Market Brief
US jobs data surprised to the downside on Friday with nonfarm payrolls printing at 142k versus 201k expected, while the previous month reading was downwardly revised to 136k from 173k first estimates. As a result, the greenback suffered a quick and heavy sell-off with the dollar index losing -1.15% within seconds before stabilizing around the key support area at around 95.20. But the biggest reaction came from the bonds market where investors rushed into treasuries, bringing US rates significantly lower with the 2-year reaching 0.5458%, down 11bps from its pre-NFP levels while the 10-year fell as much as 15bps to 1.9022% as traders started to price out an October rate hike and lowered their expectations for a December one. We think that the US economy is not as strong as anticipated and investors are beginning to wonder whether the fed is not too optimistic regarding the economic outlook. Besides the NFPs, unemployment rates remained stable at 5.1% while participation rates continued to fall, reaching 62.4% in September. Finally, wage pressures remained subdued as average hourly earnings didn’t grow at all in September while market participants expected a read of +0.2%m/m. Finally, the strong US dollar continues to hurt manufacturers as factory orders (s.a.) contracted -1.7%m/m in September versus -1.2% median forecast.
EUR/USD jumped 1.45% on Friday but was unable to break the resistance standing at 1.1327 (Fib 38.2% on August - September sell-off). Subsequently, the pair stabilized slightly below 1.1250 and traded sideways in the Asian session. On the downside, the closest support can be found at 1.1087 (low from September 3rd), while the next one stands at 1.0809 (low from July 20th).
The US jobs report wasn’t a disappointment for everyone as most emerging markets welcomed the news. The Brazilian Bovespa index rose 4%, the Argentinian Merval climbed almost 6.50%, while in Asia this morning, equities are blinking green across the board. The Japanese Nikkei is up 1.58%, while the broader Topix index adds 1.31%. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng climbs 1.34%, in Australia the S&P/ASX is up 1.95% and in New Zealand, shares climbed 0.66%. European futures are also trading significantly higher this morning with the Footsie up 1.81%, the DAX 1.74%, the CAC 40 1.84% and the SMI +1.85%.
In the FX market, USD/JPY almost completely erased Friday’s losses with the dollar back above ¥120 as market continue to expect further yen weakness due to high probability of the expansion of the BoJ’s monetary stimulus. AUD/USD is on its way to test the resistance lying at $0.71 (psychological threshold) as the latest inflation data from TD securities suggest that inflation pressures continue to build up in Australia. We therefore expect the RBA to remain on hold at tomorrow’s meeting. On the long-term, we do not expect the central bank to cut rates further as the pick-up in inflation is reducing its manoeuvring room.
Today traders will be watching industrial production from Sweden; market PMI from Germany, Italy, France, UK and the US; ISM non-manufacturing composite from the US: Halifax house price from the UK.
Global Indexes | Current Level | % Change |
Nikkei 225 Index | 18005.49 | 1.58 |
Hang Seng Index | 21794.47 | 1.34 |
FTSE futures | 6209.5 | 1.81 |
DAX futures | 9701.5 | 1.74 |
