The Australian dollar is holding close to its highest yen The high level of 2025 on Monday, while the somewhat straightened. The Chinese yuan and the South African rand are falling. La Pakistani rupee strengthened against the American dollar.

The dollar Australian oscillated on Monday near a new high in 2025, supported by firm local yields and material prices firsts were high, while the New Zealand dollar lagged behind. The The Australian dollar was trading at $0.6714, after jumping 1.6% in last week to reach a 14-month high of $0.6724. Against the yen Japanese low yielding, the Australian dollar held steady at 104.81 yen, after gaining 0.7% on Friday to hit a new high in 17 months at 105.16.

The South African rand is weakened at the start of trading on Monday, with investors taking their profits following the rise in precious metals prices.

At 07:40 GMT, the rand was trading at 16.7025 for the dollar, down about 0.3% from its previous close.

The risk-sensitive South African currency is on track to increase by more than 12 per cent against the dollar this year, supported by the improvement of the country's fiscal performance and its success in controlling inflation, as well as by the surge in metal prices precious metals such as gold and platinum, which are exports majors.

Chinese yuan a fell against the dollar for the second consecutive session on Monday, moving away even more so the important psychological threshold of 7 yuan for one dollar, as authorities continue to fight against the rapid rise and unilateral currency.

The Cash yuan is allowed to fluctuate by a maximum of 2% on either side of fixed midpoint every day.

The Yuan onshore traded at 7.0105 per dollar at 03:33 GMT, after reached a 15-month high of 7.0053 last week.

LA Chinese currency has gained more than 4.1% against the dollar since the start of the year and seems to be on track to record its biggest annual increase since 2020.

The Pakistani rupee strengthened against American dollar, appreciating by 0.04% in the first few minutes of trading on the interbank market on Monday.

At 10 am, the local currency was swaying around 280.05, a gain of 0.12 rupees against the American dollar.

The week before, the Pakistani rupee had recorded a slight gain, appreciating by 0.08 rupees, or 0.03%, compared to to the American dollar on the interbank market.

The motto locale closed at 280.17 , compared to 280.25 per week previous against the American dollar, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

The yen was recovered somewhat on Monday after a sharp drop at the end of last week, markets assessing the timing of further interest rate hikes in Japan and the possibility of intervening in a late foreign exchange market Of a year that is not very active. The yen appreciated by 0.3% against the US dollar, at 156.13 yen to the dollar, after falling 0.5% on Friday.