Global Markets:
- Asian stock markets: Nikkei up 1.60 %, Shanghai Composite gained 1.40 %, Hang Seng rose 0.30 %, ASX 200 rallied 1.65 %
- Commodities: Gold at $1081 (-0.20 %), Silver at $14.23 (+0.05 %), WTI Oil at $41.70 (-0.05 %), Brent Oil at $44.60 (-0.40 %)
- Rates: US 10 year yield at 2.27, UK 10 year yield at 1.95, German 10 year yield at 0.55
News & Data:
- Japan Housing Loans (YoY) Q3: 2.4% (prev 2.4%)
- Australia ANZ Roy Morgan Weekly Consumer Confidence Index (W/E 15 Nov): 115.9 (prev 116.6)
- RBA: Prospects For Economic Improvement Have Firmed A Little
- RBA: Inflation Outlook May Afford Scope For Further Easing
- RBA: Sees Inflation Consistent With Target Over Next 1 To 2 years
- RBA: Spare Capacity In Economy To Persist For Some Time
- RBA: A$ Adjusting, Boosting Demand For Domestic Production
- RBA: Asia Slowdown Likely To Be More Persistent Than Expected
- RBA: Mining Investment Fall To Have Run Its Course By End 2017
- RBA: Mortgage Rate Hikes Make Policy Slightly Less Accommodative
- PBoC Fixes Yuan Reference Rate At 6.3740 (prev 6.3750)
CFTC Positioning Data:
- EUR shorts 143K vs short 134K previous
- GBP shorts -16K vs flat last week
- JPY short 67K vs short 44k last week
- CAD short 18K vs. short 19K last week
- CHF short 9K vs short 7K last week
- AUD short 53K vs short 39K last week
- NZD long 6K vs long 7K last week
Markets Update:
After initially recovering during yesterday's EU session, the Euro came again under pressure during the NY session and extended losses overnight. EUR/USD fell to a low of 1.0655 and there is now little support until 1.0500/10. EUR/GBP also fell below a significant support level at 0.7035 and it slowly heading towards a test of the 0.70 level. Next major support is seen at 0.6950. Meanwhile, GBP/USD continues to consolidate, but it's getting close to the 1.5170 support level and a clear break below would pave the way for a move back to 1.51 and eventually 1.5025.
USD/JPY bounced off 122.20 yesterday and didn't look back. It rallied to 123.10 and extended gains overnight, reaching 123.40. Decent resistance is expected at 123.60 and then 124.50. AUD/USD has been quiet since the new trading week started. The 0.7080 support level is holding for now, but it is looking fragile and a retest of the 0.7015 level seems likely. NZD/USD is already under pressure and with the 0.65 support level cleared, the focus is now on 0.6385.
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