Yen opens the week broadly higher, following mild risk aversion in Asian markets. Traders are turning cautious ahead of FOMC rate decision, a string of worldwide economic data, as well as resumption of US-China trade negotiations. Swiss Franc is the second strongest so far while Dollar is the third. On the other hand, commodity currencies are generally lower together with Sterling. The Pound is awaiting more guidance from Prime Minister Boris Johnson on how he's handling Brexit. Technically, GBP/USD's break of 1.2382 suggests decline resumption. Sustained trading below 1.2391 low would confirm medium term down trend resumption for next key level at 1.1946 (2016 low). EUR/USD recovered after breaching 1.1107 low. Subsequent recovery has been weak and focus remain on this key support level. Sustained break will resume down trend from 1.2555. Meanwhile, 0.9951 resistance in USD/CHF and 108.99 in resistance in USD/JPY will also be watched to confirm underlying Dollar strength. In Asia, Nikkei closed down -0.19%. Hong Kong HSI is down -1.49%. China Shanghai SSE is down -0.18%. Singapore Strait Times is down -0.78%. Japan 10-year JGB yield is up 0.006 % -0.144. |
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