Risk aversion is back in the markets today. On the one hand, US stocks are set to open sharply lower as they return from holiday. Tech rout is continuing with NASAQ futures down more than -3% at the time of writing. On the other hand, no-deal Brexit worries intensify as UK continues with its hard-line rhetorics. Sterling is overwhelmingly the worst performing one today, followed by Canadian Dollar and then Kiwi. Yen is the strongest one, followed by Dollar. Technically, EUR/GBP's rebound gathers more momentum is set to taken on 0.9148/75 resistance zone. GBP/CHF is on track to test 1.1849 support and break will pave the way back to 1.1630 low. GBP/USD breaches 1.3053 support, indicate that it's now at least correcting the rise from 1.2251. to 1.3482. 138.24 support in GBP/JPY is now a focus and break will target 131.68 support next. That will further affirm the Pound's broad based weakness. Another development to now is the steep fall in WTI crude oil. 38.58 support is taken out decisively. Fall from 43.50, as a correction to the rebound in the last few months, would target 34.36 support before finding a bottom. In Europe, currently, FTSE is down -0.67%. DAX is down -1.51%. CAC is down -1.99%. German 10-year yield is down -0.040 at -0.497, back pressing -0.5 handle. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei rose 0.80%. Hong Kong HSI rose 0.14%. China Shanghai SSE rose 0.72%. Singapore Strait Times dropped -0.26%. Japan 10-year JGB yield dropped -0.0035 to 0.038. |
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