Market Brief
Greece won"t leave EZ says France FinMin Lagarde - DJ
Wil stay with appropriately loose monetary policy, important to manage inflationary expectations say China Prem Wen - DJ
China Feb official PMI 52.0, 55.45 exp
UK Feb Hometrack house price index rose +0.4% y/y, 1st annual rise since March 2008.
"Wouldn"t hurt if banks held a bit more capital" say RBA Gov Stevens
Australia Q4 company gross profits +2.2% q/q vs. +2.3% exp
Australia Jan new home sales +9.5% m/m, houses +10.1%
Australia Feb PMI +2.8 pts to 53.8, output, new orders and deliveries higher. NZ Feb ANZ commodity price index jumped +3.8% to 220.3
| Global Indexes | Current Level | % Change |
| Nikkei 225 Index | 10,172.06 | 0.45 |
| Hang Seng Index | 21,020.54 | 1.99 |
| Shanghai Index | 3,087.84 | 1.17 |
| FTSE futures | 5,336.50 | 1.41 |
| DAX futures | 5,662.50 | 1.21 |
| SMI Futures | 6,705.00 | 0.91 |
| S&P future | 1,110.90 | 0.67 |
| World Markets | Current Level | % Change |
| Gold | 1,118.71 | 0.09 |
| Silver | 16.56 | 0.53 |
| VIX | 19.5 | -2.98 |
| Crude wti | 79.87 | 0.26 |
| USD Index | 80.56 | 0.24 |
| Todays Calender | Estimates | Previous | Country / GMT |
| Manufacturing PMI, index | 56.4 | 56 | CHF / 08.30 |
| Real GDP, % q/qQ4 | -- | 0.2 | SEK / 08.30 |
| Germany: Final Manufacturing PMI, | 57.1 | 57.1 | EUR / 08.53 |
| Retail sales, m/m | -- | 0.8 | NOK / 09.00 |
| PMI manufacturing | 56.3 | 56.7 | GBP / 09.28 |
| EC PMI Manufactoring Feb | 54.1 | 54.1 | EUR / 9.00 |
| BoE mortgage approvals, k | 49 | 59 | GBP / 09.30 |
| Unemployment rate, % | 10.1 | 10.0 (87) | EUR / 10.00 |
| Personal income, % m/m | 0.4 (2.2) | 0.4 (0.5) | USD / 13.30 |
| Personal spending, % m/m | 0.4 (3.6) | 0.2 (4.0) | USD / 13.30 |
| PCE price index, % m/m | -2.2 | 0.1 (2.1) | USD / 13.30 |
| Core PCE price index, % m/m | 0.0 (1.4) | 0.1 (1.5) | USD / 13.30 |
| GDP, % q/q | 4 | 0.4 | CAD / 13.30 |
| ISM manufacturing index | 58 | 58.4 | USD / 15.00 |
| Construction spending, % | -0.6 (-7.9 | -1.2 (-9.9 | USD / 15.00 |
Currency Tech
AUDUSD
R 2: 0.9090
R 1: 0.9070
CURRENT: 0.8981
S 1: 0.8863
S 2: 0.8800
USDCAD
R 2: 1.0685
R 1: 1.0625
CURRENT: 1.0519
S 1: 1.0370
S 2: 1.0309
EURJPY
R 2: 122.69
R 1: 122.67
CURRENT: 121.46
S 1: 120.50
S 2: 119.65
USDMXN
R 2: 12.895
R 1: 12.820
CURRENT: 12.760
S 1: 12.739
S 2: 12.680
- S: Strong, M: Minor, T: Trendline, K: Keylevel, P: Pivot
