Yen Firm in Quiet Markets, Bitcoin Free Fall
Action Insight Daily Report 4-23-21

Yen Firm in Quiet Markets, Bitcoin Free Fall

While US stocks tumbled overnight, Asian markets are just mixed. Gold and oil are stuck in range too, while the bigger move is found in bitcoin. The forex markets are also generally staying in tight range. Yen is currently the strongest one for the week, followed by New Zealand Dollar and Euro. But Australian Dollar is the worst, followed by Dollar and Sterling.

Technically, our focus will remain on when Dollar would breakout to the downside, and whether that could be accompanied by stronger rebound in Yen. Levels to watch include 1.2079 temporary top in EUR/USD and 0.9127 temporary low in USD/CHF. At the same time, 129.56 minor support in EUR/JPY will be watched to gauge Yen strength. More importantly, we'll see if USD/JPY could rebound from 107.75 fibonacci support.

In Asia, at the time of writing, Nikkei is currently down -0.65%. Hong Kong HSI is up 0.90%. China Shanghai SSE is up 0.05%. Singapore Straight Times is down -0.27%. Japan 10-year JGB yield is up 0.0012 at 0.070. Overnight, DOW dropped -0.94%. S&P 500 dropped -0.92%. NASDSAQ dropped -0.94%. 10-year yield dropped -0.010 to 1.554.

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EUR/JPY Daily Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 129.74; (P) 129.95; (R1) 130.25; More....

Intraday bias in EUR/JPY stays neutral first. On the downside break of 129.56 support would turn bias to the downside for deeper correction to 128.28 support. On the upside, firm break of 130.95 will resume larger rise from 114.42 to 100% projection of 114.42 to 127.07 from 121.63 at 134.28.

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GMT Ccy Events Actual Forecast Previous Revised
23:00 AUD Manufacturing PMI Apr P 59.6 56.8
23:00 AUD Services PMI Apr P 58.6 55.5
23:01 GBP GfK Consumer Confidence Apr -15 -12 -16
23:30 JPY National CPI Core Y/Y Mar -0.10% -0.20% -0.40%
0:30 JPY Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI Apr P 53.3 53.1 52.7
6:00 GBP Retail Sales M/M Mar 1.50% 2.10%
6:00 GBP Retail Sales Y/Y Mar 4.20% -3.70%
6:00 GBP Retail Sales ex-Fuel M/M Mar 1.30% 2.40%
6:00 GBP Retail Sales ex-Fuel Y/Y Mar -1.50% -1.10%
6:00 GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing (GBP) Mar 21.3B 18.4B
7:15 EUR France Manufacturing PMI Apr P 59 59.3
7:15 EUR France Services PMI Apr P 44 48.2
7:30 EUR Germany Manufacturing PMI Apr P 65.9 66.6
7:30 EUR Germany Services PMI Apr P 50.8 51.5
8:00 EUR Eurozone Manufacturing PMI Apr P 62 62.5
8:00 EUR Eurozone Services PMI Apr P 49.1 49.6
8:30 GBP Manufacturing PMI Apr P 59 58.9
8:30 GBP Services PMI Apr P 59 56.3
13:45 USD Manufacturing PMI Apr P 59.3 59.1
13:45 USD Services PMI Apr P 61.5 60.4
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