Latest data released by Eurostat – 19 July 2021
Overall, this reaffirms a gradual improvement in the construction sector though the road is still bumpy with supply chain disruptions a key risk to watch.

Oil production output levels are on the agenda for this weekend meeting following last week’s agreement between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates:
The previous OPEC+ meeting finished, after being extended for 3 days to try to reach a resolution, without an agreement. The differences boiled down to the United Arab Emirates seeking an increase in its

Forex news for New York trade on July 16, 2021:
Markets:
– Gold down $18 to $1810
– US 10-year yields down 0.2 bps to 1.295%
– WTI crude oil down 18-cents to $71.41
Retail sales were much stronger than expected and the strength was broad-based but the FX market largely cast the report aside after an initial pop in

Closing changes for the main North American indexes
I think the chart to watch is the Russell 2000. It’s been consolidating since late January and this is the worst weekly close in the index since then. The intraday lows narrowly below here are probably what matters though. If those crack, we could be in for a

CFTC positioning data
One of the big theories on the drop in Treasury yields in the past month or so is that it was a big squeeze on shorts.
If so, it might be over.

Keep on knocking and they’ll eventually let you in
Cable is down 63 pips to the low of the session at $1.3765. That’s the worst level of the week and it will leave GBP/USD just above the cluster of lows that stretches down to 1.3731.

Looks like we
Barring an incredible turnaround, it looks like we’re going to close on the lows of the week in US equities.
The S&P 500 is down 26 points to 4334.

Forex news from the European trading session – 16 July 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– NZD leads, JPY lags on the day
– European equities mixed; S&P 500 futures up 0.2%

The chart continues to spell out the dangers for Bitcoin
Bitcoin is still largely consolidating between the range of $30,000 and $40,000 in the bigger picture of things but with every passing day, things are not shaping up too well for the cryptocurrency – at least from a technical perspective.

The risk mood keeps steadier so far today
European indices are a little mixed after having opened up with slight gains only to see some choppy action during the session.