Sterling drops broadly today after two BoE policy makers surprisingly voted for a rate cut, even though the central eventually stood pat. Following the Pound, Yen is the second weakest as risk appetite returns. Market sentiments were lifted after China said they agreed on phased rollback of tariffs with US for phase one trade agreement. Australian Dollar is currently the strongest one, followed by Canadian. Technically, while the Pound weakens today, GBP/USD, GBP/JPY and EUR/GBP are still considered in consolidation pattern. Selloff in GBP/USD and GBP/JPY should be contained above 1.2582 and 135.74 support respectively. EUR/GBP's rebound should also be limited below 0.8811. While USD/JPY and EUR/JPY rebounds, they're still bounded below 109.28 and 121.46 temporary tops. more consolidations could be seen before a breakout. In Europe, FTSE is currently up 0.44%. DAX is up 0.74%. CAC is up 0.23%. German 10-year yield is up 0.0578 at -0.274, back above -0.3 handle. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei rose 0.11%. Hong Kong HSI rose 0.57%. China Shanghai SSE closed flat. Singapore Strait Times rose 0.71%. Japan 10-year JGB yield closed flat at -0.086. |
No comments:
Post a Comment