Dollar's rally attempt faltered overnight as dragged down by steep decline in treasury yields. Dollar index did hit new high at 98.37 but closed sharply lower at 97.85. 10-year yield dropped -0.097 to close at 2.296, just inch above day low at 2.294. Concerns over prolonged US-China trade war dragged down sentiments as a whole. Trump repeatedly tried to sound upbeat on the negotiations but nobody is listening. The Markit PMIs for US released overnight showed deep deterioration in confidence. Upcoming data from the US will be crucial to market outlook beyond Q2. In the currency markets, Dollar is trading to regain some ground today but lacks follow through buying. For now, Yen is the strongest one for today and looks set to extend recent rally. Australian Dollar is the weakest one for today on talks that RBA could cut as many as three times this year. For the week, Swiss Franc and Yen remain the strongest ones on risk aversion. Sterling is the weakest as Prime Minister Theresa May will most surely step down in June while risk of no-deal Brexit is on the rise. Canadian Dollar is second weakest for the week on free fall in oil prices. Technically, EUR/USD is staying in consolidation from 1.1111 as it recovered strongly after dipping to 1.1107. More recovery would be seen but we don't expect a break of 1.1263 resistance ahead. USD/CHF decline resumed by taking out 1.0050 and is set to take on 1.0016. fibonacci support. USD/JPY's break of 109.81 minor support support suggests recent fall is ready to resume through 109.02 low. Ideally, we should also see EUR/JPY breaking through 122.08 temporary low to confirm Yen strength. In Asia, currently, Nikkei is down -0.43%. Hong Kong HSI is up 0.21%. China Shanghai SSE is down -0.04%. Singapore Strait Times is down -0.29%. Japan 10-year JGB yield is down -0.0104 at -0.07. Overnight, DOW dropped -1.11%. S&P 500 dropped -1.19%. NASDAQ dropped -1.58%. 10-year yield dropped -0.097 to 2.296. |
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