The Australian Dollar outperformed in overnight trade, tracking an advance on China’s Shanghai Composite
stock index. The equity benchmark rose for a sixth consecutive day to
the highest level in over 7 years. Newswires chalked up the move to
follow-through on last week’s announcement of the “Made in China 2025”
plan, a 10-year effort meant to upgrade the manufacturing sector.
Traders may have bet that the program will benefit Australia – for whom
China is the leading export market – and its pivotal mining sector.
The Euro turned lower after ominous comments from Klaus Regling, the head of the ESM bailout fund, renewed worries about Greece-linked
instability. Regling said in an interview with Bild that officials were
“working day and night” to come up with an accord but cautioned that
“little time is left”. He went on to warn that insolvency would result
without a deal to get new loans, adding that “even missing a payment to
the IMF would be dangerous [and] affect other lenders, like us.”
Looking ahead, a quiet economic calendar in European
trading hours will see investors looking toward US news-flow for
direction cues. April’s Durable Goods Orders and New Home Sales figures as well as May’s Consumer Confidence report are on tap. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer is also scheduled to speak on the outlook for the global economy.
US data outcomes have been stabilizing relative to
consensus forecasts over the past two months after a sharp downturn in
the first quarter. If this proves to precede a turn upward, traders may
begin to bring forward the expected timeline for the post-QE Fed
interest rate hike. With that in mind, upbeat outcomes on today’s
releases coupled with rhetoric suggesting the US central bank remains
open to the sooner onset of tightening from Mr Fischer may drive the US Dollar higher. Needless to say, soft figures may inspire the opposite reaction.
Asia Session
GMT
|
CCY
|
EVENT
|
ACT
|
EXP
|
PREV
|
22:45
|
Trade Balance (NZ$) (APR)
|
123M
|
98M
|
754M
|
|
22:45
|
NZD
|
Exports (NZ$) (APR)
|
4.17B
|
4.27B
|
4.92B
|
22:45
|
NZD
|
Imports (NZ$) (APR)
|
4.04B
|
4.12B
|
4.16B
|
23:30
|
Weekly Consumer Confidence Index (MAY)
|
113.5
|
-
|
114.6
|
|
23:50
|
PPI Services (YoY) (APR)
|
0.7%
|
0.6%
|
3.1%
|
European Session
GMT
|
CCY
|
EVENT
|
EXP
|
PREV
|
IMPACT
|
10:00
|
CBI Reported Sales (MAY)
|
20
|
12
|
Low
|
Critical Levels
CCY
|
Supp 3
|
Supp 2
|
Supp 1
|
Pivot Point
|
Res 1
|
Res 2
|
Res 3
|
1.088
|
1.0931
|
1.0954
|
1.0982
|
1.1005
|
1.1033
|
1.1084
|
|
1.5376
|
1.5427
|
1.5449
|
1.5478
|
1.55
|
1.5529
|
1.558
|
Written by Ilya Spivak, Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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