Market Brief
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According to media reports a Greek officals stated that Greece might seek IMF aid over Easter since they are not hopeful of aid at March 25 EU Summit.
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Japan MoF Nakao states that the would shoudnt expect EUR, JPY or CNY to become world"s reserve currency since they lack of depth-liquidity.
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RBA sold net A$424 mln in February, sold net Y295 mln in January.
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Australia Q1 industrial trends activity index up 6.3 pts to 56.7, composite index up 9.6 pts to 63.6, more gains eyed in Q2
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Australia Feb merchandise imports 2% m/m to A$17.06 bln
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Japan Q1 big manufactoring sentiment index at +increased 4.3 vs. 1.9 exp in Q2, Q4 while 13.2, 2.8 exp for Q12 in prev survey,
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Japan March Reuters Tankan index printed at -8, highest since Jun 2008, non-mfg index reached -22, highest since Nov 2008.
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New Zealand March consumer confidence index down 2 pts to 121.8, lowest in 3-mos.
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Russian Central Bank adjusts RUB vs. Basket floating band to 34.00 after buying $700mn
| Global Indexes | Current Level | % Change |
| Nikkei 225 Index | 10,744.03 | -0.94 |
| Hang Seng Index | 21,327.67 | -0.26 |
| Shanghai Index | 3,046.09 | -0.14 |
| FTSE futures | 5,640.00 | 0.26 |
| DAX futures | 6,012.00 | -0.15 |
| SMI Futures | 6,890.00 | -0.05 |
| S&P future | 1,165.00 | 0.02 |
| World Markets | Current Level | % Change |
| Gold | 1,120.83 | 0.04 |
| Silver | 17.39 | -0.39 |
| VIX | 16.91 | -4.4 |
| Crude wti | 82.29 | -0.77 |
| USD Index | 80 | 0.45 |
| Todays Calender | Estimates | Previous | Country / GMT |
| Industrial production (nsa), % q/q (y/y) | -- | 3.4 (-6.7) | CHF / 08.15 |
| Unemployment rate, % | -- | 9.4 | SEK / 08.30 |
| Current account, € bn (sa) | -- | 1.9 | EUR / 09.00 |
| PSNB, £ bn | 14.5 | 4.3 | GBP / 09.30 |
| BoE provisional M4 deposits, | -- | 0.4 (4.9) | GBP / 09.30 |
| BoE publishes Trends in Lending report | -- | -- | GBP / 09.30 |
| Trade balance, € bn (sa) | 5 | 7 | GBP / 10.00 |
| CBI industrial trends survey, | -- | -36 | GBP / 11.00 |
| Fed Governor Duke (FOMC voter) speaks | -- | -- | USD / 11.30 |
| CPI, % m/m (y/y) | 0.1 (2.3) | 0.2 (2.6) | USD / 12.30 |
| Core CPI, % m/m (y/y) | 0.1 (1.4) | -0.1 (1.6) | USD / 12.30 |
| Current account balance, $ bn | -120 | -108 | USD / 12.30 |
| Initial jobless claims, thous (4wma) | -- | 462 (475) | USD / 12.30 |
| Kansas City Fed President Hoenig (FOMC voter) | -- | -- | USD / 13.00 |
| Philadelphia Fed mfg index | 17 | 17.6 | USD / 14.00 |
| Leading indicators index, % m/m | 0.1 (9.4) | 0.3 (8.7) | USD / 14.00 |
| BoE MPC member Andrew Sentance speaks | -- | -- | USD / 16.45 |
| SNB board member Danthine speaks | -- | -- | CHF / 17.0 |
Currency Tech
EURUSD
R 2: 1.4030
R 1: 1.3850
CURRENT: 1.3660
S 1: 1.3640
S 2: 1.3600
USDJPY
R 2: 91.80
R 1: 91.10
CURRENT: 90.12
S 1: 89.50
S 2: 88.75
GBPUSD
R 2: 1.5615
R 1: 1.5380
CURRENT: 1.5267
S 1: 1.5200
S 2: 1.5000
AUDUSD
R 2: 0.9325
R 1: 0.9280
CURRENT: 0.9204
S 1: 0.9100
S 2: 0.9060
USDCAD
R 2: 1.0320
R 1: 1.0235
CURRENT: 1.0132
S 1: 1.0100
S 2: 1.0000
- S: Strong, M: Minor, T: Trendline, K: Keylevel, P: Pivot
