Yen Sinks, US and Commodity Dollars Gain as FBI Clears Clinton
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Talking Points:
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FBI confirms Hillary Clinton did not commit crime in handling of emails
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Yen sinks, commodity FX gains with stocks as risk appetite firms in Asia
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S&P 500 futures hint risk-on mood to prevail as Europe, US come online
The anti-risk Japanese Yen plunged while the sentiment-geared Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Dollars strengthened alongside share prices in overnight trade. The markets cheered an over-the-weekend announcement that after further investigation, the FBI found that Hillary Clinton did not a commit a crime in her handling of emails while serving as Secretary of State. The US Dollar traded higher against most of its top counterparts.
S&P 500 index futures are pointing sharply higher ahead in late Asian trade, hinting the risk-on mood is likely to carry forward in the hours ahead. A relatively lackluster European economic calendar doesn’t seem to offer the kind of high-profile event risk to throw established momentum off course. US election news-flow will probably remain a major source of headline risk however as traders look to the evolution of opinion polls after the weekend’s developments and heading into Tuesday’s vote.
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Asia Session
| GMT | CCY | EVENT | ACT | EXP | PREV |
| 0:00 | JPY | Labor Cash Earnings (YoY) (SEP) | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 0:00 | JPY | Real Cash Earnings (YoY) (SEP) | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| 0:30 | AUD | ANZ Job Advertisements (MoM) (OCT) | 1.0% | - | 0.0% |
| 5:30 | AUD | Foreign Reserves (OCT) | - | A$65.8b |
European Session
| GMT | CCY | EVENT | EXP | PREV | IMPACT |
| 7:00 | EUR | Germany Factory Orders (MoM) (SEP) | 0.2% | 1.0% | Medium |
| 7:00 | EUR | Germany Factory Orders (YoY) (SEP) | 3.5% | 2.1% | Medium |
| 8:00 | CHF | Foreign Currency Reserves (OCT) | 629.0b | 628.0b | Low |
| 8:15 | CHF | CPI (MoM) (OCT) | 0.2% | 0.1% | Medium |
| 8:15 | CHF | CPI (YoY) (OCT) | 0.0% | -0.2% | Medium |
| 8:15 | CHF | CPI – EU Harmonized (MoM) (OCT) | - | 0.0% | Low |
| 8:15 | CHF | CPI – EU Harmonized (YoY) (OCT) | - | -0.3% | Low |
| 8:30 | GBP | Halifax House Prices (MoM) (OCT) | 0.2% | 0.1% | Medium |
| 8:30 | GBP | Halifax House Price 3Mths/Year (OCT) | 4.9% | 5.8% | Medium |
| 8:30 | EUR | Markit Germany Construction PMI (OCT) | - | 52.4 | Medium |
| 9:00 | CHF | Total Sight Deposits | - | 518.5b | Low |
| 9:00 | CHF | Domestic Sight Deposits | - | 451.9b | Low |
| 9:10 | EUR | Markit Germany Retail PMI (OCT) | - | 53.0 | Medium |
| 9:10 | EUR | Markit Eurozone Retail PMI (OCT) | - | 49.6 | Medium |
| 9:10 | EUR | Markit France Retail PMI (OCT) | - | 49.1 | Low |
| 9:10 | EUR | Markit Italy Retail PMI (OCT) | - | 45.0 | Low |
| 9:30 | EUR | Eurozone Sentix Investor Confidence (NOV) | 8.6 | 8.5 | Low |
| 10:00 | EUR | Eurozone Retail Sales (MoM) (SEP) | -0.3% | -0.1% | Medium |
| 10:00 | EUR | Eurozone Retail Sales (YoY) (SEP) | 1.2% | 0.6% | Medium |
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