[Forex Market Mid-Year Review: USD Weak First, Then Strong; AUD Appreciates Against the Trend] Golden Finance reported on July 1 that looking back at the forex market performance in the first half of 2026, the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) fell to the 95.5 level at the beginning of the year and ultimately closed above 101 by mid-year, gaining nearly 3%. In the first half of the year, among the seven major currency pairs: EUR/USD fell 2.7%; GBP/USD dropped 1.4%; USD/CAD rose 3.4%; USD/CHF increased 2%; USD/JPY climbed 3.8%, with the yen depreciating to a 40-year low; NZD/USD declined 1.4%; AUD/USD defied the trend and rose 3.7%. In terms of other currencies, offshore RMB/USD appreciated 2.7% in the first half of the year; USD/RUB fell 0.5%; and thanks to Mexico's domestic high-interest-rate environment, USD/MXN dropped nearly 3% in the first half of the year.