Currencies
- The euro (EUR) climbed from 1.2629 to 1.2721 yesterday against the US dollar (USD), as the US Federal Reserve concerns about the recent dollar appreciation might hurt US exports. The German ZEW Economic Sentiment will be announced today at 9:00 GMT with expectations at 0.2.
- The US dollar (USD) continued its bearish trend for fourth consecutive day against the Japanese yen (JPY) at 106.75 The six year high at 110.08 might come to an end as the chart passed the 20-day Bollinger Bands below 107.25, which are psychological levels.
Equities
- US equities crashed as investors concerns on slowing global growth. The US 500 (SPI) fell below the 200-day moving average at 1919 resulting to further drop at 1873, the US 30 (DOW) went to 16283 and the US Tech (NDQ) to 3815.
Commodities
- WTI Crude (OIL) remained range bounded at 85.13 USD per barrel near its 22-month low as recent increase in US stockpiles drive the oil prices down.
Mover & Shaker with forex options
- Gold (XAU) rose to 1237 as the Fed’s Vice Chairman Stanley Fisher stated that the interest rates will not increase by the end of 2014, due to fact that US economy might be at risk because of Global slowdown.
- Option traders may consider buying a Call on the XAUUSD and gain if the pair moves higher, while the risk is limited to the premium paid.
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