 Commodity currencies are generally softer today, as led by New Zealand Dollar. Euro also turned softer despite slightly better than expected German ZEW economic sentiment. US-China trade deal appears to be in question again, but reactions are so far mild. On the other hand, Sterling appears to be slightly strong despite weaker than expected job data. UK and EU appear to be working hard on a deal before October 31 to avert no-deal Brexit. Yen is currently the second strongest. Technically, major pairs and crosses are staying in consolidation for now. GBP/USD is looking at 1.2707 temporary top and break will resume recent strong rise to 1.2819 projection level. GBP/JPY is also looking at 137.88 temporary top. Break will resume recent rise too, towards 140.33 fibonacci level. In Europe, currently, FTSE is down -0.30%. DAX is up 0.40%. CAC is up 0.49%. German 10-year yield is down -0.010 at -0.464. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei rose 1.87%. Hong Kong HSI dropped -0.07%. China Shanghai SSE dropped -0.56%. Singapore Strait Times dropped -0.27%. Japan 10-year JGB yield rose 0.0079 at -0.171. | 
