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FOREX: The Asia-Pac session has seen very contained price action in the major FX
space today with Japanese markets closed & U.S. markets set to experience a
holiday shortened session, alongside a very limited Asia-Pac docket. 
- The Antipodeans have modestly underperformed their G10 peers, extending
yesterday's trends with AUD/USD sitting at $0.7258, NZD/USD at $0.6804 last &
AUD/NZD at session highs of NZ$1.0660. Chinese stocks are on the back foot at
writing, which may be adding some modest pressure, after the WSJ reported that
the U.S. administration is attempting to get its allies to boycott Chinese tech
name Huawei. 
- CAD came under modest pressure as oil spiked lower, with USD/CAD briefly
breaking above the C$1.3200 figure, last C$1.3195. 
- Sterling consolidated after rallying on the back of yesterday's draft Brexit
agreement drawn up between UK PM May & EU's Juncker. BoE's Saunders stuck to his
hawkish playbook late Thursday, but his rhetoric had little impact on GBP. 
- Coming up later today we have EZ & U.S. flash PMIs, final German GDP, as well
as Canadian CPI & retail sales. Elsewhere, ECB's de Guindos is due to speak.

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