Trump is the biggest market mover in an otherwise rather listless day. Chinese stocks surged 5.6% on news that trade truce deadline on March 1 is postponed. He's now planning a summit in Mar-a-Lago to seal the trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Later in the day, WTI drops over 2.3% after Trump complains that oil prices are too high with his tweet, and urges OPEC to relax. Canadian Dollar and Yen are racing for the worst performer spot for today. On the other hand, Australian and New Zealand Dollar are taking turns to be the strongest one. But it should be noted that momentum in both currencies are not too convincing yet. AUD/USD is held well below 0.7206 resistance for now. NZD/USD is also kept below 0.6941 resistance. EUR/AUD is also holding well above 1.5743 support. Meanwhile, USD/JPY, EUR/JPY and GBP/JPY are staying in tight range. Traders will need some more time to make up their mind to commit to a direction. In Europe, currently, FTSE is down -0.01%. DAX is up 0.57%. CAC is up 0.36%. German 10-year yield is up 0.0185 at 0.115. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei rose 0.48%. Hong Kong HSI rose 0.50%. China Shanghai SSE rose 5.60%. Singapore Strait Times rose 0.07%. Japan 10-year JGB yield rose 0.0056 to -0.034. |
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