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17 April 2017
  • 22:28

    Currencies. Daily history for Apr 17’2017:

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

    EUR/USD $1,0643 +0,30%

    GBP/USD $1,2564 +0,33%

    USD/CHF Chf1,0039 -0,14%

    USD/JPY Y109,01 +0,39%

    EUR/JPY Y116,02 +0,63%

    GBP/JPY Y136,96 +0,69%

    AUD/USD $0,7589 +0,16%

    NZD/USD $0,7010 +0,09%

    USD/CAD C$1,3315 -0,07%

  • 21:59

    Schedule for today, Tuesday, Apr 18’2017 (GMT0)

    01:30 Australia RBA Meeting's Minutes

    12:30 Canada Foreign Securities Purchases February 6.2

    12:30 U.S. Housing Starts March 1288 1264

    12:30 U.S. Building Permits March 1216 1245

    13:00 U.S. FOMC Member Esther George Speaks

    13:15 U.S. Capacity Utilization March 75.9% 76.1%

    13:15 U.S. Industrial Production YoY March 0.4%

    13:15 U.S. Industrial Production (MoM) March 0.1% 0.5%

    16:30 Canada Gov Council Member Wilkins Speaks

  • 20:01

    U.S.: Total Net TIC Flows, February 19.3

  • 20:01

    U.S.: Net Long-term TIC Flows , February 53.4

  • 14:00

    U.S.: NAHB Housing Market Index, April 68 (forecast 70)

  • 12:30

    U.S.: NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index , April 5.2 (forecast 15)

  • 03:20

    Options levels on monday, April 17, 2017

    EUR/USD

    Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

    $1.0785 (1067)

    $1.0735 (462)

    $1.0703 (126)

    Price at time of writing this review: $1.0620

    Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

    $1.0544 (762)

    $1.0495 (1700)

    $1.0435 (2782)


    Comments:

    - Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date June, 9 is 54324 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1000 (4871);

    - Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date June, 9 is 58301 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0400 (5235);

    - The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.07 versus 1.08 from the previous trading day according to data from April, 13

    GBP/USD

    Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

    $1.2806 (1078)

    $1.2709 (660)

    $1.2613 (425)

    Price at time of writing this review: $1.2542

    Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

    $1.2390 (752)

    $1.2293 (807)

    $1.2195 (723)


    Comments:

    - Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date June, 9 is 16228 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3000 (1371);

    - Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date June, 9 is 18975 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1500 (3063);

    - The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.17 versus 1.15 from the previous trading day according to data from April, 13


    * - 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.

  • 02:01

    China: Industrial Production y/y, March 7.46% (forecast 6.3%)

  • 02:01

    China: Fixed Asset Investment, March 9.2% (forecast 8.8%)

  • 02:00

    China: Retail Sales y/y, March 10.9% (forecast 9.6%)

  • 01:23

    Currencies. Daily history for Apr 14’2017:

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

    EUR/USD $ 1,0611 -0,04%

    GBP/USD $ 1,2523 +0,14%

    USD/CHF Chf1,0053 +0,01%

    USD/JPY Y108,58 -0,52%

    EUR/JPY Y115,29 -0,48%

    GBP/JPY Y136,02 -0,33%

    AUD/USD $0,7577 +0,13%

    NZD/USD $0,7004 +0,06%

    USD/CAD C$1,3324 -0,05%

  • 00:59

    Schedule for today, Monday, Apr 17’2017 (GMT0)

    02:00 China Retail Sales y/y March 9.5% 9.6%

    02:00 China Industrial Production y/y March 6.3% 6.3%

    02:00 China Fixed Asset Investment March 8.9% 8.8%

    02:00 China GDP y/y Quarter I 6.8% 6.8%

    06:00 United Kingdom Bank holiday

    06:00 France Bank holiday

    06:00 Germany Bank Holiday

    06:00 Switzerland Bank holiday

    12:30 U.S. NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index April 16.4 15

    14:00 U.S. NAHB Housing Market Index April 71 70

    20:00 U.S. Total Net TIC Flows February 110.4

    20:00 U.S. Net Long-term TIC Flows February 6.3

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