Sterling remains firm today and continues to trade as one of the strongest after yesterday's BoE hold. Yen and Swiss Franc turn mildly softer but stay as two of the strongest too, on risk aversion. Commodity currencies turned mix, digesting this week's sharp looses. New Zealand Dollar is the weakest for the week, followed by Australian and then Canadian. But there isn't much difference between them. There is no sign of containment of China's coronavirus outbreak yet and risk aversion will stay. Technically, the forex markets are in consolidative mode today. USD/CHF's prior rejection by 0.9762 resistance retains near term bearishness. But it's held above 0.9678 minor support so far. EUR/CHF is also staying in consolidation from 1.0665. GBP/CHF, despite yesterday's recovery, is stay above 1.2528, below 1.2854 resistance. Traders are holding their bet to wait-and-see the development over the coming weekend. In Asia, Nikkei is currently up 1.12%. Hong Kong HSI is up 0.32%. Singapore Strait Times is down -0.40%. China remains on holiday. Japan 10-year JGB yield is down -0.0064 at -0.062. Overnight, DOW rose 0.43%. S&P 500 rose 0.31%. NASDAQ rose 0.26%. 10-year yield dropped -0.036 to 1.558. |
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