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FOREX: Antipodeans get decent bump on healthy Chinese GDP

-Chinese growth figures in Q2 came in relatively healthy, growing at 1.6% across

the quarter, keeping Y/Y figures well above 6.0%. The release helped support the

likes of AUD and NZD, with NZD/USD nudging north of the 200-dma at $0.6716, with

AUD/USD doing the same with the 100-dma.

-EMFX trades slightly firmer, also benefiting from the soothing Chinese numbers,

with ZAR and TRY notching up gains against most others. This has kept USD/TRY

pinned under the 100-dma at 5.7476.

-GBP is the poorest performer across G10, falling against all others as markets

trim gains from the decent recovery seen last week. New Brexit news has been

thin on the ground, but likely PM Boris Johnson's plans to keep a No Deal Brexit

on the table aren't helping matters. 

-The Monday calendar is particularly thin, with US Empire Manufacturing and a

speech scheduled from Fed's Williams the highlights. US corporate news picks up

though, with earnings releases this week due from Citigroup, J&J, JPMorgan,

Wells Fargo, BofA, Microsoft and Netflix among others.