MPT Market Report 9th March 2010
MPT Market Report – 9th March 2010 Daily forex market reports, available from the MyPrivateTradeTV YouTube Channel. www.myprivatetrade.com.
Yesterday the Euro climbed against the Dollar to 1.3704 before falling nearly 100 pips to 1.3605. The pair has consolidated around the 1.361 level.
Sterling also lost ground against the Dollar, falling 133 pips in just one and a half hours. The pair continued to fall during the Asian session, and has since broken the 1.5 support level, currently trading at 1.4993.
The Yen remained steady against the Dollar, making just 30 pips during the day. During the Asian session it furthered this by another 30 pips and is now trading around the 90.00 level.
Looking ahead, in the UK, BRC retail Sales figures were released at 01.00 CET. It is the actual value of retail sales from participating retail companies. Februarys figure is up from -7% last month, at 2.2% – this may be bullish for Sterling.
Also at 01.00 CET, UK RICS House Price Balance figures were released. This is a measure of housing costs in the UK, provided by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. The figure was expected to be up by 3% in February at around 35%. However, the actual result is at 17%, a considerable drop which may concern investors, and could be bearish for Sterling.
And at 10.30 CET, the UK Goods Trade Balance figures will be announced for January. This is a balance between goods exports and imports. Many traders expect the January result to be down around the minus £6.9bn level. This could cause some volatility for Sterling today!
If Japan, Leading economic figures released earlier today at 06:00 are better than expected. This economic indicator consists of 12 other indexes and gives an overall view of the Japanese economy. Todays slightly better than expected result may be bullish for the Yen.
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