CAC futures | 4538.5 | 1.84 |
SMI Futures | 8647 | 1.85 |
S&P future | 1943.7 | 0.03 |
Global Indexes | Current Level | % Change |
Gold | 1135.22 | -0.32 |
Silver | 15.21 | -0.31 |
VIX | 20.94 | -7.14 |
Crude wti | 45.89 | 0.77 |
USD Index | 95.74 | -0.09 |
Today's Calendar | Estimates | Previous | Country/GMT |
TU Sep CPI MoM | 0.70% | 0.40% | TRY/07:00 |
TU Sep CPI YoY | 7.70% | 7.14% | TRY/07:00 |
TU Sep CPI Core Index YoY | 7.85% | 7.66% | TRY/07:00 |
TU Sep PPI MoM | 1.05% | 0.98% | TRY/07:00 |
TU Sep PPI YoY | 6.40% | 6.21% | TRY/07:00 |
SZ oct..02 Total Sight Deposits | - | 465.6b | CHF/07:00 |
SZ oct..02 Domestic Sight Deposits | - | 405.1b | CHF/07:00 |
SP Sep Markit Spain Services PMI | 58.7 | 59.6 | EUR/07:15 |
SP Sep Markit Spain Composite PMI | 58 | 58.8 | EUR/07:15 |
SA Sep Standard Bank South Africa PMI | 49.3 | 49.3 | ZAR/07:15 |
SW Aug Industrial Production MoM | 1.50% | -3.00% | SEK/07:30 |
SW Aug Industrial Production NSA YoY | 0.50% | -1.90% | SEK/07:30 |
SW Aug Industrial Orders MoM | - | 0.00% | SEK/07:30 |
SW Aug Industrial Orders NSA YoY | - | 11.20% | SEK/07:30 |
SW Aug Service Production MoM SA | 0.60% | -1.20% | SEK/07:30 |
SW Aug Service Production YoY WDA | - | 2.80% | SEK/07:30 |
IT Sep Markit/ADACI Italy Services PMI | 54.1 | 54.6 | EUR/07:45 |
IT Sep Markit/ADACI Italy Composite PMI | - | 55 | EUR/07:45 |
FR Sep F Markit France Services PMI | 51.2 | 51.2 | EUR/07:50 |
FR Sep F Markit France Composite PMI | 51.4 | 51.4 | EUR/07:50 |
GE Sep F Markit Germany Services PMI | 54.3 | 54.3 | EUR/07:55 |
GE Sep F Markit/BME Germany Composite PMI | 54.3 | 54.3 | EUR/07:55 |
EC Sep F Markit Eurozone Services PMI | 54 | 54 | EUR/08:00 |
EC Sep F Markit Eurozone Composite PMI | 53.9 | 53.9 | EUR/08:00 |
UK Sep Official Reserves Changes | - | $656m | GBP/08:30 |
EC Oct Sentix Investor Confidence | 11.8 | 13.6 | EUR/08:30 |
UK Sep Markit/CIPS UK Services PMI | 56 | 55.6 | GBP/08:30 |
UK Sep Markit/CIPS UK Composite PMI | 54.9 | 55.1 | GBP/08:30 |
EC Aug Retail Sales MoM | 0.00% | 0.40% | EUR/09:00 |
EC Aug Retail Sales YoY | 1.70% | 2.70% | EUR/09:00 |
NO Norway Sept. House Price Statistics | - | - | NOK/09:00 |
BZ Central Bank Weekly Economists Survey | - | - | BRL/11:25 |
BZ Sep Markit Brazil PMI Composite | - | 44.8 | BRL/13:00 |
BZ Sep Markit Brazil PMI Services | - | 44.8 | BRL/13:00 |
US Sep F Markit US Composite PMI | - | 55.3 | USD/13:45 |
US Sep F Markit US Services PMI | 55.6 | 55.6 | USD/13:45 |
EC ECB Publishes Monthly QE Breakdown | - | - | EUR/13:45 |
CA oct..02 Bloomberg Nanos Confidence | - | 54.4 | CAD/14:00 |
US Sep ISM Non-Manf. Composite | 57.5 | 59 | USD/14:00 |
US Sep Labor Market Conditions Index Change | 1.4 | 2.1 | USD/14:00 |
BZ oct..04 Trade Balance Weekly | - | - | BRL/18:00 |
NZ 3Q NZIER Business Opinion Survey | - | 5 | NZD/21:00 |
UK Sep Halifax House Prices MoM | 0.10% | 2.70% | GBP/22:00 |
UK Sep Halifax House Price 3Mths/Year | 9.10% | 9.00% | GBP/22:00 |
Currency Tech
EURUSD
R 2: 1.1561
R 1: 1.1330
CURRENT: 1.1248
S 1: 1.1017
S 2: 1.0809
GBPUSD
R 2: 1.5659
R 1: 1.5383
CURRENT: 1.5223
S 1: 1.5089
S 2: 1.4960
USDJPY
R 2: 125.86
R 1: 121.75
CURRENT: 120.05
S 1: 118.61
S 2: 116.18
USDCHF
R 2: 1.0240
R 1: 0.9903
CURRENT: 0.9708
S 1: 0.9513
S 2: 0.9259
- S: Strong, M: Minor, T: Trendline, K: Keylevel, P: Pivot
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