14 Jan 2014
Asia Recap: Yen, Aussie return some of its Monday's gains
FXstreet.com (Bali) - Not much transcending in the Asian session, with the Japanese Yen being the under-performer giving back some of its gains from Monday, while the New Zealand Dollar topped the climbers.
From a fundamental standpoint, good news for New Zealand as the latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinions concluded that New Zealand businesses are the most optimistic since mid-1994. On the contrary, Japan was the carrier of negative news, as the country posted a record current account deficit, with 592.8 billion yen in deficit for November, which surpassed by far the median forecast of 380.4 billion yen deficit.
On the Yen selling, Japanese mega banks as well as importers were solid sellers at the Tokyo fix, with rumours that the Bank of Japan may be conducting a PKO (Price Keeping Operation) on the Nikkei, down -2.4%, supporting the heaviness in the Japanese Yen, although offers around 103.50 (strike option level expiring at the NY cut today) capped.
As per the Australian and New Zealand Dollar, the fortunes were slightly different, with the latter enjoying steadier bids after an initial shallow pullback, currently near highs, while it took a longer for the Aussie to find buyers and move the price off 0.9025 lows. As long as the AUD/USD keeps the 0.90, the technicals should be supportive.
Main headlines in Asia
New Zealand businesses are the most optimistic since mid-1994
NZ Fonterra confirms E coli cream contamination - Stuff
Japan posts historic current account deficit
Australian consumer anxiety rises amid weaker jobs market - NAB
USD/JPY - Intraday rally reinforced post Tokyo fix
Obama nominates Stanley Fischer for vice-chair of the Fed
From a fundamental standpoint, good news for New Zealand as the latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinions concluded that New Zealand businesses are the most optimistic since mid-1994. On the contrary, Japan was the carrier of negative news, as the country posted a record current account deficit, with 592.8 billion yen in deficit for November, which surpassed by far the median forecast of 380.4 billion yen deficit.
On the Yen selling, Japanese mega banks as well as importers were solid sellers at the Tokyo fix, with rumours that the Bank of Japan may be conducting a PKO (Price Keeping Operation) on the Nikkei, down -2.4%, supporting the heaviness in the Japanese Yen, although offers around 103.50 (strike option level expiring at the NY cut today) capped.
As per the Australian and New Zealand Dollar, the fortunes were slightly different, with the latter enjoying steadier bids after an initial shallow pullback, currently near highs, while it took a longer for the Aussie to find buyers and move the price off 0.9025 lows. As long as the AUD/USD keeps the 0.90, the technicals should be supportive.
Main headlines in Asia
New Zealand businesses are the most optimistic since mid-1994
NZ Fonterra confirms E coli cream contamination - Stuff
Japan posts historic current account deficit
Australian consumer anxiety rises amid weaker jobs market - NAB
USD/JPY - Intraday rally reinforced post Tokyo fix
Obama nominates Stanley Fischer for vice-chair of the Fed