Commodity currencies tumble generally in Asian session today. New Zealand Dollar softens as RBNZ further affirm that it's in progress for more monetary easing, including negative interest rates. Aussie also tumble on increasing expectation of on imminent RBA rate cut in October. On the other hand, while US stocks closed higher overnight, recovery was not strong enough to warrant completion of the correction. That is, risks in stocks remain on the downside for now. The overall sentiments are supporting Dollar and Yen in general. Technically, Dollar is finally making progress in confirming it's momentum for a sustainable near term rebound. EUR/USD broke 1.1737 support firmly. GBP/USD breached 1.2762 support. AUD/USD also breached 0.7135 support. USD/CHF broke 0.9200 resistance. More upside is likely in the greenback for the near term. In Asia, currently, Nikkei is down -0.47%. Hong Kong HSI is up 0.01%. China Shanghai SSE is up 0.07%. Singapore Strait Times is down -0.01%. Japan 10-year JGB yield is down -0.0069 at 0.008. We'll see if it's heading back to negative. Overnight, DOW rose 0.52%. S&P 500 rose 1.05%. NASDAQ rose 1.71%. 10-year yield dropped -0.007 to 0.664. |
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