JPYTakes over from USD as Equities Look Down
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October 8, 2012 07:50 ET
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JPY strengthens; Chinese HSBC services PMI higher; Eurogroup
meeting; Swiss deflation eases marginally; Eurozone investor confidence
improves and German industrial production rose. US and Canadian banks
are closed today. Equities seen at risk of etering a losing week, with
S&P500 and Dow-30 vulnerable to 1420 and 13300 respectively. Both
EURUSD & cable stopped out, with CADJPY it all targets and metals in
progress. See more detail below.
More bad news on the UK
austerity front as the independent Office for Budget Responsibility
concludes the government will likely miss its target of reducing public
by 2016/17. As much as 15 bn per year in savings will have to be made.
USD
mixed in the ongoing session. It is weaker against JPY, unchanged
against commodity dollars and stronger against EUR, GBP and CHF.
European equities are losing about 1.25%.
Despite the fact that
Japanese banks were closed in observance of Health-Sports day, the JPY
has been gaining across the board throughout the Asian and London
sessions. USDJPY declined about 50 points to 78.12 while EURJPY fell
100+ points to 101.12.
The AUD stopped sliding and trades
slightly higher after Chinese HSBC services PMI rose in September to
54.3 from previous 52. AUDUSD oscillates around 1.0175. A break below
would cause a technical damage as the zone around 1.0150 is a key
support on the weekly chart.
Reports that suggested that Spain
would not ask for a bailout over the weekend proved to be accurate so
the focus is on the Eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg. Markets will also
watch for headlines regarding the decision on the next tranche of
bailout funds for Greece.
In other news, Swiss annual CPI
printed -0.4% in September from previous -0.5% while the unemployment
rate remained unchanged in September at 2.9%. Eurozone sentix investor
confidence improved marginally in October to -22.2 from previous -23.2
and German industrial production rose 0.5% in August after 1.3% growth
seen in July.
There are no reports due during the NY session as
the US observes Columbus Day Holiday while Canadian banks are closed in
observance of Thanksgiving day. The sole risk event comes at 5:00 pm ET
when New Zealand releases its Q3 business confidence survey.
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Pre-NFP Premium Insights remain in progress, EURUSD missed the 1.3080
final target before being stopped out. Metals and oil longs remain in
progress, while EURJPY were stopped out. CADJPY hit all targets. Direct
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