Euro continues to trade as the strongest one for today as boosted by the EU leader's agreement on immigration. While the common hasn't been the star this month, it's indeed up against all but Dollar. European stocks investors are also happy with the result. At the time of writing,...
Euro surges broadly today as traders cheer the agreement by EU leaders on migration. Australian Dollar follows as the second strongest as Chinese stocks lead a strong rebound in Asian equities. At the time of writing the Shanghai composite is up 1.2%, Hong Kong HSI is up 1.15% while...
Risk aversion continue to be a main theme in the markets, ahead of quarter end. At the time of writing, major European indices are trading in red. DAX leads again by losing -1.27%, CAC down -0.76% and FTSE down -0.44%. DOW futures also point to more losses. Oil prices...
Both oil benchmarks rallied for two days in a row. The front-month WTI crude contract has obviously outperformed, accumulating gains of 6.7% over the past two days. The Brent contract added +3.8% during the period. WTI's rally was driven by the sharp decline in US oil inventory.
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RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 1.75%. While the central bank reiterated its “neutral” monetary policy stance, the accompanying statement revealed that policymakers have turned slightly more dovish than previous months. The members were concerned about global trade tensions and the resulting financial market volatility. They also acknowledged more...
It was a roller coaster ride in US stocks overnight. The markets cheered Trump's backing down on the hard-line position on curbing Chinese investments in US companies. But White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow spoiled the party said the plan is neither harder nor softer. NASDAQ led the losses...
Dollar ignores mixed economic data and surges broadly, except versus Canadian in early US session. Sentiments are generally lifted by news that Trump is backing down again on his tough stance on curbing Chinese investments, after backfires from businesses and Republicans. The mixed messages from White Houses are also...
Although Hong Kong dollar (HKD) had approached the weak side (7.85) of the trading band against US dollar (USD) in May and June, after HKMA’s intervention in April, the gap between HIBOR and LIBOR has narrowed significantly since then. Through buying HKD and selling USD, HKMA’s numerous rounds of...
The forex markets are generally in range today except New Zealand Dollar, which tumbles broadly following business confidence data. The US continued to step up its verbal attack on trade partners, but the financial markets are not too bothered about it. Asian indices are mixed with Nikkei trading nearly...
The stock markets are rather steady today so far even though US continues with its tariff threats on other countries. At the time of writing, European indices are mixed with DAX nearly flat while CAC is up 0.2%. FTSE is indeed registering 0.5% again thanks to the slightly weaker...
Trade tension and protectionism remain the major theme in the financial markets. Following the selloff in US stocks, Asian indices are generally under pressure today. At the time of writing, Nikkei is trading down -0.52%, Hong Kong HSI is down -0.88%. China's Shanghai composite extends recent steep slide and...
Yen remains the strongest one for the day, as risk aversion dominates. Commodity currencies, Australia, New Zealand and Canadian Dollar remain the weakest. But some additional strength is seen in Euro as German Ifo business confidence came is not too badly. At the time of writing, FTSE and DAX...
Yesterday, PBOC announced a -50 bps reduction in reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks. The move, effective from July 5, aims at easing the tightening in credit condition with the injection of about RMB 700B of liquidity to the market. The decision came in line with our assessment...
Yen trades broadly higher today, followed by Dollar and Swiss Franc as sentiments are weighed down by escalating trade rhetorics. Nikkei closed down by -0.79% at 22339.15, after hitting session low at 22312.79. China's Shanghai composite opened higher, as lifted by PBoC's RRR cut, but turned red soon after....
Oil bulls are relieved after the OPEC/ non-OPEC decision on production. At the joint statement released on June 23, the oil producers announced that they would “strive to adhere to the overall conformity level, voluntarily adjusted to 100%, from July 1 and for the rest of the year. The...
USD bulls won ahead of the June FOMC meeting, as suggested in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report in the week ended June 19. Speculative long positions for USD Index (DXY) futures gained +2 267 contracts while shorts slumped -11 142 contracts, resulting in Net LENGTH of 18 072 contracts,...
According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended Jun 19, net LENGTH for crude oil futures declined -14 346 contracts to 580 947. Net LENGTH for heating oil futures rose +16 653 contracts to 51 250 while that for gasoline soared +11 668 contracts to 97...
The Swiss Franc and Japanese Yen ended last week as the strongest major currencies. Sentiments were hurt deeply by worries on global trade war. Over week, DOW lost -2.03%, S&P 500 lost -0.89%, DAX was down -3.31%, CAC dropped -2.08%, Nikkei lowered by -1.47%. China's Shanghai composite suffered most...
Economic data and improving sentiments are the main drivers in the markets. Australian Dollar and New Zealand Dollar are so far the strongest ones today as European stocks rally. At this time of writing, FTSE is up 1.33%, DAX up 0.42% and CAC is up 0.97%. US futures also...
The BoE triggered rebound in Sterling was relatively brief. Risk aversion quickly regained the spotlight in the markets. DOW extended its losing streak for the eight day and closed down -196.10 pts or -0.80% at 24461.70. S&P 500 and NASDAQ were down -0.63% and -0.88% respectively. Asian markets follow,...