Overnight, AUD led the slide against the greenback, weighed on by the Chinese HSBC Manufacturing PMI (Mar P) M/M 49.2 vs. Exp. 50.5 which showed an 11 month low, prompting AUD/USD to pull off its 1-month highs, however, in the first half of the European session commodity linked currencies continued to gain against the greenback with AUD/USD printing fresh 1 month highs at 0.7939 before pulling off best levels heading into the European close. Elsewhere, the Hungarian Central bank cut rates by 15bps to 1.95%, where analysts had expected a cut of 20bps which saw EUR/HUF fall by 74 pips, however additional comments from the central bank suggested further ‘cautious easing’ could be on the cards in the near future which saw EUR/HUF reverse its earlier downside.
Looking ahead, this evening sees the release of the US API crude inventories, while tomorrows’ data slate provides the German IFO Business Climate, US Durable Goods and DoE crude inventories which are expected to show a build of 4.75mln.
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