[B]Intra-day Market Moving News and Views
18 May 2015[/B] [I]02:48GMT[/I]
[B]GBP/USD[/B] - ..... Despite cable's intra-day strg rebound from 1.5702 to 1.5809 in NY session on Friday, active cross-selling in sterling, especially vs euro, knocked price down to 1.5721 near NY close.
Cable opened higher at 1.5745 in NZ today and then fell to 1.5707 in tandem with eur/usd after Asian open.
Due to lack of important U.K. economic data today, the British pound is likely to follow intra-day swings in the euro.
Earlier, property tracking website Rightmove said on Monday that the average asking price for a new house in the UK was down 0.1% on month in May.
On a yearly basis, house prices advanced 2.5%, slowing from 4.7% in the previous month.
At present, bids are reported at 1.5710-00 with stops below there.
On the upside, offers are located at 1.5750-60 and more above with some stops above 1.5820.
This week will see the release of U.K. Rightmove house price, Japan’s machinery orders, China house prices, Japan’s capacity utilization index, industrial output and tertiary industry index, Swiss retail sales, Germany’s Buba monthly report and U.S. NAHB housing market index [B]on Monday.[/B]
New Zealand’s PPI, Australia’s CB leading indicator and RBA meeting’s minutes, U.K. CPI, PPI, RPI and DCLG house price index, Germany’s ZEW economic sentiment, eurozone inflation report, U.S. building permits, housing starts and Redbook [B]on Tuesday.[/B]
Japan’s GDP, Australia’s Westpac consumer confidence, Germany’s producer prices, ECB’s meeting, U.K. MPC vote outcome, Swiss ZEW investor sentiment, Canada’s wholesales trade and FOMC minutes [B]on Wednesday. [/B]
Australia’s consumer inflation expectation, Japan’s Nomural/JMMA Mfg PMI, New Zealand’s budget cash balance, Japan’s all industry activity, Germany’s and eurozone Markit comp., service and manufacturing flash PMI respectively, U.K. retail sales, CBI trend trade, U.S. initial jobless claims, Chicago Fed actively index, Philly Fed business index and existing home sales [B]on Thursday.[/B]
Japan’s Tankan DI, China’s CB leading economic index, Bank of Japan monetary policy statement and press conference, Germany’s GDP, Ifo business climate, U.K. PSNCR, U.S. CPI, Canada’s CPI and retail sales [B]on Friday.[/B]