up over 3% against the USD since early November.

Due to several factors, the US Crude Oil benchmark, known as WTI, extended its losses to four straight days.

The EUR/GBP is flatlining on the trading week, cycling near 0.8570 with Eurozone Retail Sales due early Wednesday.

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Gold price extended its losses for the second straight day after reaching an all-time high (ATH) above the $2,100 figure, and it has dived more than $100.00 in two days of trading.

The GBP/USD held mostly flat on Tuesday before seeing a decline below the 1.2600 handle during the American trading session, slipping to a one-week low and shedding a third of a percent on Tuesday.

The AUD/USD prolonged its agony during the North American session after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged, setting the Aussie Dollar (AUD) faith, spurring losses of more than 0.70%.