Forex Today: Pound weaker ahead of Brexit Summit, UK CPI
|The US dollar and the Kiwi replicated the moves seen in Asia a day before, as risk-on sentiment remained the key underlying theme amid upbeat US earnings and firmer equities.
In absence of fresh fundamental drivers this session, the fx today was driven by the USD price-action, with the pound taking a back seat ahead of the key Brexit Summit and UK CPI report. The USD/JPY pair extended gains but remained capped by 112.50 level while the Aussie faced rejection once again near 0.7150. The Kiwi was the top performer while both the EUR and CAD emerged the laggards.
Among the commodities space, both crude benchmarks traded flat while gold prices on Comex dropped below USD 1225 amid a better risk environment.
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Key Focus ahead
We have busy session ahead, with the two-day crucial European Union Summit on the Brexit deal likely to kick-off later today. The market sentiment will be driven by the Brexit-related developments while the UK inflation figures could also offer some trading impetus to the GBP markets. The UK consumer prices are likely to accelerate to 2.8 percent y/y in September while core figures are seen softer at 1.8 percent.
Also, in focus remains the Eurozone final CPI data due on the cards at 0900 GMT alongside the release of the construction output. The US docket also remains quite eventful, with the US housing starts and building permits data slated for release at 1230 GMT ahead of the speeches by the ECB Vice-President Weidmann and FOMC member Brainard. The main highlight in the NA session remains the FOMC minutes due at 1800 GMT.
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