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Forex - Asia

Aug 18th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Scenario and forecasts

index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Nikkei (Nikkei) has grown by 16.35 points (0.16%) and closed at 10284.96. Yield 10-year Japanese government bond is 1.340 (no change compared to the previous closure). Index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Heng Seng (Hang Seng) has grown by 85.16 points (0.42%) and is located at 20222.23.

stabilization of the situation on stock markets contributed to the fact that in the Asian session, once again received the support of risky instruments: cross-rates associated with yenoy, and commodity currencies (Australian, New Zealand and Canadian dollars).

rate euro /yen rose to 150 basis points to 134.33. Pound /yen up from 154.02 to 155.85 marks. Exchange EUR /USD rose from 1.4066 to 1.4131 level.

attention of investors today will focus on publication of data on inflation in the UK and the data on activity in the construction industry in the United States.

final value of a composite index of leading indicators (Leading indicators composite) in Japan for the month of June amounted to 79.9 (forecast was 79.9, a preliminary value of 79.8).
The final value of a composite index of coincident indicators (Coincident indicators) in Japan for the month of June amounted to 88.0 (forecast was 87.9, a preliminary value of 87.8).

Today

expected output the following data:

at 08:30 GMT - harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) in the UK in July (-0.3% forecast for the month, 1.5% for the year, the previous value of 0.3% per month, 1.8% for the year);

at 08:30 GMT - retail price index (Retail prices) in the UK for July (-0.2% forecast for the month, -1.7% for the year, the previous value of 0.3% for the month, -1.6% per year);

at 08:30 GMT - inflation index RPI-X in the UK for June (1.0% forecast for the year, the previous value of 1.0% per year);

at 09:00 GMT - the index of business expectations of the German Center for Economic Research (ZEW economic expectations index) in Germany for August (45.0 forecast, the previous value of 39.5);

at 12:30 GMT - the number of building new homes in the million (Housing starts) in the United States for July (estimate 0.590, the previous value of 0.582);

at 12:30 GMT - the number of building permits in millions (Building permits) in the United States for July (estimate 0.565, the previous value of 0.570);

at 12:30 GMT - industrial price index (PPI) in the United States for July (-0.2% forecast for the month, the previous value of 1.8% for the month, -4.6% per year);

at 12:30 GMT - industrial price index excluding prices for food and energy (PPI excluding food and energy) in the United States for July (forecast 0.1% per month, the previous value of 0.5% per month, 3.3% per year) ;

at 12:55 GMT - economic survey of retail sales Redbuk (Redbook) for the past week in the United States.

Most Asian indexes falling on Tuesday on fears of slow economic recovery
The fall of the Russian market stalled, the leaders of growth - Paper «Energy»
Among the most liquid shares of Russian market leaders of today the shares of the banking sector: Sberbank and VTB
On commodity markets, there is optimism: futures for Brent crude oil brands after declining by 8% added over 0.5%
Defining the market for the Russian Federation will be the second half of the day, when the macroeconomic indicators will be published by the U.S.
Shares Sberbank could return to the upward trend
The catalyst for the growth of the value of securities, and TGC-11 TGC-13 is the anticipated increase wholesale electricity prices
Futures on gold futures are currently trading near $ 940
From the risk must be run!

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