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FOREX (vs Late Sydney) DEBT FUTURES (Night Session) 0.9340 (0.9255) 90-DAY (DEC) 95.83 (95.83) 0.6254 (0.6227) 3-YR (DEC) 94.85 (94.87) 83.61 (83.49) 10-YR (DEC) 94.40 (94.42) 1.2535 (1.2623) US10-YR 3.42 (3.43)
AU$S/Term range *Support *Resistance *RSI-14 *MA-10 *MA-20
*0.9000/9400 *0.9265 *0.9345 *66.19 *0.9192 *0.9182
----------------------------(Nov 15)---------------------------
* Australian dollar offshore range $0.9263-0.9345.
* Aussie jumps nearly a cent after weak U.S. economic data slugged the U.S. dollar, with near record-high gold prices and firm equities also supporting the local currency.
* Aussie steady at $0.9340 after rising as far as $0.9345, a hair's breadth from a 15-month high of $0.9370 hit on Nov. 12. It had traded around $0.9255 late Friday.
* Aussie's strength against the U.S. dollar helped to push it to a 21-month high against the euro. It rose as far as 0.6264 euros, from Friday's 0.6227.
* U.S. consumer mood soured in early November, hurt by grim job prospects, while a larger-than-expected trade deficit led analysts to cut estimates for third-quarter U.S. economic growth.
* No key local data due on Monday but investors will be tracking U.S. President Barack Obama's meetings with Chinese leaders. Obama, who is in Shanghai for his first visit to China as U.S. president, will travel to Beijing later on Monday.
* Markets may move on any news about Obama pressuring Beijing to let the yuan rise. Washington believes the yuan, which is managed through a controlled peg, is undervalued to boost Chinese exports, to the detriment of U.S. shipments.
* The United States and China had sparred over exchange rates at an APEC meeting in Singapore at the weekend after the two could not agree on the wording of 'market-oriented exchange rates'.
* Japan's third-quarter preliminary gross domestic data also due at 2350 GMT, with the economy forecast to have grown 0.7 percent. Japan is the second-largest buyer of Australian exports.
* Australian bill and bond futures were indicated lower, weighed down by expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia will raise local interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent on Dec. 1.
* December bill futures indicated down 0.01 point at
95.83. Three-year and 10
year bond futures were both indicated down 0.02 points at 94.85 and 94.40 respectively.
(Reporting by Koh Gui Qing; Editing by Mark Bendeich)
((Guiqing.Koh@ThomsonReuters.com; Reuters Messaging; guiqing.koh.reuters.com@reuters.net; +61 2 9373 1821))
Keywords: MARKETS AUSTRALIA BONDS/FOREX (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
* Australian dollar offshore range $0.9263-0.9345.
* Aussie jumps nearly a cent after weak U.S. economic data slugged the U.S. dollar, with near record-high gold prices and firm equities also supporting the local currency.
* Aussie steady at $0.9340 after rising as far as $0.9345, a hair's breadth from a 15-month high of $0.9370 hit on Nov. 12. It had traded around $0.9255 late Friday.
* Aussie's strength against the U.S. dollar helped to push it to a 21-month high against the euro. It rose as far as 0.6264 euros, from Friday's 0.6227.
* U.S. consumer mood soured in early November, hurt by grim job prospects, while a larger-than-expected trade deficit led analysts to cut estimates for third-quarter U.S. economic growth.
* No key local data due on Monday but investors will be tracking U.S. President Barack Obama's meetings with Chinese leaders. Obama, who is in Shanghai for his first visit to China as U.S. president, will travel to Beijing later on Monday.
* Markets may move on any news about Obama pressuring Beijing to let the yuan rise. Washington believes the yuan, which is managed through a controlled peg, is undervalued to boost Chinese exports, to the detriment of U.S. shipments.
* The United States and China had sparred over exchange rates at an APEC meeting in Singapore at the weekend after the two could not agree on the wording of 'market-oriented exchange rates'.
* Japan's third-quarter preliminary gross domestic data also due at 2350 GMT, with the economy forecast to have grown 0.7 percent. Japan is the second-largest buyer of Australian exports.
* Australian bill and bond futures were indicated lower, weighed down by expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia will raise local interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent on Dec. 1.
* December bill futures indicated down 0.01 point at
95.83. Three-year and 10
year bond futures were both indicated down 0.02 points at 94.85 and 94.40 respectively.
(Reporting by Koh Gui Qing; Editing by Mark Bendeich)
((Guiqing.Koh@ThomsonReuters.com; Reuters Messaging; guiqing.koh.reuters.com@reuters.net; +61 2 9373 1821))
Keywords: MARKETS AUSTRALIA BONDS/FOREX (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.