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Theresa May's Brexit Deal Was Soundly Rejected - APAC Update
12 de marzo de 2019 — 3 min read
The AUDUSD opened higher at 0.7085, the NZD USD opens higher at 0.6871 this morning.
Yesterday’s Australian Home Loans and Business Confidence data disappointed, which helped nudge the NZD AUD towards the 0.9700 level. NZ Food Price Index hits the wires at 10:45am today – not likely to be a market-over.
Brexit Update
The GBP fell in volatile trading after the UK’s attorney general, the Rt Hon. Geoffrey Cox, said despite ‘binding’ assurance from EU, Britain could still be permanently locked into the Northern Ireland ‘backstop’.
The UK parliament has just voted down Prime Minister May’s Brexit latest withdrawal agreement. They will be another vote on Wednesday on whether to leave the EU without a deal, otherwise known as a "hard Brexit". If that fails, parliament will vote on Thursday on whether to extend the Brexit deadline, or possibly hold another referendum.
US Update
The NZD USD and AUD USD made gains overnight as the USD slipped after tame US inflation data supported the Fed’s ‘patient’ stance on further interest rate hikes.
US CPI (consumer price index) rose a modest 0.2% in February, while the ‘core’ CPI (which excludes volatile food and energy components) edged up 0.1% - the smallest rise in August 2018. The annual CPI gain was 1.5%, which is the smallest rise in nearly 2 ½ years.
US-China trade talks continue to make headway, although a final agreement, assuming one will be reached, is still likely weeks away.
Global equity markets were mostly higher on the day - Dow -0.2%, S&P 500 +0.5%, FTSE +0.3%, DAX -0.2%, CAC +0.1%, Nikkei +1.8%, Shanghai +1.1%. Gold prices gained 0.6% to USD$1,299 an ounce, while WTI Crude Oil prices rose 0.3% to US$56.74 per barrel.
Mid-market Rates
AUDUSD0.70850.4%NZDUSD0.68670.7%AUDEUR0.6271-0.1%NZDEUR0.60800.2%AUDGBP0.54180.9%NZDGBP0.52481.0%AUDJPY78.850.4%NZDJPY76.390.7%AUDNZD1.0319-0.3%NZDAUD0.96950.3%GBPAUD1.8457-0.9%NZDCAD0.91790.3% GBPNZD1.9055-1.0%
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