Market overview
FX: Fears of trade wars heightened market volatility. The dollar index is recovering, adding 0.2% on Monday after falling 0.7% on Friday after Powell said he was ready to soften politics. EURUSD lost 40 pips from morning to 1.1120. GBPUSD remains near monthly highs at 1.2260.
Stocks: S&P 500 futures add about 1.9% in the morning after a 4% failure in response to the new US and Chinese tariffs. MSCI Asia Pacific is losing 2.0% since the start of the day. The VIX Volatility Index jumped to 20.6 on Friday.
Commodities: Brent has been rising 1.4% from the start of the day to $58.70, returning about half the decline on Friday. Gold took off to $1555 but soon rolled back to 1530 area.
Crypto: Bitcoin has again received support after another dip below 10K, trading at $10,300 at the moment. Top 10 altcoins vary in the range from -0.5% to + 3.0%.
Important upcoming events (GMT):
12:30 USD [!!!] U.S. Durable Goods Orders
- GBPUSD reversed from strong support level 1.2665 - Likely to rise to resistance level…
- USDCAD broke resistance level 1.3950 - Likely to rise to resistance level 1.4050 USDCAD…
The US dollar has strengthened, reaching the upper boundary of its trading range. The British…
Cryptocurrencies continued to surge, pushing the total cap to $3 trillion. Bitcoin has gained nearly…
- USDJPY broke key resistance level 154.70 - Likely to rise to resistance level 157.20…
- USDJPY broke key resistance level 154.70 - Likely to rise to resistance level 157.20…
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