INSIDE G-10: JPY Falls; AUD, NZD Rising as Risk-On Tone Prevails
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(Bloomberg) -- USD/JPY rises to 8-day high, reflecting risk-on tone as crude oil consolidates gains spurred by possible OPEC agreement.
Alert: HALISTER1- WTI crude +0.2% to $47.15/bbl after rising 5.3% yesterday
- Saudis choose higher prices over free oil markets
- Mester warns Fed may get behind curve if it delays too long on rates
- Fed’s George says rates need to be raised “slowly but surely”
- USD/JPY +0.7% to 101.40 vs 100.66-101.42 range
- Net JPY purchases by corporates this week have been below expectations, with short-covering of spot by leveraged funds seen after Tokyo fix, trader says
- Early session GBP/JPY buying by leveraged accounts helps trigger buy stop-losses through 131.50 area, trader says
- AUD/USD gains for fourth day, up 0.1% to 0.7699
- Pair rises on equity and momentum flows, real money accounts have revised their expectations on AUD dips: trader
- USD/CAD falling for third day, down 0.2% to 1.3058, testing 55-DMA at 1.3050
- BBDXY little changed at 1,180.78
- 10-year Treasury yield up 1 bp to 1.586%
- NOTE: Mark Cranfield is an FX strategist who writes for First Word. The observations he makes are his own and are not intended as investment advice.
Source: BFW (Bloomberg First Word)
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