Indicative forex prices at the start of Monday, 26 October 2026, pointed to a slightly softer US dollar to open the week, according to early indications published by investingLive (ForexLive).

The snapshot was posted at 20:00 UTC on 25 October 2026, corresponding to the early hours of Monday in the Asia-Pacific region. As is usual for a Monday morning, market liquidity is very thin until it improves as more Asian trading centres come online, and the report cautioned that prices are liable to swing around in such conditions, telling readers to "take care out there."

The early indications — described by the author, Eamonn Sheridan, as "very early here in Asia-Pac" — showed the US dollar a little softer:

• EUR/USD: 1.1226
• USD/JPY: 156.89
• GBP/USD: 1.337
• USD/CHF: 0.8245
• USD/CAD: 1.4027
• AUD/USD: 0.7024
• NZD/USD: 0.5690

The seven quotes span the pairs most commonly described as the majors — the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound, the Swiss franc, the Canadian dollar, the Australian dollar and the New Zealand dollar, each set against the US dollar. At the indicative levels above, all seven currencies stood stronger against the dollar, in line with the report's characterization of a slightly softer greenback. In practical terms, the figures mean one euro traded at 1.1226 dollars and 156.89 yen were quoted per US dollar; for dollar-base pairs such as USD/JPY, USD/CHF and USD/CAD, a weaker dollar registers as a lower quote. The dollar's centrality to the list mirrors its role in the wider market: the Bank for International Settlements' 2022 Triennial Central Bank Survey found the US dollar on one side of roughly 88% of global foreign exchange turnover — a footprint that makes the greenback's tone at the start of a trading week a common reference point across currency pairs.

Indicative opening prices are preliminary quotes captured at the very start of a session, before substantial liquidity has returned to the market. Because volumes at that hour are minimal, such prints can differ from the levels at which pairs settle once major regional centres such as Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney are fully active. Weekend developments also tend to be digested at the Monday open, which is one reason early Monday pricing is generally treated as an early directional gauge rather than a firm reference rate. As trading in the region gathers pace, the point to watch is whether these early indications hold at fuller levels of liquidity. The report did not attribute the softer dollar tone to any specific driver and offered no forecasts.

The item forms part of investingLive's recurring series of Monday open price posts, which provide a first read on currency levels as the Asia-Pacific week begins.

"I'll be back with weekend news," the author wrote — follow-up coverage that will give readers a next checkpoint for setting these thinly traded early indications against the weekend's reported developments.

Source: Monday open indicative forex prices, 26 October 2026, investingLive (ForexLive), 25 October 2026.