Action Insight Mid-Day Report 4-11-18
| Action Insight Mid-Day Report 4-11-18 | | Risk Aversion Comes Back on Syria Tension, Dollar Gets No Help from CPI | Risk aversion comes back to the markets today. Syria tension comes into spotlight and US-China trade war leaves the stage temporarily. DAX turned south at initial trading and never looked back. It's currently trading down -1% at the time of writing. CAC id down -0.67% while FTSE is down -0.22%. US futures also point to lower open, with DOW likely heading back towards 24000 handle. In the currency markets, Yen and Swiss Franc are trading as the strongest one entering into US session. Sterling suffered some selling after data misses. For the day so far, Yen is the strongest one followed by Euro. Australia Dollar and Canadian Dollar are the weakest. |  | EUR/USD Mid-Day Outlook Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.2312; (P) 1.2345 (R1) 1.2387; More.... Intraday bias in EUR/USD remains on the upside as rise from 1.2214 is in progress, hitting 1.2395 so far. Further rally should be seen for 1.2475 first. Break will target key resistance level at 1.2555 high. For now, as EUR/USD is bounded in range trading pattern from 1.2555, break of 1.2302 minor support will turn bias back to the downside for 1.2214 instead. |  | | GMT | Ccy | Events | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Revised | | 23:50 | JPY | Machine Orders M/M Feb | 2.10% | -2.50% | 8.20% | | | 23:50 | JPY | Domestic CGPI Y/Y Mar | 2.10% | 2.00% | 2.50% | | | 00:30 | AUD | Westpac Consumer Confidence Apr | -0.60% | | 0.20% | | | 01:30 | CNY | CPI Y/Y Mar | 2.10% | 2.60% | 2.90% | | | 01:30 | CNY | PPI Y/Y Mar | 3.10% | 3.30% | 3.70% | | | 08:30 | GBP | Visible Trade Balance (GBP) Feb | -10.2B | -11.9B | -12.3B | | | 08:30 | GBP | Industrial Production M/M Feb | 0.10% | 0.40% | 1.30% | | | 08:30 | GBP | Industrial Production Y/Y Feb | 2.20% | 2.90% | 1.60% | 1.20% | | 08:30 | GBP | Manufacturing Production M/M Feb | -0.20% | 0.20% | 0.10% | | | 08:30 | GBP | Manufacturing Production Y/Y Feb | 2.50% | 3.30% | 2.70% | 2.20% | | 08:30 | GBP | Construction Output M/M Feb | -1.60% | 0.70% | -3.40% | -3.10% | | 11:00 | GBP | NIESR GDP Estimate Mar | 0.20% | 0.30% | 0.30% | | | 12:30 | USD | CPI M/M Mar | -0.10% | 0.00% | 0.20% | | | 12:30 | USD | CPI Y/Y Mar | 2.40% | 2.40% | 2.20% | | | 12:30 | USD | CPI Core M/M Mar | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.20% | | | 12:30 | USD | CPI Core Y/Y Mar | 2.10% | 2.10% | 1.80% | | | 14:30 | USD | Crude Oil Inventories | | -0.6M | -4.6M | | | 18:00 | USD | Monthly Budget Statement Mar | | -175.0B | -215.2B | | | 18:00 | USD | FOMC Meeting Minutes | | | | | | | |