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16 Apr 2015
Market Movers: AUD higher on upbeat employment report – TDS
FXStreet (Barcelona) - Prashant Newnaha, Strategist at TD Securities, summarizes the market performance during the Asian trade, mentioning that AUD was a clear winner, up by around 1% after Australia saw an upbeat jobs report.
Key Quotes
“A combination of more soft U.S. data, a spike in oil and the BoC effectively ruling out further rate cuts saw the CAD outperform overnight, +1% vs USD. General USD fatigue then filtered through into Asian trading, but then AUD took centre stage up +1% following a cracking employment report.”
“AUD rallied from US$0.7680 to a high of US$0.7780. Most other crosses are unchanged vs the USD, but the NOK is +0.4%, SEK +0.25% while the Yen is 0.15% weaker (¥119.35).”
“Fixed income sagged, with US 10yr yields +1.6bps to 1.905% while ACGBs underperformed via short yields +11bps and long end +8bps. NZ traded in sympathy despite a soft dairy auction, NZGB +7bps at the front end and +4bps at longs.”
“Risk sentiment remains buoyant with most regional equity indices in the green, with China leading the gains, +2%, Australia +0.5%, but Japan is down 0.15% and India –0.35%.”
“For four consecutive days iron ore futures are up (today +2%), copper futures are up +0.9%, but gold is closer to unchanged just above US$1200oz.”
Key Quotes
“A combination of more soft U.S. data, a spike in oil and the BoC effectively ruling out further rate cuts saw the CAD outperform overnight, +1% vs USD. General USD fatigue then filtered through into Asian trading, but then AUD took centre stage up +1% following a cracking employment report.”
“AUD rallied from US$0.7680 to a high of US$0.7780. Most other crosses are unchanged vs the USD, but the NOK is +0.4%, SEK +0.25% while the Yen is 0.15% weaker (¥119.35).”
“Fixed income sagged, with US 10yr yields +1.6bps to 1.905% while ACGBs underperformed via short yields +11bps and long end +8bps. NZ traded in sympathy despite a soft dairy auction, NZGB +7bps at the front end and +4bps at longs.”
“Risk sentiment remains buoyant with most regional equity indices in the green, with China leading the gains, +2%, Australia +0.5%, but Japan is down 0.15% and India –0.35%.”
“For four consecutive days iron ore futures are up (today +2%), copper futures are up +0.9%, but gold is closer to unchanged just above US$1200oz.”