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A$ Mildly Outperforming

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AUDUSD is climbing and is up 0.4% so far in APAC trading to 0.6828. Aussie is higher against the major currencies. The USD index is down 0.15%.

  • AUDNZD is +0.1% at 1.0950. Aussie is up 0.25% against the yen to 92.05. It is also 0.2% higher against the euro and pound at 0.6430 and 0.5662 respectively.
  • AUDUSD is holding just above its 200-day simple moving average but is below both the 20- and 50-day.
  • Equity markets across the region are currently mixed with the ASX down 0.3% but the Kospi up 1.1% while the CSI opened flat. Japan is closed. S&P e-minis are up 0.3%. WTI is up only 0.2% after its sharp decline on Wednesday. Copper prices are down 0.2% and iron ore is lower to around $130/t.
  • At 16.15 AEDT RBA Deputy Governor Bullock and Deputy Head (FMI) Payments Policy Cagliani appear before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. Later the Fed’s Bostic and Daly speak. The Kansas and Chicago Fed indices also print.

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