FOMC minutes saw downside in USD and yields with the Fed cautious over inflation prospects for the US Asian equities were relatively indecisive. AUD/USD retreated from two-week highs following the latest Aus jobs report Looking ahead, highlights include UK retail…
Asia-Pac equities trade with a lack of direction amid light newsflow. Outperformance in KOSPI amid return from holiday FX markets are relatively tentative ahead of FOMC minutes. GBP/USD trades below 1.2900, EUR/USD and USD/JPY sideways Looking ahead, highlights include UK…
Asian equities traded higher as geopolitical tensions cooled with outperformance in tech stocks also bolstering sentiment Price action in FX markets centred around the JPY as the currency weakened on safe-haven outflows, which pushed USD/JPY above the 110.00 level Looking…
Equity markets begin the week on the front foot with Asian bourses taking the firm lead from Wall Street. AUD traded in choppy fashion with initial outperformance offset by weak Chinese data. Looking ahead, highlights include Eurozone industrial production. ASIA…
Geopolitical tensions remain at the forefront of market sentiment amid further fighting talk between the US and NK This led to selling pressure in Asia-Pac stocks (Japan away) with safe-haven assets continue to benefit Looking ahead, highlights include US CPI,…
Lingering geo-political concerns continue to weigh on Asian equities. NZD underperforms as the RBNZ kept a somewhat dovish-to-neutral tone. Looking ahead, highlights include UK Mfg. and Construction output, US PPI and comments from Fed’s Dudley. ASIA An attempt by Asian…
Increased geopolitical tensions after a war of words between US and North Korea dampened global risk sentiment This saw the DJIA snap it’s 9-day streak of record closes, softness in Asia-Pac equities and a flight to safety in FX markets…
Asian equities traded mostly lower with focus on Chinese trade data which showed exports and imports falling short of expectations USD traded subdued to marginally benefit its major counterparts in which EUR/USD gained a footing on 1.1800 Looking ahead, highlights…
Asian equities traded mostly higher in the wake of Friday’s gains seen on Wall street with outperformance in the ASX 200 due to commodity names Most major currencies nursed some of their post-NFP losses against the greenback, in which EUR/USD…
Asian equities traded with little in the way of direction despite the Russian probe in Washington intensifying AUD/USD took centre stage and saw choppy trade after better than expected Retail Sales was briefly offset by the RBA Statement on Monetary…
