EUR/USD trades without clear direction around 1.1590 on Thursday, virtually unchanged on the day, as liquidity drops sharply with US markets closed for Thanksgiving. The pair retains a modest bullish bias after facing resistance just above 1.1600 earlier in the European session.

The GBP/USD pair gains positive traction for the second successive day on Thursday and recovers further from its lowest level since early August, around the 1.3250-1.3245 region touched earlier this week.

Gold remains in a long-term uptrend but faces near-term resistance at $4,400, with pullbacks seen as opportunities in a choppy yet bullish market.

Gold is building on Friday’s rebound in Asian trades on Monday, having briefly regained the $4,050 psychological barrier to hit ten-day highs. Traders await fresh cues on the end to the record US government shutdown amid mounting economic concerns.