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Key Data Being Released Today
Japan: Retail Sales (0.3% MoM expected)
Hong Kong: Retail Sales Volume (10.4% YoY expected)
Macro Report
A tale of two halves in markets on Friday night as Equity markets traded softly initially only to rally as the session was drawing to a close before the weekend.
These moves were reflected in currency and commodities markets as USD strength took a break whilst Gold prices dropped 0.3%.
Over the weekend, the UK announced they are working on economic sanctions on Russian should they pursue the invasion of Ukraine. The UK is trying to highlight to Vladimir Putin that they want him to understand what is the actual cost of invading so are hopeful the economic impact is sufficient to deter the Russians.
However, despite this, there are reports that Russian troops continue to grow along the border whilst US President Joe Biden announced they would also send troops towards the region.
AUD/USD Daily Chart
DXY (USD INDEX) Daily
Major Global Markets
| Currencies | Level | Change (%) |
| AUD/USD | 0.6992 | 0.07 |
| AUD/JPY | 80.62 | 0.07 |
| AUD/CNH | 4.4522 | 0.01 |
| DXY | 97.2700 | 0.02 |
| Rates | Yield (%) | Change (%) |
| US 10 Year | 1.769 | -0.03 |
| Aus 10 year | 1.925 | -0.04 |
| Equities | Level | Change (%) |
| S&P 500 | 4432 | 2.43 |
| NASDAQ | 14455 | 3.22 |
| ASX 200 | 6988 | 2.19 |
| Commodities | Level | Change (%) |
| Iron Ore | 127.33 | -0.69 |
| Gold | 1791.53 | -0.33 |
| Brent Crude oil | 90.03 | 0.77 |