What caught the attention of the Forex crowd, and the equity guys, was the indication that the Central Bank's program of buying asset-backed securities would last for two years. That news was not in the markets.
Traders are interpreting it a evidence that the ECB is taking a more concerted stance at staving off the deflationary issues currently afflicting the Eurozone.
Here is a chart of the Euro.
The common currency has fallen through a temporary support zone that had formed near the 1.250 region. Depending on its subsequent price action for the remainder of the week, it appears headed for a test of 1.2250 zone.
Here is one of the Dollar as a result:
From a technical analysis perspective, the Dollar remains on a relatively unhindered path for a test of its June 2010 high near the 89 level basis the USDX.
As usual, strength in the Dollar is weighing on gold this morning. I noticed that it had briefly popped its head into positive territory early in the session this morning but once the Draghi comments hit the wire, it sank lower. Traders see these various efforts by the Central Banks as evidence of deflationary pressure which is tending to reinforce the "there is no inflation" theme, especially as they see weaker crude oil prices. Still, the metal has been able to pull away from its worst session low which occurred overnight. A fair amount of that selling in the overnight session looks to me to be margin related.
A brief comment on USDA grain export numbers this AM. Beans were strong once again but cancellations did indeed show up in the meal. Once again it was China that was the big buyer of US beans which continues to surprise me given the ongoing state of the US harvest and the cost differential between US origin beans and S. American origin beans.
I should note however that a total of 651,000 metric tons were cancelled from "Unknown". Speculation will be rife as to whom that was and whether or it is the tip of the iceberg. That has caught my attention.
On the meal side, a total of 306,800 metric tons of meal sales were cancelled this week. That is rather significant. There were sales of 183,300 metric tons so the NET RESULT was the cancellation of 123,700 metric tons of meal sales. If the idea was to ration meal until the pipeline was able to be replenished, it is certainly working.
ليست هناك تعليقات:
إرسال تعليق