Weak Risk Sentiment Supporting Dollar, For Now
Action Insight Mid-Day Report 5-17-21

Weak Risk Sentiment Supporting Dollar, For Now

Commodity currencies are trading as the weaker ones for today so far, as risk markets turn softer. Major European indexes are in slight red,. while US futures point to lower open. Yen is currently the stronger ones, followed by Swiss Franc and then Dollar. But overall, major pairs and crosses are still generally stuck in range.

Technically, we'd pay some attention to the developments in Gold. It's now in proximity to medium term falling channel. Sustained break there should confirm completion of the correction from 2075.18. In this case, rise from 1676.65 would likely accelerate upward. And that could be a prelude to downside breakout in Dollar. Though, rejection by the channel resistance would promote near term bearish reversal, and help lift Dollar for a rebound.

In Europe, at the time of writing, FTSE is down -0.56%. DAX is down -0.24%. CAC is down -0.39%. Germany 10-year yield is up 0.022 at -0.104. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei dropped -0.92%. Hong Kong HSI rose 0.59%. China Shanghai SSE rose 0.78%. Singapore Strait Times rose 0.81%. Japan 10-year JGB yield dropped -0.0049 to 0.080.

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GBP/USD Mid-Day Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.4052; (P) 1.4082; (R1) 1.4127; More...

GBP/USD is staying in consolidation from 1.4165 and intraday bias remains neutral first. Further rise is expected with 1.4008 resistance turned support intact. On the upside, break of 1.4165 will resume the rise from 1.3668 to retest 1.4240 high. On the downside, however, firm break of 1.4008 will delay the bullish case and extend the corrective pattern from 1.4240 with another falling leg.

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GMT Ccy Events Actual Forecast Previous Revised
23:50 JPY PPI Y/Y Apr 3.60% 3.10% 1.00% 1.20%
02:00 CNY Retail Sales Y/Y Apr 17.70% 24.90% 34.20%
02:00 CNY Industrial Production Y/Y Apr 9.80% 9.80% 14.10%
02:00 CNY Fixed Asset Investment YTD Y/Y Apr 19.90% 19.00% 25.60%
06:00 JPY Machine Tool Orders Y/Y Apr F 120.80% 65.00% 65.10%
06:30 CHF Producer and Import Prices M/M Apr 0.70% 0.20% 0.60%
06:30 CHF Producer and Import Prices Y/Y Apr 1.80% -0.20%
12:15 CAD Housing Starts Y/Y Apr 269K 250.0K 335.2K
12:30 USD Empire State Manufacturing May 24.3 24.0 26.3
14:00 USD NAHB Housing Market Index May 83 83