Market news

23 January 2017
  • 23:27

    Currencies. Daily history for Jan 23’2017:

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

    EUR/USD $1,0764 +0,64%

    GBP/USD $1,2533 +1,40%

    USD/CHF Chf0,9963 -0,58%

    USD/JPY Y112,79 -1,50%

    EUR/JPY Y121,31 -0,93%

    GBP/JPY Y141,24 -0,16%

    AUD/USD $0,7582 +0,42%

    NZD/USD $0,7331 +2,29%

    USD/CAD C$1,3236 -0,67%

  • 22:59

    Schedule for today, Tuesday, Jan 24’2017 (GMT0)

    00:30 Japan Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) January 52.4

    08:00 France Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) January 53.5 53.3

    08:00 France Services PMI (Preliminary) January 52.9 53.2

    08:30 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) January 55.6 55.4

    08:30 Germany Services PMI (Preliminary) January 54.3 54.5

    09:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) January 54.9 54.8

    09:00 Eurozone Services PMI (Preliminary) January 53.7 53.9

    09:30 United Kingdom PSNB, bln December -12.21 -7.2

    09:30 United Kingdom EU Membership Court Ruling

    14:45 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) January 54.3 54

    15:00 U.S. Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index January 8

    15:00 U.S. Existing Home Sales December 5.61 5.56

    23:30 Australia Leading Index December 0%

    23:50 Japan Trade Balance Total, bln December 153 270

  • 15:50

    EUR/USD set to break above 1.08 today or tomorrow, according to Societe Generale

    "The instinctive reaction of markets to a more isolationist/protectionist world is to favour the currencies of countries with large current account surpluses, as these are the winners if capital stays at home. That may be too simplistic, but the yen and Euro are natural initial winners. FX positions are much less stretched than bond ones but a further final flush of Euro and Yen shorts is a risk here.

    The first round of the French Socialist Primaries shows a clear shift to the left, with Benoit Hamon gaining most votes and heading into the second round with Manuel Valls this weekend. A Hamon win would leave a big gap in the centre ground, to the benefit of Emmanuel Macron. In many ways, it is easier for a centrist candidate to galvanise cross-party support in the Presidential election and so, this result may well be seen in FX=-terms as Euro-friendly. There are far too many twists and turns ahead in this election us to alter a view that at some point, political nerves will drag the euro down but today or tomorrow we may well see a break back above EUR/USD 1.08".

    Copyright © 2017 Societe Generale, eFXnews™

  • 15:28

    Trump says he is going to cut taxes massively for middle class and companies - Reuters

  • 15:04

    Euro area consumer confidence little changed in January

    In January 2017, the DG ECFIN flash estimate of the consumer confidence indicator was broadly unchanged in both the euro area (+0.2 points to -4.9) and the EU (+0.3 points to -4.3) compared to December 2016.

  • 15:01

    Trump tells executives China, Japan make it difficult to sell U.S. Products there

  • 15:00

    Eurozone: Consumer Confidence, January -4.9

  • 13:50

    Option expiries for today's 10:00 ET NY cut

    EURUSD 1.0500 (EUR 1.33bln) 1.0600 (815m) 1.0700 (535m)

    USDJPY 112.00 (USD 525m) 114.00 (426m) 115.00 (586m) 115.50 (516m) 116.00 (1.25bln) 116.50 (536m) 117.15 (407m)

    GBPUSD 1.2060 (GBP 464m) 1.2300 (628m)

    AUDUSD 0.7500 (AUD 363m)

    USDCAD 1.3550 (USD 410m)

  • 13:33

    Canadian wholesale sales edged up 0.2% to $56.9 billion in November, a second consecutive increase - Statcan

    Higher sales in four subsectors were partially offset by lower sales in two subsectors. The motor vehicle and parts subsector posted the largest decline, while the miscellaneous subsector, which includes wholesalers of agricultural supplies, chemicals and allied products, and paper, paper product and disposable plastic products, posted the largest increase.

    In volume terms, wholesale sales edged down 0.1%.

  • 13:30

    Canada: Wholesale Sales, m/m, November 0.2%

  • 13:02

    GBP/USD Could Extend Gains to $1.25-$1.26, Says ING

  • 13:00

    Orders

    EUR/USD

    Offers 1.0760 1.0785 1.0800 1.0830 1.0850-55 1.0880 1.0900

    Bids 1.0720 1.0700 1.0680 1.0650 1.0625-30 1.0600 1.0580 1.0565 1.0550


    GBP/USD

    Offers 1.2480 1.2500 1.2520 1.2550 1.2585 1.2600

    Bids 1.2420 1.2400 1.2375-80 1.2350 1.2320-25 1.2300 1.2280 1.2250

    EUR/GBP

    Offers 0.8650 0.8665 0.8680 0.8700 0.8730 0.8750 0.8780 0.8800

    Bids 0.8620 0.8600 0.8585 0.8550 0.8530 0.8500

    EUR/JPY

    Offers 122.30 122.50 122.80 123.00 123.50 124.00

    Bids 121.50 121.00 120.80 120.50 120.00


    USD/JPY

    Offers 113.65 113.80 114.00 114.20 114.50 114.80 115.00 115.20 115.35 115.55-60115.80 116.00

    Bids 113.20 113.00 112.80 112.65 112.50 112.30 112.00


    AUD/USD

    Offers 0.7580-85 0.7600 0.7630 0.7650 0.7675 0.7700

    Bids 0.7545-50 0.7525-30 0.7500 0.7480-85 0.7450

  • 10:55

    Kremlin says there are no immediate plans for a Trump-Putin meeting - Forexlive

  • 10:54

    Credit Agricole thinks USD/JPY is still elevated

    "While there has been significant pullback in the USD/JPY, it still remains significantly above where rates and other short-term fundamentals suggest it should be. USD/JPY remains vulnerable given extended short positioning in the JPY.

