Sterling strengthen broadly in relatively quiet markets today. Ahead of Thursday's election, Conservative's lead over Labour jumped back to 14pts according to a latest poll. Traders continue to be optimistic on a Conservative majority to finally rectify the EU withdrawal agreement for Brexit. While US stocks jumped sharply on Friday, Asian markets are muted as partly weighed by poor Chinese trade data. The progress of US-China trade agreement will be a major market mover this week. Technically, EUR/GBP's decline extends today and sustained trading below 0.8411 fibonacci level will pave the way to 0.8149 projection level. GBP/USD could resume recent rise after brief consolidations and would target 1.3381 resistance next. GBP/JPY is lagging behind and is staying below 143.24 temporary top. In Asia, Nikkei closed up 0.33%. Hong Kong HSI is down -0.09%. China Shanghai SSE is down -0.10%. Singapore Strait Times is down -0.11%. Japan 10-year JGB yield is up 0.0116 at -0.006, very very close to 0% now. |
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