US/Canada traders back from holiday weekend
The AUD and the CHF are the strongest and weakest currencies respectively as North American traders return from the holiday weekend. The USD is lower on the day - falling against most currencies (with the exception of the CHF. It is near unchanged against the EUR).
The changes (top chart below) are showing that the AUDUSD and the NZDUSD are trading near high levels for the day. The GBPUSD is also nearer the higher level after spiking in the London morning session. The EURGBP is retreating and that is helping the pair. There is a large option expire at 0.9200 in the EURGBP today.
In other markets today:
- Spot gold is trading down $-1.52 today at $1330
- WTI Crude oil is trading up $0.63 to $47.92
- US stocks in pre-market trading are lower. S&P futures are down -5.25 points Nasdaq futures are down -12 points. Dow futures are down -62 points
- US yields are lower. 2 yearr 1.322%, -2 bp. 5 year 1.707%, -1.1 bp. 10 year 2.136%, -3 bp. 30 year 2.758%, -1.8 bp
- Euro stocks are mixed. Dax up 0.46%, Cac unchanged. UK FTSE unchanged. Ibex -0.1%
