25 Mar 2015
Asian FX mostly weaker against USD, DM FX quiet – TDS
FXStreet (Barcelona) - Paul Fage, Senior Emerging Markets Strategist at TD Securities, summarizes the performance of FX, Equities, Bond Yields and Commodities during the European Trade.
Key Quotes
“Relatively quiet day in DM FX with only modest moves. Against USD, EUR is up 0.3%, with Germany IFO data having little impact. JPY is up 0.1%, GBP is up 0.25%, while AUD, NZD and CAD are virtually unchanged.”
“In EM, Asian FX mostly weaker against USD, while EMEA FX mainly stronger. The ruble continues its strong rally driven at least in part by the demand for rubles by exporters to meet large tax payments; USDRUB is down 1.5%.”
“EURHUF fell sharply yesterday following the 15 bp rate cut by the NBH. The cut was only marginally less than the 20 bps expected by the market, so the magnitude in the fall in EURHUF was surprising. Today EURHUF, after an initial further slide, recovered its losses and is now almost unchanged on the day.”
“Fixed income is mixed with 10y UST +0.3 bps and 10y bunds –1.6 bps, but Eurozone peripherals are generally weaker with 10Y Italy +2.6 bps. European equity markets are almost unchanged on the day.”
“Brent Oil is up 0.6%. Precious metals are mostly unchanged, but Palladium is up 0.7%. Base metals are mainly weaker.”
Key Quotes
“Relatively quiet day in DM FX with only modest moves. Against USD, EUR is up 0.3%, with Germany IFO data having little impact. JPY is up 0.1%, GBP is up 0.25%, while AUD, NZD and CAD are virtually unchanged.”
“In EM, Asian FX mostly weaker against USD, while EMEA FX mainly stronger. The ruble continues its strong rally driven at least in part by the demand for rubles by exporters to meet large tax payments; USDRUB is down 1.5%.”
“EURHUF fell sharply yesterday following the 15 bp rate cut by the NBH. The cut was only marginally less than the 20 bps expected by the market, so the magnitude in the fall in EURHUF was surprising. Today EURHUF, after an initial further slide, recovered its losses and is now almost unchanged on the day.”
“Fixed income is mixed with 10y UST +0.3 bps and 10y bunds –1.6 bps, but Eurozone peripherals are generally weaker with 10Y Italy +2.6 bps. European equity markets are almost unchanged on the day.”
“Brent Oil is up 0.6%. Precious metals are mostly unchanged, but Palladium is up 0.7%. Base metals are mainly weaker.”