Chinese Premier says focus must be on growth
German press: Schaeuble still sees chance of Greece staying in EMU
Nothing new in G8 statement, affirm that Greece should stay in EMU
UK home prices stay unchanged
BOE Cohrs: UK banks strong enough to withstand Greek EZ exit
Thai GDP better than expected at +0.3% YoY
Stockmarkets recover some ground, with Korea +0.8%, China, Japan and Australia +0.25% but HK falling again, -0.4%
Gold $1595/oz; Oil $92/bbl
The EUR recovery which started on Friday has continued during Asia, with the single currency making new short-term highs against the USD and the GBP. CFTC and interbank positioning show that the EUR market was getting overly short, and this relief rally is being caused by short-covering rather than any improved news. The statements from Premier Wen regarding growth and from the BOE adviser, re UK banks, both helped risk sentiment.
EUR/USD closed last week near 1.2770 and spent the early interbank session trading between 1.2750/80. Tokyo opened with a short-covering rally and after topping out near 1.2810, its been fairly quiet since. Ranges: 1.2747/1.2812
USD/JPY has been very quiet in a tight range, 79.08/22.
AUD/USD did move around a bit early with flows in the crosses, (primarily EUR/AUD buying after a strong technhical open to the week), but it has also settled down into a very quiet session. Hedge funds continue to sell the AUD especially on the crosses but sentiment did improve somewhat today. Ranges: .9797/.9876
Cable 1.5791/1.5838, EUR/CHF 1.2008/13
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