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Asia-Pac equities began the week choppy following on from last Friday’s mixed performance on Wall Street, light weekend newsflow and heading into month-endChina's NDRC reportedly held discussions with major commodity firms and pledged to have zero tolerance on commodity futures violationsDXY trades

Major bourses in Europe are mostly higher but off best levels; US equity futures trade sidewaysThe DXY has extends losses below 90.00, EUR/USD maintains 1.22 and Cable reclaimed 1.42 after PMIsUS Republicans and Democrats have privately admitted there hasn’t been much progress so far on the infrastr

Asian equity markets were mixed after failing to sustain the early momentum from the constructive mood on Wall StreetAll major US indices finished higher amid a tech-led rebound. EU equity futures head into the open slightly firmerThe DXY remains subdued beneath 90.00, EUR/USD and GBP/USD maintain 1

European bourses trade mixed as the earlier mild optimism faded; US equity futures have been erring lowerThe White House is planning to submit its rebuttal to the Senate GOP infrastructure offer by Friday; Republicans are concerned that a deal may not be possibleIranian President Rouhani said main a

Asian equity markets traded mixed with the region cautious following the mostly negative lead from the USApril FOMC Minutes gave a nod to potential taper discussions in the approaching meetingsIn FX, the DXY is relatively steady above 90.00, EUR/USD remains sub-1.22 and GBP/USD sits on a 1.41 handle

Stocks in Europe have continued drifting lower; US equity futures are also lower across the board with the NQ laggingGerman bund yield topped -10bps in early trade whilst US 10yr cash yield remains above 1.65%There has been progress in JCPOA talks but the sides have not yet achieved a breakthrough,

Asian equity markets were mostly negative, US equity futures extended on the losses seen during the prior sessionRussia's envoy to JCPOA talks said important news is likely to be released by this Wednesday, although he later backtrackedIn FX, the DXY remains sub-90.00, EUR/USD holds on to 1.22 statu

Major bourses in Europe have drifted off best levels; US equity futures traded sideways with the NQ narrowly outperformingIn FX, the DXY lost its 90.00 handle whilst EUR/USD and GBP/USD topped 1.2200 and 1.4200 respectively and USD/JPY dipped below 109.00Bent July futures rose above USD 70/bbl for t

Asian equities traded mostly positive as the region shrugged off the negative lead from Wall StreetIn FX, the DXY remains subdued, EUR/USD extended gains above 1.2150 and GBP/USD trades at its best level in over two monthsWTI crude futures eked marginal gains to trade around the USD 66.50/bbl levelU

Major bourses in Europe trade with little conviction whilst US equity futures remain contained with a downside biasChinese industrial production printed inline with estimates and retail sales disappointed but still showed respectable growthChina will extend tariff exemption for some US imported prod

MON: Eurogroup Meeting; Chinese Retail Sales and Industrial Production (Apr)TUE: RBA Minutes (April); EU Economic & Financial Affairs Council; Japanese GDP (Q1); UK Jobs Report (Mar); EZ Employment (Q1) and GDP (Q1)WED: FOMC Minutes (April); UK Inflation (Apr); EZ CPI (Apr) Canadian CPI (Apr); H

Asian equities traded somewhat mixed and only partially benefitted from last Friday’s rebound on Wall St.Chinese industrial production printed inline with estimates and retail sales disappointed but still showed respectable growthIn FX markets, the DXY heads into the European open firmer, EUR/USD pu

European bourses are firmer following the positive APAC performance with US futures following suit ahead of data, ES +0.6%USTs have been climbing all morning recovering recently lost ground with yields suppressed and the USD downbeat as such to the modest benefit of peersPresident Biden told Republi

Asia-Pac stocks were mostly higher as the region took impetus from the firm performance in the USMajor US indices recovered from the recent inflation-triggered sell-off and snapped a 3-day losing streakIn FX, the DXY traded within a narrow range overnight, EUR/USD remains sub-1.21 and GBP/USD sits o

European bourses are pressured following overnight losses though US futures are comparatively less pressured; Euro Stoxx 50 -1.5%, ES -0.3%DXY remains bid at fresh session highs but still sub-91.00 with peers modestly pressured overall as GBP and Antipodeans lagUSTs have been oscillating the U/C mar

Asian equity markets were pressured following on from the losses in the US post-CPIThe S&P 500 and DJIA posted their worst 3-day performance in over 6 monthsUSD held on to most of yesterday's gains, EUR/USD is subdued beneath 1.21 and GBP/USD remains on a 1.40 handleColonial Pipeline has announc

European equities are firmer and earnings focused but US futures are softer and tentative overall going into US CPIUSD is modestly firmer but contained with peers only marginally weaker ex-antipodeans and GBP unreactive to the latest EU-UK updatesCore debt has consolidated somewhat going into CPI an

Asian equity markets were subdued following the lacklustre performance in the US where the DJIA suffered its worst day in over two monthsLosses in the Nasdaq were only marginal after the tech sector spent most of the session nursing its recent underperformanceIn FX, the DXY is firmer, EUR/USD retrea

Equities are depressed across the board in a continuation of the US & APAC spillover with tech among the underperformers as inflationary concerns remain at the forefrontUS Senate Republicans reportedly signalled that they could increase the infrastructure counterproposal to President Biden, Poli

Asia-Pac bourses traded with firm losses amid spillover selling from the tech-led declines on Wall StAll major US indices were dragged into the red with underperformance in the Nasdaq as tech names sold offChinese CPI printed below forecast while PPI rose at its fastest pace since 2017The DXY heads

Equities are contained with the initial modest European strength dissipating while the ES is unchanged and NQ/YM are mixedDXY is off-lows and holding 90.00 but pressured with Cable eclipsing 1.40 amid Scottish election resultsUS Colonial Pipeline shut down its entire network as prelim. reports indic

MON: Riksbank Minutes; Norwegian CPI; EZ Sentix Index.TUE: BoJ SOO, CBRT Minutes, EIA STEO & OPEC MOMR; Chinese Inflation; German ZEW Survey, Australian Budget. WED: IEA MOMR; UK GDP; US CPI. THU: Banxico Rate Decision; India Holiday, Swiss Holiday. FRI: ECB Minutes, BoC Senior Lo

Asian equities traded mostly positive as the region reacted to last Friday's disappointing US jobs data, which saw US majors hit record highsIn FX, the DXY remains below 90.50, EUR/USD holds on to 1.2150 and GBP/USD trades on a 1.40 handleThe SNP won 64 seats in the Scottish Parliamentary election,

European bourses are firmer extending on APAC performance with miners leading the way; US futures are also firmer though closer to the unchanged mark pre-NFPThe Biden administration is likely to go ahead with former President Trump's China investment ban and Blinken is to keep the pressure up in his

Asian equity markets traded mostly higher following the late ramp up on Wall St. and encouraging data from ChinaGains were capped ahead of US NFP data and as increased US-China hawkish rhetoric contributed to the tentativenessThe Biden administration is likely to go ahead with former President Trump