Global financial markets turned mixed today, digesting yesterday's steep selloff. Investors are holding their bets again, awaiting next development regarding global outbreak of China's Wuhan coronavirus. There is no sign of a sustainable recovery European stocks, but US futures point to higher open. In the currency markets, Sterling is so far the strongest one for today, followed by Swiss Franc. Meanwhile, New Zealand Dollar is the weakest, followed by Australian. Technically, focus is back on 0.6581 temporary low in AUD/USD after recovery lost steam. Break will resume larger down trend. While USD/CAD is losing some intraday upside momentum, it's still on track to retest 1.3327/9 resistance zone. Break would pave the way to retest 1.3664 high. EUR/USD and USD/CHF are both staying in consolidation and more corrective trading would be seen. In Europe, FTSE is currently down -0.69%. DAX is down -0.28%. CAC is down -0.45%. German 10-year yield is down -0.0189 at -0.497. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei dropped -3.34%. Hong Kong HSI rose 0.27%. China Shanghai SSE dropped -0.60%. Singapore Strait Times rose 0.51%. Japan 10-year JGB yield dropped -0.0407 to -0.102. Released today, US house price index rose 0.6% mom in December, above expectation of 0.3% mom. S&P Case-Shiller 20 cities house price rose 2.9% yoy, above expectation of 2.7% yoy. UK CBI realized sales rose to 1 in February, up from 0. Germany GDP was finalized at 0.0% qoq in Q4. Japan corporate service price index rose 2.3% yoy in January, above expectation of 2.1% yoy. |
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