-------------(Snapshot at 8:20 a.m./2120 GMT)-----------------
FOREX (vs Late Sydney) DEBT FUTURES (Night Session) 0.9067 (0.9004) 90-DAY (MAR) 95.72 (95.73) 0.6651 (0.6624) 3-YR (MAR) 95.10 (95.16) 81.90 (80.38) 10-YR (MAR) 94.485(94.54) 1.3040 (1.3083) US10-YR 3.69 (3.61)
AU$S/Term range *Support *Resistance *RSI-14 *MA-10 *MA-20
*0.8800/9100 *0.9055 *0.9090 *64.413 *0.8986 *0.8934
-----------------------------(Mar 8)---------------------------
* Australian dollar offshore trading range $0.8998-0.9092.
* Aussie firm, touching a new record high against the euro, after a better than expected set of U.S. jobs numbers raised demand for higher-yielding currencies.
* The euro languishing at A$1.5025 after falling as far as A$1.4937. The common currency has been besieged in the last month by uncertainties around Athen's fiscal woes.
* In a bid to calm markets, French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised Greece on Sunday that euro zone countries would help it overcome its financial problems and vowed a crackdown on financial speculators Athens blames for its woes.
* Aussie strong at $0.9075 after breaking resistance at 100-day moving average at $0.9064, and up from Friday's $0.9004.
* But shrank back from near decade highs against the New Zealand dollar to NZ$1.3051, from a high of NZ$1.3122 hit Friday.
* U.S. data showed employers cut 36,000 jobs in February, better than forecasts for a 50,000 drop, while unemployment held steady at 9.7 percent.
* An improvement in the U.S. labour market is seen to be crucial in leading a broader recovery in the economy so Friday's data could continue to buoy markets on Monday.
* U.S. stocks, commodity prices and the U.S. dollar all got a lift on Friday from the jobs report.
* Bond futures indicated lower as risk back in vogue. Three-year futures indicated down 0.06 points at 95.10, and ten-year futures indicated down 0.055 points at 94.485.
(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 2010. 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 trading range $0.8998-0.9092.
* Aussie firm, touching a new record high against the euro, after a better than expected set of U.S. jobs numbers raised demand for higher-yielding currencies.
* The euro languishing at A$1.5025 after falling as far as A$1.4937. The common currency has been besieged in the last month by uncertainties around Athen's fiscal woes.
* In a bid to calm markets, French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised Greece on Sunday that euro zone countries would help it overcome its financial problems and vowed a crackdown on financial speculators Athens blames for its woes.
* Aussie strong at $0.9075 after breaking resistance at 100-day moving average at $0.9064, and up from Friday's $0.9004.
* But shrank back from near decade highs against the New Zealand dollar to NZ$1.3051, from a high of NZ$1.3122 hit Friday.
* U.S. data showed employers cut 36,000 jobs in February, better than forecasts for a 50,000 drop, while unemployment held steady at 9.7 percent.
* An improvement in the U.S. labour market is seen to be crucial in leading a broader recovery in the economy so Friday's data could continue to buoy markets on Monday.
* U.S. stocks, commodity prices and the U.S. dollar all got a lift on Friday from the jobs report.
* Bond futures indicated lower as risk back in vogue. Three-year futures indicated down 0.06 points at 95.10, and ten-year futures indicated down 0.055 points at 94.485.
(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 2010. 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.