Entering into US session, Yen is trading generally higher as helped by mild risk aversion today. Sterling is also enjoying some renewed buying. EUR/GBP takes lead by extending recent fall from 0.9101. GBP/USD is also set to take on 1.2930 temporary top very soon.
New Zealand Dollar is the weakest one for today so far, followed by Canadian and then Swiss Franc. WTI crude oil’s recovery is losing steam after hitting 52.73 earlier this week and is now back at 51.4.
In European markets, at the time of writing:
- FTSE is down -0.73%.
- DAD is down -0.31%.
- CAC is down -0.46%.
- German 10-year yield is down -0.0026 at 0.223.
Earlier in Asia:
- Nikkei dropped -0.20%.
- Hong Kong HSI dropped -0.54%.
- China Shanghai SSE dropped -0.42%.
- Singapore Strait Times dropped -0.45%.
- Japan 10-year JGB yield rose 0.0044 to 0.012.
