Market news

1 October 2014
  • 23:52

    Japan: Monetary Base, y/y, September +35.3% (forecast +38.9%)

  • 22:27

    Currencies. Daily history for Oct 1'2014:

    (pare/closed(GMT +2)/change, %)

    EUR/USD $1,2617 -0,10%

    GBP/USD $1,6181 -0,20%

    USD/CHF Chf0,9563 +0,15%

    USD/JPY Y108,98 -0,57%

    EUR/JPY Y137,50 -0,68%

    GBP/JPY Y176,33 -0,78%

    AUD/USD $0,8732 -0,15%

    NZD/USD $0,7781 -0,40%

    USD/CAD C$1,1161 -0,31%

  • 22:00

    Schedule for today, Thursday, Oct 2’2014:

    (time / country / index / period / previous value / forecast)

    00:00 China Bank holiday

    01:00 Australia HIA New Home Sales, m/m August -5.7%

    01:30 Australia Building Permits, y/y August +9.4%

    01:30 Australia Building Permits, m/m August +2.5% +1.1%

    01:30 Australia Trade Balance August -1.36 -0.78

    05:15 Australia RBA Annual Report

    08:30 United Kingdom PMI Construction September 64.0 63.7

    09:00 Eurozone Producer Price Index, MoM August -0.1% -0.2%

    09:00 Eurozone Producer Price Index (YoY) August -1.1% -1.1%

    11:45 Eurozone ECB Interest Rate Decision 0.05% 0.05%

    12:30 Eurozone ECB Press Conference

    12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims September 293 299

    14:00 U.S. Factory Orders August +10.5% -9.2%

    23:30 Australia AIG Services Index September 49.4

  • 14:30

    U.S.: Crude Oil Inventories, September -1.4

  • 14:00

    U.S.: Construction Spending, m/m, August -0.8% (forecast +0.5%)

  • 14:00

    U.S.: ISM Manufacturing, September 56.6 (forecast 58.6)

  • 13:45

    U.S.: Manufacturing PMI, September 57.5 (forecast 58.0)

  • 13:30

    Option expiries for today's 1400GMT cut

    EUR/USD: $1.2600(E1.7bn), $1.2650(E1.0bn), $1.2700(E480mn), $1.2750(E1.2bn), $1.2775(E665mn), $1.2800(E2.0bn)

    USD/JPY: Y109.00($225mn), Y109.60($500mn), Y110.00($740mn)

    GBP/USD: $1.6200(stg100mn), $1.6225(stg100mn)

    EUR/GBP: Stg0.7775(E970mn), stg0.7850(E1.9bn), stg0.7900(E1,2bn)

    USD/CHF: Chf0.9450($260mn)

    AUD/USD: $0.8850(A$287mn)

    USD/CAD: C$1.1100($186mn), C$1.1145-60($316mn), C$1.1200($175mn)

  • 12:15

    U.S.: ADP Employment Report, September 213 (forecast 206)

  • 11:45

    Orders

    EUR/USD

    Offers $1.2820/30, $1.2800, $1.2780/85, $1.2760, $1.2700

    Bids $1.2560/50, $1.2500

    GBP/USD

    Offers $1.6425/30, $1.6400/10, $1.6325/30, $1.6285

    Bids $1.6160, $1.6100, $1.6050

    AUD/USD

    Offers $0.8900, $0.8850, $0.8795/00, $0.8765

    Bids $0.8660, $0.8650, $0.8600

    EUR/JPY

    Offers Y140.00, Y139.70, Y139.30

    Bids Y137.90, Y137.50, Y137.00

    USD/JPY

    Offers Y111.00, Y110.10

    Bids Y109.00, Y108.70, Y108.45

    EUR/GBP

    Offers stg0.7890, stg0.7850, stg0.7830

    Bids stg0.7755/45, stg0.7700

  • 09:27

    Option expiries for today's 1400GMT cut

    EUR/USD: $1.2600(E1.7bn), $1.2650(E1.0bn), $1.2700(E480mn), $1.2750(E1.2bn), $1.2775(E665mn), $1.2800(E2.0bn)

    USD/JPY: Y109.00($225mn), Y109.60($500mn), Y110.00($740mn)

    GBP/USD: $1.6200(stg100mn), $1.6225(stg100mn)

    EUR/GBP: Stg0.7775(E970mn), stg0.7850(E1.9bn), stg0.7900(E1,2bn)

    USD/CHF: Chf0.9450($260mn)

    AUD/USD: $0.8850(A$287mn)

    USD/CAD: C$1.1100($186mn), C$1.1145-60($316mn), C$1.1200($175mn)

  • 08:30

    United Kingdom: Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing , September 51.6 (forecast 52.6)

  • 08:00

    Eurozone: Manufacturing PMI, September 50.3 (forecast 50.5)

  • 07:56

    Germany: Manufacturing PMI, September 49.9 (forecast 50.3)

  • 07:50

    France: Manufacturing PMI, September 48.8 (forecast 48.8)

  • 07:31

    Switzerland: Manufacturing PMI, September 50.4 (forecast 52.1)

  • 05:27

    Options levels on wednesday, October 1, 2014:

    EUR / USD

    Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

    $1.2764 (1817)

    $1.2726 (1975)

    $1.2671 (443)

    Price at time of writing this review: $ 1.2618

    Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

    $1.2564 (6268)

    $1.2530 (1675)

    $1.2490 (1563)

    Comments:

    - Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date October, 3 is 65355 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3000 (4936);

    - Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date October, 3 is 63335 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2600 (6268);

    - The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.97 versus 1.00 from the previous trading day according to data from September, 30

    GBP/USD

    Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

    $1.6500 (2726)

    $1.6400 (1759)

    $1.6301 (1692)

    Price at time of writing this review: $1.6193

    Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

    $1.6098 (3626)

    $1.5999 (2009)

    $1.5900 (2165)

    Comments:

    - Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date October, 3 is 33375 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,6700 (3649);

    - Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date October, 3 is 42300 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,6300 (4582);

    - The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.27 versus 1.29 from the previous trading day according to data from September, 30

    * - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.

    ** - Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.

  • 01:35

    Japan: Manufacturing PMI, September 51.7 (forecast 51.7)

  • 01:30

    Australia: Retail sales (MoM), August +0.1% (forecast +0.4%)

  • 01:00

    China: Manufacturing PMI , September 51.1 (forecast 51.1)

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