Free Trial

SEK Gives Back Gains

SEK

SEK has given back all gains made from the Riksbank news earlier, after US factory orders came in strong and the prices component of ISM services remained stable, well above the 50-handle.

  • The Riksbank earlier released a letter to the DMO, requesting a pause in the Government's phasing out of debt currency exposure.
  • The Riksbank's FX hedging programme involves buying SEK, while the Government's actions would involve selling SEK. The news helped the SEK outperform the G10 for a short while.
  • However, at typing EURSEK and USDSEK are now up ~0.4% and ~0.2% today.
  • EURSEK hovers around 11.6496 - the trendline drawn from the November 11 2022 low, which provided resistance for the pair yesterday.
  • The September budget balance and house price data on Friday provides the remaining items on the local calendar this week, before September CPI is released next Friday.

To read the full story

Close

Why MNI

MNI is the leading provider

of intelligence and analysis on the Global Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Energy markets. We use an innovative combination of real-time analysis, deep fundamental research and journalism to provide unique and actionable insights for traders and investors. Our "All signal, no noise" approach drives an intelligence service that is succinct and timely, which is highly regarded by our time constrained client base.

Our Head Office is in London with offices in Chicago, Washington and Beijing, as well as an on the ground presence in other major financial centres across the world.