-------------(Snapshot at 8:20 a.m./2120 GMT)------------------
FOREX (vs Late Sydney) DEBT FUTURES (Night Session) 0.9181 (0.9163) 90-DAY (JUN) 95.30 (95.30) 0.6662 (0.6688) 3-YR (MAR) 94.90 (95.895) 83.29 (83.01) 10-YR (MAR) 94.34 (94.33) 1.3047 (1.3071) US10-YR 3.70 (3.73)
AU$S/Term range *Support *Resistance *RSI-14 *MA-10 *MA-20
*0.8975/9330 *0.9150 *0.9200 *71.714 *0.9087 *0.9020
-----------------------------(Mar 15)--------------------------
* Australian dollar offshore trading range $0.9144-0.9201.
* Local dollar firm after hitting seven-week highs, bolstered by firm U.S. stocks, strong euro zone factory output data out Friday and a weaker U.S. dollar.
* Aussie firm at $0.9183 after climbing as far as $0.9201, and up from $0.9163 on Friday. Support seen at $0.9175, then $0.9150. Resistance at $0.9200, then $0.9240.
* Also strong near seven-week highs on the yen at 83.29 after rising as far as 83.48, and compared to Friday's 83.01.
* Softer on the New Zealand dollar at NZ$1.3036, from Friday's NZ$1.3071, but a solid yield gap in Aussie's favour is keeping the Australian dollar aloft above NZ$1.3000.
* Data on Friday showed euro zone January industrial output record its biggest ever monthly increase, stirring investor hopes the economic recovery is on course.
* That, alongside a mixed bag of U.S. data, kept the U.S. dollar under pressure. U.S. retail sales surprisingly rose last month despite bad weather, but that was offset by a pull-back in consumer sentiment.
* Souring U.S. consumer sentiment figures unsettled bond investors, however, and boosted U.S. Treasuries on Friday.
* No key regional or local data out Monday. Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Malcolm Edey speaks at a cards and payments conference at 2200 GMT but he is unlikely to touch on monetary policy or the economy.
* Australian bond futures little changed. Three-year futures flat at 94.90 and ten-year futures indicated up 0.01 point at 94.34.
(Reporting by Koh Gui Qing; editing by Balazs Koranyi)
((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 $0.9144-0.9201.
* Local dollar firm after hitting seven-week highs, bolstered by firm U.S. stocks, strong euro zone factory output data out Friday and a weaker U.S. dollar.
* Aussie firm at $0.9183 after climbing as far as $0.9201, and up from $0.9163 on Friday. Support seen at $0.9175, then $0.9150. Resistance at $0.9200, then $0.9240.
* Also strong near seven-week highs on the yen at 83.29 after rising as far as 83.48, and compared to Friday's 83.01.
* Softer on the New Zealand dollar at NZ$1.3036, from Friday's NZ$1.3071, but a solid yield gap in Aussie's favour is keeping the Australian dollar aloft above NZ$1.3000.
* Data on Friday showed euro zone January industrial output record its biggest ever monthly increase, stirring investor hopes the economic recovery is on course.
* That, alongside a mixed bag of U.S. data, kept the U.S. dollar under pressure. U.S. retail sales surprisingly rose last month despite bad weather, but that was offset by a pull-back in consumer sentiment.
* Souring U.S. consumer sentiment figures unsettled bond investors, however, and boosted U.S. Treasuries on Friday.
* No key regional or local data out Monday. Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Malcolm Edey speaks at a cards and payments conference at 2200 GMT but he is unlikely to touch on monetary policy or the economy.
* Australian bond futures little changed. Three-year futures flat at 94.90 and ten-year futures indicated up 0.01 point at 94.34.
(Reporting by Koh Gui Qing; editing by Balazs Koranyi)
((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.