The US dollar is at the best levels of the day as the market digests strong US consumption data and rising core inflation.
USD/JPY has fallen 75 pips to 149.64.
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Adding to the weakness in the US dollar is a report from Al Jazeera that Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations are ‘progressing rapidly’ though that story has also run into a healthy does of skepticism. Oil has fallen about $1 from the highs.
The dollar is also soft against the euro and pound but trading is volatile with eyes on stocks and bonds. The S&P 500 has given back some of its early gains and is trading near flat. The Nasdaq remains higher by 0.8% on a jump in Amazon shares after earnings. In the bond market, short-dated yields are fractionally lower while the longer end is 2 bps higher.
Overall, it’s an extremely tricky market right now and it’s tough to stitch together any kind of cohesive narrative or trading theme.