The U.S. Dollar is under pressure against most majors as investor concern that the U.S. economy’s recovery is losing steam drove traders into higher yielding assets. The overnight weakness in the Dollar was triggered by a better than expected economic report in Australia and a strong surge in Asian equities.

U.S. stock markets failed to hold onto earlier gains and finished lower for the session. At the midsession, equities were trading higher as speculation that a new U.K. government had been formed helped draw buyers into the market while triggering liquidation by weaker shorts. The news out of the U.K.

The U.S. Dollar was up sharply against all major currencies as investors flocked to safer assets following a poor housing report and concerns about Greece’s ability to shore up its budget deficit. More the most part, it was a quiet trade on Thursday as many big Forex players stood on the sidelines ahead of Friday’s U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls Report.

The trading week ended with traders still fearing a widening and deepening debt situation in the Euro Region. Optimistic traders are looking for some solution to be reached by either a “pseudo-bailout” by the European Central Bank or European Union. Legally, the ECB or EU cannot offer an outright bailout package so they may have to figure out a way to get around this restriction.