FX Daily: Risk assets gain a reprieve as energy costs bite in Daily Currencies Ratings 10/03/2026 USD: A welcome reprieve ‘Turnaround Monday’ saw risk assets bounce substantially from intraday lows as policymakers did what they could to address the energy shock. Oil had come off its early Asian highs on reports that the G7 could be preparing a large release from emergency stocks, but the big kicker came from President Trump’s comments that the war could end soon. While a large release from emergency oil stockpiles is welcome, it would only be regarded as a sticking plaster as long as Middle East oil production is shut in. Even a 400 million barrel release would only cover 20 days of lost Middle East production and wipe out a third of emergency stocks. Hence, the bigger market reaction to the Trump press conference. What will matter most, though, is a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a restart of production across the Middle East. Until investors receive headlines on that score, presumably relating to some kind of ceasefire, we doubt the dollar is going to quickly hand back all the gains made over the last two weeks. For today, let’s see whether we hear of any further US measures to address the oil shock. Washington is already talking about waiving oil sanctions, and there are apparently 2bn barrels of Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan crude at sea. And there remains some talk that the US government could suspend federal fuel duties or the US Treasury could intervene in the oil futures market. As of Sunday, US average gasoline prices had risen 50 cents to $3.50/gallon. Macro data will again take a back seat to geopolitics and the response from policymakers. But one eye will be kept on the US jobs market after Friday’s soft NFP release. Thus, any big drop in the weekly ADP employment release today could weigh on the dollar a little. Should military cessation or ceasefire talks (China, Russia, and France are involved here) gain much traction, then the 99.70 area may prove the top of the range for DXY. It seems too early to expect a big move back under 98.00, unless there are some clear improvements on the ground. Chris Turner EUR: 1.1500 holds The 1.1500 level in EUR/USD withstood some pressure yesterday, but events managed to see it hold. Our FX option traders noted that even with EUR/USD offered early yesterday, the FX option market was not buying into a big downside breakout. Here, the one-month risk reversal, the cost of an EUR put option over an EUR call option, went less bid for EUR puts. When the dust settles on this energy shock, we will have a little more time to assess how interest rate markets have reacted. Looking at the OIS forwards market, and in particular the one-month OIS priced one year forward, we can see that something like a 50bp increase has been the average response across the G10 space. However, US rates are only up 25bp on the view that this energy shock would not have such a large impact on US inflation. While the reaction in Europe has been larger. Here, EUR ESTR has been marked 65bp higher and GBP OIS a whopping 80bp. If the legacy of this oil shock is that EUR:USD two-year swap differentials need to be priced even narrower, then support at 1.1500 in EUR/USD can prove more solid. 1.1650 is the initial resistance for EUR/USD and it is not clear that EUR/USD needs to rally much more today unless we see some material progress towards a ceasefire. Chris Turner GBP: BoE repricing provides a temporary lift As above