Marketwatch EU & UK

Daily Insights
April 25, 2024

  • The US Dollar Index currently trades at 105.75 after trading as high as 106.24 in yesterday’s session.
  • In Japan, traders are looking out for any signs of intervention ahead of this Friday’s BoJ policy meeting, after the yen has depreciated past the 155 level against the greenback (the lowest in three decades). The BOJ is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged this Friday and with the Yen making a 34-year low, the panel may tone down its stance on having a soft monetary policy.
  • The US Dollar is muted against its major peers with the DXY holding at 105.65. US GDP is out today and that will be the key driver – the growth gauge is estimated to tick lower to 2.5% in the first quarter. A strong GDP and sticky inflation may leave the Fed with limited choice apart from leaving rates where they sit.
  • The euro and the pound trade in tight ranges against the US Dollar, with EUR/USD holding at 1.0720 and GBP/USD trading at the 1.25 handle. There is not much in the spectrum of data today in both regions and, again, this is likely to be a Dollar story again until the end of the week.

Economic Calendar

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EUR - German GfK Consumer Climate
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EUR - Italian Bank Holiday
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EUR - ECB Economic Bulletin
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GBP - CBI Realized Sales
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USD - Advance GDP q/q
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USD - Unemployment Claims
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USD - Advance GDP Price Index q/q
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USD - Goods Trade Balance
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USD - Prelim Wholesale Inventories m/m
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USD - Pending Home Sales m/m
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USD - Natural Gas Storage
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EUR - German Buba President Nagel Speaks
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GBP - GfK Consumer Confidence
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JPY - Tokyo Core CPI y/y

Market Indicators

Currency Pairs
Pair High Low
eur/gbp 0.8592 0.85862
gbp/usd 1.24751 1.24541
gbp/aud 1.91861 1.91493
gbp/nzd 2.09973 2.09655
usd/jpy 155.739 155.241
eur/usd 1.0713 1.06968
gbp/jpy 194.206 193.448
eur/cnh 7.78592 7.7733
usd/cnh 7.27322 7.2633
Equities and Commodities
Nasdaq 100 17310.2
DOW 38396.2
S&P 500 5040.14
BRENT CRUDE 88.2
WTI 82.93
GOLD 2318.04

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