Asian markets trade broadly lower today as traders lighten up positions ahead of the highly anticipated Trump-Xi meeting tomorrow. Yen and Swiss Franc are currently the strongest ones as sentiments turn cautious. Nevertheless, both are contained well above recent lows against other majors currencies for now. Directions in other major currencies are not too clear neither. Overall, trading is rather subdued. Trump and Xi are scheduled to meet at 0230 GMT on Saturday. It's believed that some form of agreement is already in place to halt recent escalation in US-China trade war. But nothing is done until it's done. A Trump-Kim style negotiation breakdown cannot be totally ruled out. In addition, to trade, Eurozone CPI and US PCE inflation would be important to gauge the chance of imminent policy easing by ECB and Fed. Canada GDP is also crucial to solidify BoC's neutral stance. These data could provide some volatility for the day. In Asia, Nikkei is down -0.40%. Hong Kong HSI is down -0.56%. China Shanghai SSE is down -0.88%. Singapore Strait Times is down -0.14%. Japan 10-year JGB yield is down -0.0119 at -0.153. Overnight, DOW dropped -0.04%. S&P 500 rose 0.38%. NASDAQ rose 0.73%. 10-year yield dropped -0.044 to 2.005, barely held on to 2.0 handle. |
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