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US indices finished yesterday's trading lower. S&P 500 dropped 0.35%, Dow Jones moved 0.31% lower and Nasdaq declined 0.38%. Russell 2000 plunged 1.88%
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Stocks in Asia are trading lower as well. Nikkei and Kospi drop 0.4% each while indices from China decline over 0.7%. S&P/ASX 200 gains 0.2%
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DAX futures point to a lower opening of the European cash session
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RBNZ left interest rates unchanged during a meeting today. However, New Zealand central bank said that the level of stimulus will be reduced. Interest rate derivative market now prices in 70% possibility of a RBNZ rate hike in August
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Fitch affirmed United States rating at AAA with negative outlook
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US and UK trade ministers agreed to combat China's anti-competitive practices
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Lockdown in Sydney was extended by 2 weeks
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Singapore GDP declined 2% QoQ in Q2 2021 (exp. -1.8% QoQ)
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Japanese industrial production increased 21.1% YoY in May (exp. 22% YoY)
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API report pointed to a 4.08 million barrel drop in oil inventories (exp. -4 mb)
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Bitcoin dropped below $32,000 mark
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Precious metals trade higher. Oil and industrial metals pull back. Agricultural goods trade mixed
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NZD is an outperformer today, gaining around 1% against most other major currencies. CHF and USD are top laggards
AUDNZD slumped today following a more hawkish than expected message from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. The pair is testing support zone ranging below 38.2% retracement of the downward move launched August 2020. In case bears manage to deepen declines, the next level to watch can be found at 23.6% retracement (1.0560). Source: xStation5
Daily summary: Weak US data drags markets down, precious metals under pressure again!
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