The dollar was broadly unchanged during the...>

FOREX: The dollar was broadly unchanged during the Asia-Pacific session, with

the focus on the second day of speeches from the 19th Communist Party Congress.

Dollar-yen trekked sideways within a Y112.88 to Y113.09 range, close-by option

strikes again playing their pair in containing the range. Aussie rose from

$0.7841 to $0.7872, another solid local jobs report seen underpinning. Aussie

then faded late in the piece in sympathy with a softer Kiwi, last at $0.7848.

Euro-dollar rose to $1.1817 as stopped were triggered above $1.1810, but then

consolidated around $1.1800 as interest waned. Cable followed a similar pattern

to Euro, stops were taken out above $1.3220 to see $1.3228 print, but then fell

back to $1.3202 before demand again emerged. Cable was last at $1.3214. Focus is

now beginning to shift to the European open and the release of UK Retail Sales

for September.