Feb 25, 2015 08:12 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Societe Generale Cross Asset Research: -EUR/USD: 1.1331-1.1389 overnight range. Small bids emerge after Yellen and gains supported by USD/JPY and AUD/USD flows. Large option expiries at 1.1300 (2.0bn) and...
ZAR may gain on stronger Chinese HSBC PMI: UniCredit
Feb 25, 2015 08:05 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from UniCredit Research: -The ZAR may gain on stronger Chinese HSBC PMI , but we remain bearish over the medium term here. We do not see big impact from the SA national budget at 12:00 GMT, as the interpretation of...
Daily outlook for SEK: UniCredit
Feb 25, 2015 08:03 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from UniCredit Research: -SEK: The Riksbank stated on 12 February that it is prepared to do more actions, if needed and this message is likely to come from todays minutes too. -Yet, we do not see EUR-SEK hitting...
Daily outlook for EUR: UniCredit
Feb 25, 2015 08:02 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from UniCredit Research: -EUR: Ms. Janet Yellen was upbeat on the economy and in our view the date of the first rate hike is getting closer. Yet, market did not see convinced, with US yields falling and the USD...
Risk of BoT rate cut in near-term: Barclays
Feb 25, 2015 07:55 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Barclays Capital: -While the BoT appears reluctant to respond to the supply-side driven fall in inflation, we continue to flag the risk of a near-term cut. -However, we believe this will be contingent on...
Daily outlook for CNY: Commerzbank
Feb 25, 2015 07:50 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Commerzbank Corporates Markets: -CNY: The HSBC flash PMI for February improved to 50.1 from 49.7 last and above expectations of 49.5. However, the reliability of the data is questionable given the backdrop of...
Daily outlook for BRL: Commerzbank
Feb 25, 2015 07:49 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Commerzbank Corporates Markets: -BRL: The Brazilian real should be under pressure in the next days as Petrobras (state controlled oil company) was downgraded by Moodys to junk territory (to Ba2 from Baa3) on...
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