US Stock markets flat into close after a weak day, no surprises in FED minutes (Jan 25/26) no talk of 50bps rate rises. USD & JPY bid on more jitters regarding Ukraine. Gold rallied back to $1875, Oil very volatile after inventories, contract expiry & news from Iran. Yields widened again but remain elevated. Asian markets also slipped US & UK - "Russian troop withdrawal claims "false". Ukraine denies any missiles from Donbass were fired.
Today – US Initial Claims, CBRT Policy Announcement, ECB’s Lane, Schnabel, de Cos, Fed’s Bullard & Mester. Earnings Standard Chartered (beat); Airbus (beat), Orange, Commerzbank, Walmart.
Biggest FX Mover @ (07:30 GMT) NZDCAD (+0.43%) Rallied from lows of 0.8400 yesterday to 0.8510 now. MAs aligned higher, MACD signal line & histogram significantly above 0 line, RSI 68.25 & rising, H1 ATR 0.0015 Daily ATR 0.0060.
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