    So it remains up to President Trump and US economic data to start pushing US rates higher again to justify the level of the USD/JPY. The weaker JPY should help push Japan's trade balance and inflation higher. Inflation data will be the main focus locally, but it is unlikely to accelerate enough to jeopardise any change in the BoJ's current stance.

    The JGB yield curve has been steepening in 2017 relative to the UST curve, which is weighing on the USD/JPY. So, the outcome of the JGB 40Y auction this coming week could also be of some interest for the USD/JPY".

    Copyright © 2017 Credit Agricole CIB, eFXnews™

  • 10:13

    ECB Governing Council member, Benoit Coeure: the ECB will go on raising rates only with inflation from higher wages

    During his presentation Coeure said that the recent rise in inflation rates was associated with an increase in oil prices. According to the banker, the ECB would be ready to raise interest rates only in the case of higher salaries. "At the moment this is not happening".

  • 09:40

    Option expiries for today's 10:00 ET NY cut

    EUR/USD 1.0500 (EUR 1.33bln) 1.0600 (815m) 1.0700 (535m)

    USD/JPY 112.00 (USD 525m) 114.00 (426m) 115.00 (586m) 115.50 (516m) 116.00 (1.25bln), 116.50 (536m) 117.15 (407m)

    GBP/USD 1.2060 (GBP 464m) 1.2300 (628m)

    AUD/USD 0.7500 (AUD 363m)

    USD/CAD 1.3550 (USD 410m)

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  • 08:56

    Today’s events

    • At 11:00 GMT the Bundesbank Monthly Report

    • At 11:30 GMT ECB president Mario Draghi will deliver a speech

    • At 13:15 GMT ECB Board Member Peter Praet will make a speech

  • 07:28

    Long-Term investors buyers below 1.20 on GBP/USD says BNPP

    "The GBP will remain in focus heading into the ruling on Brexit from the Supreme Court, expected on Monday.

    The government is generally not expected to win this appeal, but we think the significance of this ruling has diminished since last month's parliamentary resolution supporting the Q1 timeline for Article 50.

    We continue to believe the GBP is trading near levels reflecting a worst-case scenario for trade and capital flows, and therefore expect long-term-oriented investors to be buyers below GBPUSD 1.20".

    Copyright © 2017 BNP Paribas™, eFXnews™

  • 07:24

    The index of business activity in all sectors of the Japanese economy increased in November by 0.3%

    According to data released today by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, the index of business activity in all sectors of the Japanese economy increased in November by 0.3% compared with October, better than the previous value. However, the October data was revised downward from 0.2% to 0.0%. The indicator measures the activity in all sectors of Japanese industry and allows to estimate the overall trend in services and production.

  • 07:21

    Trump Team Said to Discuss Post-Brexit Trade Accord With U.K

  • 07:04

    Japan's leading index rose more than estimated

    Japan's leading index climbed more than initially estimated in November and remained at the highest level in fifteen months, latest figures from from the Cabinet Office showed Monday, cited by rttnews.

    The leading index, which measures the future economic activity, rose to 102.8 in November from 100.8 in October. The November reading was revised up slightly from 102.7.

    Moreover, the latest score was the highest since August 2015, when it marked 103.4.

    The coincident index that reflects the current economic activity, climbed to 115.0 in November from 113.5 a month earlier. The score was slightly below the preliminary estimate of 115.1.

  • 06:07

    Options levels on monday, January 23, 2017

    EUR/USD

    Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

    $1.0842 (2720)

    $1.0805 (2454)

    $1.0778 (2226)

    Price at time of writing this review: $1.0749

    Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

    $1.0636 (1395)

    $1.0588 (1492)

    $1.0525 (2877)


    Comments:

    - Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date March, 13 is 57617 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0800 (3628);

    - Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date March, 13 is 66859 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,0000 (4928);

    - The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.16 versus 1.20 from the previous trading day according to data from January, 20

    GBP/USD

    Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

    $1.2706 (1060)

    $1.2609 (1367)

    $1.2512 (1376)

    Price at time of writing this review: $1.2431

    Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

    $1.2286 (1238)

    $1.2190 (1076)

    $1.2093 (560)


    Comments:

    - Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date March, 13 is 18400 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2800 (1520);

    - Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date March, 13 is 22683 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1500 (3228);

    - The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.23 versus 1.22 from the previous trading day according to data from January, 20

    * - 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.

  • 05:16

    Japan: Leading Economic Index , November 102.8

  • 05:16

    Japan: Coincident Index, November 115

  • 04:31

    Japan: All Industry Activity Index, m/m, November 0.3%

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