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Greenback Marginally Pressured, NFP In View

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The greenback is marginally pressured in the Asian session on Friday, higher US equity futures and firmer regional equities have seen risk sentiment firm and the USD tick marginally lower.

  • The AUD is the strongest performer in the G-10 space at the margins. AUD/USD sits at $0.6570/75, ~0.3% higher. China scrapped tariffs on Australian barley facilitating a brief extension of gains before ticking away from session highs. Resistance is at $0.6630, the high from Aug 2, support comes in at $0.6514 (Aug 3 low).
  • Kiwi is ~0.2% firmer, NZD/USD sits at $0.6090/95. The pair has not yet been able to breach the $0.61 handle as it consolidates early gains on Friday.
  • Yen is a touch firmer however USD/JPY has observed narrow ranges for the most part of today's session.
  • Elsewhere in G-10 GBP is ~0.2% firmer and EUR is up ~0.1%.
  • Cross asset wise; US equity futures are firmer after Amazon gained 10% in post market trade following a bullish revenue forecast. E-minis are up ~0.3% and NASDAQ futures are up ~0.5%. The Hang Seng is up ~1%. BBDXY is down ~0.1% and the US Tsy curve is marginally flatter.
  • The highlight of today's session is the July NFP print, the MNI preview is here.

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