Gold's $1000 chances have increased after Monday's fall.
Declining global oil and dairy prices expected to weigh on Kiwi dollar.
Australian mining shares suffered on the back of falling gold prices, which touched a five-year low.
Meanwhile, the rand is hovering near a 12-year low vs dollar.
BoE's Mark Carney and RBA chief Glenn Stevens will speak this week.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney says interest rates likely to rise in early 2016.
Oil giant BP and security company G4S lost out as oil and mining stocks get rocky ride.
The euro was also marginally up while the British pound was flat.
Fundamental weakness of Swiss economy may lead to further weakness in franc.
The USD index has risen to a 6-week high.
Dollar is up after Yellen's hawkish Wednesday.
New Zealand Q2 CPI data comes weaker than expected too.
Greek MPs voted 229-64 to ratify fresh austerity measures after a bitter debate in parliament.
He says Blackrock encourages debt issuance
Luxury clothes maker Burberry also slumps on FTSE with China slowdown.
Glut of short-term crude stockpiles hides larger problem of rebuilding Iran's oil industry, say experts.
The CEO of WorldRemit explained how defaulting on the IMF was a blessing in disguise for Zimbabwe.
Germany will grow 1.6% this year and 1.7% in 2016.
BoC cut the main rate to 0.5% from 0.75% when analysts had been expecting no change.
Jobs data fails to endorse BoE chief Mark Carney's recent hawkish statement.
Chinese shares fail to rally despite Beijing posting better-than-expected GDP figures.
The fact that Iran will soon be open for business and a BoE indication rates will rise stunted the FTSE.
Charts show many hurdles before new lows below January's multi-year trough.
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Charts show GBP/USD is looking at 1.6000.
Brent Crude fell by 1.52% after marathon talks by P5+1 officials resulted in a deal for Iran.
Euro weak following doubts over implementing Greek bailout deal accepted by Alexis Tsipras.
Markets still cautious as Greek parliament considers fresh austerity terms.
'Markets breathed an audible sigh of relief after Eurozone leaders emerged from marathon talks,' says analyst.
The Ugandan shilling is still down 11% so far this year, adding to the 13% slide in 2014.