NZD Edges Higher After General Election, GBP Watches Brexit Headlines

Light risk-on flows have crept into G10 FX space as e-minis have nudged higher, with participants scrutinising weekend headlines. NZD outperforms at the margin after a resounding electoral success of the ruling Labour Party, which won an outright majority. AUD has gained alongside its Antipodean cousin, with AUD/USD testing the $0.7100 figure.

• Sterling slipped early on, as regional participants digested the reduction to the UK's sovereign-debt rating to Aa3 from Aa2 by Moody's. That being said, the currency has recovered amid reports suggesting that the UK is ready to water down its controversial Internal Market Bill in a bid to revive deadlocked Brexit talks.
• USD/CNH has edged lower, with PBoC fix due within 15 minutes or so.
• USD/KRW punched through YtD lows, challenging the KRW1,140.00 mark for the first time since Apr 2019.
• China's quarterly GDP & monthly activity data headline in Asia. Later in the day, focus moves to the BoC's Business Outlook Survey and comments from a whole host of central bankers from the Fed, ECB, BoE, Riksbank & Norges Bank.