CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 77% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 77% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Risk sentiment improves on US-China trade talks

06:05 3 April 2019

Summary:

  • US and China have reportedly resolved most of the differences in ongoing trade negotiations, FT says
  • Strong data from Australia and China help improve market sentiment
  • Aussie leads the gains, Asian stocks on the rise as well

Progress in trade talks

Start investing today or test a free demo

Open account Try demo Download mobile app Download mobile app

As much as 90% of the US-China trade deal has reportedly been agreed but the hardest 10% part will require a lot of trade-offs on both sides, according to Financial Times. This news boosted market sentiment over Asian hours trading pushing risk-correlated currencies much higher. However, it needs to be said that such kind of comments were offered many times in the past and they did not turn out to be significant. This is why today’s revelations should be taken with a grain of salt too. Anyway, the report brought by Financial Times also said that China still wanted the US to remove existing tariffs on China’s goods, while the US wanted China to agree to a mechanism guaranteeing enforcement of any agreement. Let us remind that high-level negotiations began last week in Beijing and they are continuing this week in Washington. According to the newspaper if no deal is reached this week, these negotiations might be extended to the end of June when a G20 summit takes place in Japan.

Strong macro data from Asia

Another reason for an improvement in risk sentiment is a bag of encouraging data from both Australia and China. Let’s begin with the former from where we got some PMI readings. First of all, the AIG services index rose in March to 44.8 from 44.5 while final readings from CBA/Markit proved to be a touch weaker compared to the preliminary data resulting in the composite index to be revised down to 49.5 from 50, it still better compared to 49.1 seen in February. On top of that, retail sales for February came in well above market expectations producing a decent 0.8% MoM increase, the market consensus had called for a 0.3% MoM rise. Last but not least, Australian trade data also improved in February showing a 4.8 billion AUD surplus while market participants had expected a 3.7 billion AUD surplus. On the other hand, the detailed data turned out to be a bit less optimistic as exports stayed muted over the month and imports decreased 1% in monthly terms. In turn, from China we got services PMI for March which increased to 54.4 from 51.1 smashing the consensus of 52.3 points. The two strong PMI readings from manufacturing and services resulted in a rise in composite PMI to 52.9 from 50.7, the highest since June 2018.

The AUDUSD spiked over Asian hours trading following a bunch of encouraging reports. Technically the pair is approaching its important trend line. This line constituted a strong obstacle for bulls over the past several days. A breakout of this line could encourage bulls to continue climbing. Source: xStation5

In the other news:

  • US crude inventories rose 3 million barrels last week while gasoline inventories decreased by 1.9 million barrels, API reported

  • New Zealand’s finance minister said that a global economic slowdown posed a risk to the NZ economy

  • Japan’s services PMI fell in March to 52 from 52.3 pushing the composite index down to 50.4 from 50.7

  • Australian PM Morrison pledged sweeping tax cuts and the first country’s budget surplus in more than a decade, the government revealed its budget for the upcoming fiscal year through 2020 projecting a 7.1 billion AUD surplus

This content has been created by XTB S.A. This service is provided by XTB S.A., with its registered office in Warsaw, at Prosta 67, 00-838 Warsaw, Poland, entered in the register of entrepreneurs of the National Court Register (Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy) conducted by District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw, XII Commercial Division of the National Court Register under KRS number 0000217580, REGON number 015803782 and Tax Identification Number (NIP) 527-24-43-955, with the fully paid up share capital in the amount of PLN 5.869.181,75. XTB S.A. conducts brokerage activities on the basis of the license granted by Polish Securities and Exchange Commission on 8th November 2005 No. DDM-M-4021-57-1/2005 and is supervised by Polish Supervision Authority.

Back
Xtb logo

Join over 935 000 investors from around the world

We use cookies

By clicking “Accept All”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts.

This group contains cookies that are necessary for our websites to work. They take part in functionalities like language preferences, traffic distribution or keeping user session. They cannot be disabled.

Cookie name
Description
SERVERID
userBranchSymbol cc 2 March 2024
adobe_unique_id cc 1 March 2025
test_cookie cc 1 March 2024
SESSID cc 9 September 2022
__hssc cc 1 March 2024
__cf_bm cc 1 March 2024
intercom-id-iojaybix cc 26 November 2024
intercom-session-iojaybix cc 8 March 2024

We use tools that let us analyze the usage of our page. Such data lets us improve the user experience of our web service.

Cookie name
Description
_gid cc 9 September 2022
_gat_UA-22576382-1 cc 8 September 2022
_gat_UA-121192761-1 cc 8 September 2022
_ga_CBPL72L2EC cc 1 March 2026
_ga cc 1 March 2026
AnalyticsSyncHistory cc 8 October 2022
af_id cc 31 March 2025
afUserId cc 1 March 2026
af_id cc 1 March 2026
AF_SYNC cc 8 March 2024
__hstc cc 28 August 2024
__hssrc

This group of cookies is used to show you ads of topics that you are interested in. It also lets us monitor our marketing activities, it helps to measure the performance of our ads.

Cookie name
Description
MUID cc 26 March 2025
_omappvp cc 11 February 2035
_omappvs cc 1 March 2024
_uetsid cc 2 March 2024
_uetvid cc 26 March 2025
_fbp cc 30 May 2024
fr cc 7 December 2022
muc_ads cc 7 September 2024
lang
_ttp cc 26 March 2025
_tt_enable_cookie cc 26 March 2025
_ttp cc 26 March 2025
hubspotutk cc 28 August 2024

Cookies from this group store your preferences you gave while using the site, so that they will already be here when you visit the page after some time.

Cookie name
Description
personalization_id cc 7 September 2024
UserMatchHistory cc 8 October 2022
bcookie cc 8 September 2023
lidc cc 9 September 2022
lang
bscookie cc 8 September 2023
li_gc cc 7 March 2023

This page uses cookies. Cookies are files stored in your browser and are used by most websites to help personalise your web experience. For more information see our Privacy Policy You can manage cookies by clicking "Settings". If you agree to our use of cookies, click "Accept all".

Change region and language
Country of residence
Language