The USD traded with a firmer tone alongside...>

FOREX: The USD traded with a firmer tone alongside US Tsy yields on Thursday,

while comments from BoE Governor Carney pressured GBP in late dealing.

- The USD firmed across the board, closing the NY session near best levels

against the majority of the majors. 

- Soft UK Retail Sales data jolted GBP lower, although cable did stage a

recovery through NY dealing before stalling at the April 18 high (1.4246). GBP

then moved to fresh lows as BoE Gov. Carney sounded a little more dovish.

- AUD & NZD were notably lower against the greenback. AUDUSD had squeezed to

0.7813, before a sharp move lower through the 100-DMA to 0.7723. NZD tracked the

move, falling nearly 80 pips to ~0.7263.

- Mild risk-off flows with equities lower meant that USDJPY stuck to a tight

range, while the JPY managed to gain against the remaining majors.

- USD strength also resulted in USDCAD moving above the 200-DMA to last trade at

1.2665. 

- EURCHF briefly traded above 1.20, but was quick to fade.

- Japan CPI, Fed's Evans & BoE's Saunders headline on Friday.