Marketwatch EU & UK

Daily Insights
August 3, 2023

The US Dollar finally rises after dropping earlier today due to Fitch Ratings’ decision of cutting the United States off its top-tier sovereign credit grade. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index currently gains 0.1% and USD/JPY drops below 143, to trade mid 142-143. EUR/USD is right where it was yesterday at this time, trading around 1.0980 level. GBP/USD remains below 1.28 and continues to trade anxiously ahead of tomorrow’s BOE decision. New Zealand Dollar continues to lose, especially after the US reported soft jobs data yesterday. WTI Crude is up 0.9% to $82.08/bbl after an industry estimate pointed to a massive drawdown in inventories, signalling that the market it is tightening.

Haven assets gained after Fitch announced the removal of the US off its top tier credit rating, leading S&P 500 Futures to drop 0.5% and EUR/USD to slip 0.01%. The international credit rating agency downgrade the US to AA from AAA, mentioning “repeated debt limit standoffs” with fiscal deterioration expected for the next three years.

Economic Calendar

6:30am:
CHF - CPI m/m
11:00am:
GBP - Official Bank Rate
11:00am:
GBP - MPC Official Bank Rate Votes
11:00am:
GBP - Monetary Policy Summary
11:00am:
GBP - BOE Monetary Policy Report
11:30am:
GBP - BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
12:30pm:
USD - Unemployment Claims
2:00pm:
USD - ISM Services PMI

Market Indicators

Currency Pairs
Pair High Low
eur/gbp 0.86478 0.86009
gbp/usd 1.27835 1.26694
gbp/aud 1.94123 1.9317
gbp/nzd 2.09175 2.07724
usd/jpy 142.878 141.548
eur/usd 1.10419 1.09255
gbp/jpy 181.739 180.651
eur/cnh 7.92957 7.83885
usd/cnh 7.19497 7.15169
Equities and Commodities
Nasdaq 100 15486
DOW 35429
S&P 500 4531.43
BRENT CRUDE 86.15
WTI 82.5
GOLD 1941.47

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