Market Overview
Strong Non-Farm Payrolls Lift Sentiments, Dollar Rises With Hesitation
Global stock markets are staging a strong rebound today as China announced to cut bank reserve requirement to help the private sector and small companies. There is also a sense of optimism as China and US finally confirmed that trade talks will resume in Beijing early next week. US...
Asian Markets Stabilized as China Pledges Countercyclical Measures, Yen Continues to Pare Gains
Despite the deep selloff in US stocks overnight, Asian markets are rather calm. Sentiments are somewhat lifted as China pledged to provide more stimulus, in particular to private and small companies. At the time of writing, Yen is trading as the weakest one for today, continuing to pare back...
Dollar Weighed Down by Dovish Fed Comments, Canadian Lifted by Oil Rebound
Dollar received no support from better than expected ADP employment data. Instead, it's weighed down by dovish comments from a Fed official. The greenback is trading as the second weakest for today in early US session. It's just slightly better than Sterling, which continues to be pressured by Brexit...
Yen in Driving Seat after Currency Flash Crash, Australian Dollar Suffers
Yen is trading as the strongest one for today after what many described as "currency crash". Key levels in many Yen crosses were breached. or even broken. In particular, USD/JPY just hold on to 2017 low at 104.62 after hitting 104.69. AUD/JPY even breached 72.39 (2016 low) and hit...
Yen Stays Strongest on Global Risk Aversion and Diving Yields
Yen remains the strongest one for today as the risk aversion dominates the global markets. Major European indices do pare back much of earlier losses. But it's unsure whether the recovery could sustain. Persistent decline in German 10 year bund yield, which hit the lowest since April 2017, is...
Yen Jumps as Asian Markets in Deep Selloff to Start the New Year
Yen surges broadly while Australian Dollar is pressured as Asian markets start the new year with deep selloff. Hong Kong HSI is quickly down over -2.3% in initial trading. China Shanghai SSE is down -1.0% and Singapore Strait Times is down -0.48%. Japan is still on holiday. Canadian and...
Swiss Franc Shows Power ahead of Weekend, Stocks Rebound in Progress
Just ahead of the weekend, Swiss Franc shows broad based power today as it surges across the board. Yen is trading as the second strongest one, but with much weaker momentum. For now, we're unsure of the exact reason for the rally. European stocks are enjoying a solid rebound....
Asia Shrugs US Stock Rebound Again, Some Dollar Weakness Before Year End
Despite initial setback, US equities extended the post-Christmas historic rebound overnight. DOW ended up 1.14% to 23138.82. S&P 500 rose 0.86% and NASDAQ added 0.38%. But the improvement in sentiments isn't carried over to Asian session. Nikkei is currently down -0.39%. Hong Hong HSI is just up 0.09% while...
Yen and Swiss Franc Higher as Sentiments Turn Sour Again
While the US markets staged an historic comeback yesterday, sentiments didn't stay long. After Asian markets turned mixed, European markets are now trading broadly lower. DOW's over 1000pts rebound yesterday was impressive. But futures suggest that it's going to give back 300pts or more at open. Swiss Franc and...
No Follow Through in Risk Appetite after US Stocks Rebound
US equities staged a impressive rebound overnight and that's actually the strongest since 2009. DOW closed up 4.98% or 1086.25 pts at 22878.45. S&P 500 rose 4.96% to 2467.70. NASDAQ jumped even more by 5.84% to 6554.36. Reactions in Asia were mixed though. Nikkei closed up 3.88% to 20077.62,...
Subdued Holiday Trading Continues, Yen and Swiss Franc Pare Gains
The forex markets are generally rather quite today as most major countries remained on holiday. After another day of free fall on Monday, US stocks futures point to higher open. DOW could recover by triple-digit but the sustainability of the rebound is questionable.
There is no end in sight on...
Yen and Swiss Franc Strong as US Stocks Extend Plunge, Trump Urges to Buy Dip
Yen and Swiss Franc are so far the strongest ones for this holiday week. But trading is rather subdued in Asia, as part of the region are still on holiday. Activity will likely remain low in European session with Germany, UK and Swiss on holiday today. The markets might...
Stock Markets Correcting 10-Year Up Trend But Fed’s Not to Blame
The global stock markets just turned from bad to worse last week. DOW suffered its worst week since the global financial crisis back in 2008, down the week by nearly -7%. S&P 500, down the month by -11.4%, is also on track to have its worst week since 1931,...
Risk Aversion Eased ahead of Holiday, But Yen Remains Strongest
Yen remains the strongest one for today even though risk aversion eased a bit ahead of long holiday weekend. Dollar is following as the second strongest, reversing a lot of post FOMC losses against Euro and Swiss Franc. Commodity currencies remain generally weak. But today, it's Canadian Dollar that's...
DOW Dropped to Critical Fib Level, Yield Curve Flattened Further
While risk aversion continued in Asian session, volatility cooled mildly. Major pairs and crosses are staying in relatively tight range. Swiss Franc and Sterling are generally higher while commodity currencies are soft. But the picture for the day could easily change. For the week, dusts have little settled. Yen...
Dollar Under Pressure But Loss Limited, BoE Dovish Shift Ignored
Dollar remains in the spotlight today as it suffers renewed selling in European session. It could be part of delayed reaction to the dovish FOMC rate hike yesterday. But then, while the greenback is the worst performing one today, loss greenback is limited so far except versus the Japanese...
Yen Surges as Markets Tumble on Insufficiently Dovish Fed
US stocks tumbled overnight, extending recent decline, as FOMC raised interest rate and the overall announce was less dovish than expected. Risk aversion also spread to Asian session. Commodity currencies are generally pressured as a result. New Zealand Dollar additionally weighed down by poor GDP while Aussie is soft...
Euro Surges as EU Finally Approved Italian Budget, Dollar Mixed Awaiting FOMC Guidance
Euro rises broadly today as Italy finally got its 2019 budget plan approved by the European Commission. Disciplinary actions are now avoided. Italian 10-yield yields tumbles sharply and is pressing September's low. For now, Yen follows as the second strongest. Canadian Dollar is recovering today as oil prices turned...
Dollar in Range ahead of FOMC, Preparing for Breakout
Dollar is mildly softer in Asian session as traders turn cautious ahead of FOMC rate decision. But it should be noted that, except versus less, and to a lesser extent Swiss Franc, Dollar isn't that weak. EUR/USD, GBP/USD and AUD/USD are bounded in consolidation in familiar range. USD/CAD has...
Dollar Declines as Trump Urged Fed to Feel the Markets, But Loss Limited as Traders Await Projection Numbers
Dollar selloff takes center stage today as Trump continues with his verbal intervention on Fed policy. But Canadian Dollar is even weakest as down trend in WTI crude oil extends. Swiss Franc is for now the third worst performing one. On the other hand, New Zealand Dollar recovers as...