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FOREX: -After several sessions of underperformance, AUD and NZD broke to fresh
cycle lows Thursday, weakening the technical picture and leaving commodity
currencies at the bottom of the G10 FX pile. Rallying US yields, depressed
energy and metals prices and sour equities in both Europe and the US all played
against Antipodeans, which may be a welcome sight for Chinese importers when
mainland markets return Monday.
-JPY and GBP were comfortably the best performers, with favourable Brexit
headlines helping the latter (UK PM May has reportedly accelerated her Brexit
timeline, meaning a deal could be sewn up as early as Christmas) and worsening
risk sentiment propping up safe haven FX. The slip up in USD/JPY during NY hours
follows the printing of fresh cycle highs up at Y114.55.
-EUR/USD was dragged from its $1.1543 peak on MNI sources reporting that the ECB
could be considering a "twist-like operation", boosting their long-term debt
purchases.
-Attention shifts to Sept NFP and various ECB and Fed speakers Friday.

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