--------------(Snapshot at 8:10 a.m./2110 GMT)-----------------
FOREX (vs Late Sydney) DEBT FUTURES (Night Session) 0.9148 (0.9199) 90-DAY (DEC) 95.94 (95.93) 0.6152 (0.6161) 3-YR (DEC) 95.11 (95.13) 81.24 (81.57) 10-YR (DEC) 94.57 (94.585) 1.2635 (1.2573) US10-YR 3.37 (3.36)
AU$S/Term range *Support *Resistance *RSI-14 *MA-10 *MA-20
*0.8900/9300 *0.9060 *0.9215 *39.387 *0.9278 *0.9185
----------------------------(Nov 23)---------------------------
* Australian dollar offshore range $0.9063-0.9164.
* Aussie steady after hitting a two-week low as investors continued to sell the local dollar to take profits in one of the year's best-performing currencies.
* Local dollar steady at $0.9145, after falling as far as $0.9063 against a firmer U.S. dollar. It was seen around $0.9199 here late Friday.
* Against the yen, it was steady at 81.41 after hitting a three-week low of 80.62 offshore.
* As the year draws to a close, investors are keen to lock in profits. Equity markets have also been hit by profit-taking, with U.S. stocks down for a third straight day on Friday.
* No major data due Monday except official motor vehicle sales in October. Sales are expected to be firm after industry data showed earlier this month showed sales posting the first annual rise in over a year.
* Aussie bond futures were indicated lower, tracking losses in U.S. Treasuries, which were pressured by traders cutting prices before a $118 billion auction of new notes this week.
* Australian three-year bond futures indicated down
0.03 points at 95.11, and the 10
year contract indicated 0.02 points lower at 94.57.
* Local swap yields have weakened recently after hitting multi-month peaks in late October.
* Two-year swap yields steady around 5.03 percent after hitting a six-week low of 4.97 percent.
* The spread between three- and one-year swap yields hovered at 78 basis points, near an eight-month low of 77 basis points.
(Reporting by Koh Gui Qing)
((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 $0.9063-0.9164.
* Aussie steady after hitting a two-week low as investors continued to sell the local dollar to take profits in one of the year's best-performing currencies.
* Local dollar steady at $0.9145, after falling as far as $0.9063 against a firmer U.S. dollar. It was seen around $0.9199 here late Friday.
* Against the yen, it was steady at 81.41 after hitting a three-week low of 80.62 offshore.
* As the year draws to a close, investors are keen to lock in profits. Equity markets have also been hit by profit-taking, with U.S. stocks down for a third straight day on Friday.
* No major data due Monday except official motor vehicle sales in October. Sales are expected to be firm after industry data showed earlier this month showed sales posting the first annual rise in over a year.
* Aussie bond futures were indicated lower, tracking losses in U.S. Treasuries, which were pressured by traders cutting prices before a $118 billion auction of new notes this week.
* Australian three-year bond futures indicated down
0.03 points at 95.11, and the 10
year contract indicated 0.02 points lower at 94.57.
* Local swap yields have weakened recently after hitting multi-month peaks in late October.
* Two-year swap yields steady around 5.03 percent after hitting a six-week low of 4.97 percent.
* The spread between three- and one-year swap yields hovered at 78 basis points, near an eight-month low of 77 basis points.
(Reporting by Koh Gui Qing)
((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.