The forex markets are generally locked in tight range today. Canadian Dollar is supported by largely expected consumer inflation data. While Loonie is the second strongest for today so far, USD/CAD is stuck in familiar range. The markets are indeed rather mixed, as seen in New Zealand Dollar being the strongest and Australian being weakest. Euro is mixed after upward revision in June's CPI reading. Sterling continues to shrug off economic data, but stays pressured on no-deal Brexit fear. Technically, GBP/USD breached 1.2391 low but recovered quickly sustained break will confirm medium term down trend resumption. 0.6983 minor support in AUD/USD will be watched and break will confirm rejection by 0.7047 resistance. USD/CAD could finally breakout from range of 1.3018/3143 with today's oil inventory data. In other markets, DOW opens nearly flat while 10-year yield is down -0.0114 at 2.093. In Europe, FTSE is down -0.18%. DAX is down -0.18%. CAC is down -0.17%. German 10-year yield is down -0.042 at -0.289, staying comfortably above -0.3 handle. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei dropped -0.31%. Hong Kong HSI dropped -0.09%. China Shanghai SSE dropped -0.20%. Singapore Strait Times rose 0.14%. Japan 10-year JGB yield dropped -0.0052 to -0.125. |
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