The financial markets are generally in consolidative mode, awaiting the start of the two-day G20 summit in Osaka, Japan tomorrow. For traders, main focus will be on face-to-face meeting of Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Hopes are high for some form of agreement to stop further escalations in trade war. Words from both sides this week were not kind though. Trump threatened to do very substantial additional tariffs if talks break down again. China is insisting on its own principle and urged US to correct wrong practices. In the forex markets, Yen is trading as the weakest one so far, followed by Euro. German CPI accelerated to 1.6% in June but that provides little help to the common currency. Dollar is not far away with Swiss Franc neither. On the other hand, Sterling is the strongest one for today but it's going nowhere for now. Kiwi and Aussie are the next strongest. In Europe, currently, FTSE is down -0.20%. DAX is up 0.26%. CAC is down -0.12%. German 10-year yield is down -0.013 at -0.313. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei rose 1.19%. Hong Kong HSI rose 1.42%. China Shanghai SSE rose 0.69%. Singapore Strait Times rose 0.83%. Japan 10-year JGB yield rose 0.0056 to -0.14. |
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