ForexLive European FX news wrap: Yen falls on higher yields, pound sluggish 0 (0)

Forex news from the European trading session – 7 October 2020
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Markets:
– AUD leads, JPY lags on the day
– European equities a little lower; E-minis up 0.5%
It was a largely quiet session with the early focus being on Trump walking back his hard talk on stimulus yesterday, urging Congress for some piecemeal action.That has helped to

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US MBA mortgage applications w.e. 2 October +4.6% vs -4.8% prior 0 (0)

Latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association for the week ending 2 October 2020
–  -4.8%
– Market index 804.7 vs 769.6 prior
– Purchase index 316.0 vs 320.9 prior
The long-term mortgage rate slips to its lowest on record in the survey’s history, and that is arguably spurring the increase in refinancing activity – which carried the jump

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Ireland’s Coveney: UK should not underestimate how strongly EU feels on fishing issue 0 (0)

Coveney continues to feed more pessimistic remarks on the day
– Fishing is a big obstacle
– A landing zone on fishing is hard to envisage
Cable has erased all of its earlier gains to sit around 1.2880 now, testing its 200-hour moving average after the push higher earlier got rejected by near-term resistance. It is a

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