Sterling and UK treasury are the major focuses today as all eyes are on Brexit again. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has indicated that he will call an election on October if the MP's bill to seize control of the Commons timetable to force Brexit delay is passed. The Pound initially dived as 10-year gilt yield hit record low at 0.341%. While Sterling then recovered, there is no sign of bottoming and further fall is expected. Though, staying in the currency markets, Canadian Dollar is the weakest one, followed by Sterling and then Euro. Australian Dollar is the strongest, followed by Yen and Swiss Franc. Technically, GBP/USD is trying to draw support from 1.1946 (2016 low) but in any case, break of 1.2309 resistance is needed to confirm bottoming. Otherwise, further fall is still expected to 1.1834 near term projection level. GBP/JPY is now pressing 126.54 support and break will confirm down trend resumption for 122.75 (2016 low). Such development will further affirm underlying weakness in the Pound. In other markets, currently, FTSE is down -0.24%. DAX is down -0.34%. CAC is down -0.49%. German 10-year JGB yield is down -0.014 at -0.714. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei rose 0.02%. Hong Kong HSI dropped -0.39%. China Shanghai SSE rose 0.21%. Singapore Strait Times rose 0.25%. Japan 10-year JGB yield dropped -0.0121 to -0.275. |
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