
Last week, there were sharp swings in USDJPY, a decline in oil prices, and a surge in Tesla stock. What's next?
On Wednesday, the evergreen buck went down versus the Japanese yen, paring earlier revenues because the revival in stocks markets definitely lost steam, affecting investor risk appetite.
The major American currency slumped 0.4% with a reading of 109.155.
Earlier in the day, the US dollar hit a maximum of 109.720 yen because regional shares, including Japan’s Nikkei rallied, inspired by a recent rebound on Wall Street.
However, the evergreen buck declined because the Nikkei that tacked on 3.4%, pared most of its profits due to worries over strengthening weakness in American share markets. In Asia trade American stock futures went down, affected by these worries.
The focus still remains on American equities that turned to be the source of the fresh turbulence in financial markets as well as currencies worldwide.
The recent ascend in long-term American bond profits to four-year maximums had assisted in triggering the dip in the equity market, and while revenues have drifted away from those highs, they are still elevated.
Ahead of today’s auction, the 10-year Treasury yield has rebounded. Depending on how the auction keeps unrolling, American shares could fall under renewed pressure, as some financial experts point out.
Global equities are supposed to stay on rather a nervous footing in the nearer future.
Following Tuesday’s soft demand for a $26 billion three-year sale, the US Treasury is going to auction up to $24 billion of 10-year bonds Wednesday.
The US currency performed a bit better versus currencies because market participants have looked for shelter in the American currency amid the fresh rout in global shares that was provoked by a huge dive in Wall Street equities.
The common currency tacked on 0.1% being worth $1.2391 having dived to a two-week minimum of $1.2314 yesterday.
Last week, there were sharp swings in USDJPY, a decline in oil prices, and a surge in Tesla stock. What's next?
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics will announce the updated Unemployment Rate and Employment Change data on Thursday, May 19, at 04:30 MT.
The UK Office for National Statistics will publish Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Wednesday, May 18, at 09:00 MT.
The US Census Bureau will announce Core Retail Sales and Retail Sales on Tuesday, May 17 at 15:30 MT.
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