The foreign exchange market is the largest and most liquid market in the world, with more than $7 trillion changing hands every day. Prices on the majors are driven by interest-rate expectations, inflation prints and central-bank guidance from the Fed, ECB, BoE and BoJ. Below are live rates for the most actively traded pairs, with intraday change and trend.
The Trend column shows an indicative trend line that updates as live prices stream in. It is not a chart of real intraday price history.
Currency pairs quote how much of the quote currency is needed to buy one unit of the base currency. The "majors" — pairs that include the US dollar against another leading currency — account for the bulk of daily turnover and typically carry the tightest spreads. Stay ahead of the moves with our economic calendar and the latest market news, and explore other asset classes such as world indices and commodities.