UST Rising Yields Send USD Higher Weighing Down On Risk Appetite
FX Recommends | Feb 21, 2018 09:49
The markets focusing increased again on the UST yields and their impacts of the global equities markets, after US started this week selling of UST worth $258b.
Yesterday, there were 4 auctions to underscore the current higher prospects of watching higher interest rate in US, as the inflation is rising and the economic is expanding by higher rates fueled by adopting $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to take effect this year.
After ending the previous auction of it on last Jan. 23 at 2.066%, UST 2YR ended yesterday auction to 2.255% yield which is the highest since The credit crisis in 2008.
The yield of US 6-Month Bill Auction ended to rising to 1.82% from 1.785% on Feb. 12, US 3-Month Bill Auction ended to 1.63% yield from 1.57% and even The Auction of US 4-Week Bill ended to 1.38% from 1.36% a week earlier.
After the American equities recovery last week, The US blue chips ended yesterday their first session of the week down and also The Japanese Nikkei 225 lost today, despite USD strength versus the yen on the interest rate outlook differential between US and Japan. USD/JPY is trading now near 107.80.
Under the pressure of the USD strength, EUR/USD retreated for trading now near 1.2320 ahead of the preliminary releases of EU PMI indexes of the manufacturing sector and service sector of February today which are expected to highlight the current synchronized global growth following US which raised the interest rate outlook and the governmental yields curves globally.
The greenback which has been boosted by higher UST yields dragged gold which has no yield down to $1325 per ounce during the Asian session, despite the risk aversion which contained the market sentiment.
While the markets are waiting the release of the FOMC recent meeting minutes later today, the last under Yellen's leadership on last Jan. 30 and 31.
XAUUSD retreated for trading now near $1325 per ounce, After forming lower high last Friday at $1361.70 below its formed peak on last Jan. 25 at $1366.06.
XAUUSD maintained existence above $1300 psychological level by forming a bottom between these 2 highs at $1307.05 on Feb. 8
The rebound from that bottom helped XAUUSD to be trading now in its sixth day of being above its daily Parabolic SAR (step 0.02, maximum 0.2) which is reading today $1318.75.
Despite easing down to the current level, XAUUSD is still keeping existence above its daily SMA50, its daily SMA100 and its daily SMA200.
XAUUSD daily RSI-14 is referring now to existence in a lower place inside its neutral area reading 48.040.
XAUUSD daily Stochastic Oscillator (5, 3, 3) which is more sensitive to the volatility is having now its main line inside its neutral territory at 33.557 leading to the downside its signal line which is higher in the same territory at 54.079, after topping inside the its overbought region above 80.
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Important levels: Daily SMA50 @ $1316, Daily SMA100 @ $1297 and Daily SMA200 @ $1284
The nearest S&R:
S1: $1307.05
S2: $1250.49
S3: $1236.51
R1: $1361.70
R2: $1366.06
R3: $1375.20
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