Monday Open Indicative Forex Prices: October 5, 2026
Key Takeaways
- •ForexLive published indicative opening prices for Monday, October 5, 2026, with major currency pairs showing little movement from late-Friday levels.
- •Early indications placed EUR/USD at 1.1257, USD/JPY at 157.73, and GBP/USD at 1.3241 among the major pairs.
- •ForexLive cautioned that very thin Monday-morning liquidity, before Asian trading centres fully come online, makes early prices liable to swing.
- •Australia observed a partial holiday on Monday, but the Australian Securities Exchange opened as normal.
- •The indicative quotes are preliminary and should be treated only as a starting reference until fuller liquidity produces official traded levels.
ForexLive (investinglive.com) has published its indicative pricing for the start of the trading week on Monday, October 5, 2026, with major currency pairs showing little movement from levels seen late in the previous session on Friday.
As is typical on a Monday morning, liquidity in the foreign exchange market is very thin in the early hours and only improves as more Asian trading centres come online. Unlike exchange-traded markets, foreign exchange operates around the clock through a chain of financial centres spanning the globe, which is why the earliest hours of the week — before the major Asian hubs are fully active — tend to be the thinnest. ForexLive cautioned that prices are liable to swing around under such conditions, advising market participants to take care.
Early indications for the major pairs, according to the report, stood as follows:
- EUR/USD: 1.1257
- USD/JPY: 157.73
- GBP/USD: 1.3241
- USD/CHF: 0.8289
- USD/CAD: 1.4256
- AUD/USD: 0.6957
- NZD/USD: 0.5620
Under standard market convention, each quote shows how much of the second-listed currency one unit of the first-listed currency buys — so the EUR/USD print of 1.1257 indicates one euro at about 1.1257 US dollars, while the USD/JPY figure of 157.73 indicates one US dollar at roughly 157.73 Japanese yen.
ForexLive noted that Australia observes a partial holiday on Monday, though the Australian Securities Exchange is open as normal. New Zealand and Australia are traditionally among the first major Asia-Pacific financial centres to begin trading each week, with market depth typically building as Tokyo and other regional hubs come online.
Indicative prices are preliminary quotes published at the open and may differ from subsequent official opening or traded levels once full liquidity returns to the market. Because of that, these early indications are best treated as a starting reference for the week, with traded levels later in the session offering a fuller picture of where prices stand once deeper liquidity is available.
Source: Monday open indicative forex prices, October 5, 2026 — ForexLive / investinglive.com
