It’s all about the risk mood still so far today and with equities looking sluggish once again after yesterday’s drop, there isn’t much comfort for risk trades on the day. The yen and franc are staying bid in European morning trade, with pressure seen on commodity currencies once again.
USD/JPY is ho

The hope for France and many other countries facing the omicron wave is that infections will peak in late January or early February and then tail off. So far, we’re still heading towards that peak for France and it is a bit concerning as hospitalisations and intensive care admissions are starting to

The
Crypto Fear and Greed Index remains at 24 for the third day, matching the
extreme fear assessment.

 

However,
such a low index reading this time does little to describe the dynamics of a
market whose total capitalisation has been moving between $1.95 trillion and
$2.00 trillion since Tuesda

Financial
markets rebounded on Thursday after crucial US indices fell about 1% a day
earlier. The Nasdaq 100 index closed down 1.3% and moved into a correction
phase, completing more than 10% below the peak. However, this is still a formal
movement, and the primary battle between the bulls and the

Just a couple of large ones to take note of for EUR/USD, as highlighted in bold.In general, the expiries layered through from 1.1300 to 1.1360 are key attraction points so that should keep price action more anchored before rolling off later in the day. There’s not much else notable on the board b

Core CPI +2.6% vs +2.6% y/y prelim

The preliminary report can be found here. No change to the initial estimates as this just reaffirms the higher inflation pressures in the euro area amid the turn of the year. That will continue to keep the pressure on the ECB and their narrative that inflati

After the omicron case over the weekend, another positive case was reported yesterday. So, this adds to those figures. The Beijing municipal health commission is out saying that the cases have been found in several districts and warns of a complicated situation in terms of epidemic prevention and co

European stocks are now trading higher on the day, posting slight gains while US futures have also turned around deep losses to be in positive territory at the moment. S&P 500 futures are up 0.1% after being down by as much as 0.7% earlier while Nasdaq futures turned around a 1% drop earlier to be u

This compares with the previous release of 0930 local time. The change will take into effect starting from 20 January i.e. tomorrow. The full release can be found here.

There isn’t anything significant to take note of for today. However, there will be a couple layered for EUR/USD that are rolling off tomorrow at 1.1300 to 1.1360, so keep that in mind in case it plays into price action.
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