Macro events and news
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USD recovered after better than expected PMI’s. – Earlier AstraZeneca vaccine hopes lifted stocks, EZ PMIs worse than expected, UK’s better than expected but both poor. Trump acknowledged that Biden transition should start – Equities rallied further (Nikkei back and up 2.5%) & riskier currencies gained a bid. Biden to name Yellen as Treasury Secretary & Kerry as Climate Tsar. In total a triple whammy for sentiment and risk appetite. USOil followed stocks higher and Gold trades $50 lower than Friday’s close. German GDP revised higher to 8.5% in final reading, from 8.2%.
Shortened Thanksgiving Week Ahead – Highlights – FOMC mins – more significance, after Mnuchin removed emergency funding – possibility of action at their Dec. meeting. Plus – Consumer Confidence, Durable Goods & GDP
USDIndex – Sank to support at 92.00 yesterday – rallied to 92.70, post PMI’s. back under PP now at 92.35. S1 92.10, R1 92.90.
EUR – Rejected 1.1900 & tested down to 1.1800, again yesterday. Now 1.1855 (PP) JPY – down to 103.67 lows yesterday. Rallied to 104.60, now back to 104.40. PP 104.25.
GBP – rallied to a smidge shy of 1.3400, & down to 1.3262. Back to 1.3340 (PP)now all in anticipation of EU-UK Trade announcement this week?
AUD – 0.7340 – 0.7270 range yesterday. Trades at 0.7320 now (R1), PP 0.7295.
NZD – down to test 0.6900 yesterday, another good Asian session for king Kiwi, back to test R2 0.6990 earlier, now at 0.6975.
CAD – Back to 1.3040 (S1) ; R1 & 200Ma cap at 1.3090, S2 1.3015.
CHF – 0.9075 lows to 0.9150 yesterday. Back to PP and 200Ma now 0.9115, s1 0.9093.
BTC – Holds bid at $18,400 (PP). Tested to 18k low yesterday.
GOLD – Collapsed 3% from 1876 to test S1 at 1820 earlier – now 1830 – PP 1850.
USOil – Rallied over R1 to $43.70. Vaccine hopes & OPEC+ production cut noises continue to support prices. R2 today 43.90. Private inventories later, official EIA data tomorrow.
USA500 – Closed +20 (+0.56%) 3577 – USA500 FUTS now at 3605.
Today – German IFO, US Consumer Confidence, BoE’s Haskel, Fed’s Bullard, Williams, ECB’s Schnabel, Lagarde, Lane.
Biggest (FX) Mover @ (07:30 GMT) NZDJPY (+0.79%) –. Holds rally from yesterdays sub 72.00 open, ran to test R3 at 73.05 earlier. Fast MA’s aligned higher but cooling at R2, RSI 68 moving below OB zone, MACD histogram & signal line aligned higher, breached 0-line last week. Stochs. lowering from OB H1 ATR 0.2565 Daily ATR 0.7411.
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