Daily summary: RBA keeps rates unchanged, markets muted amid US holiday

Tuesday on the global markets was rather calm and uneventful, mostly due to absence of US traders who were off to celebrate Independence Day
There was no Wall Street stock trading session today and US index futures traded sideways in a shortened trade
European stock market indices traded mixed today. Gains were made by indices from the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria while indices from Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Italy dropped

UK Prime Minister Sunak said that fiscal and monetary policy will be used fully on inflation
Financial Times reported that China is preparing retaliatory sanctions on the United States in response to recent restrictions on AI chips
AUD dropped after the Reserve Bank of Australia left the cash rate unchanged at 4.10% at a meeting today. However, RBA warned that policy may need to be tightened further in the near future. AUD managed to recover later on
German exports dropped 0.1% MoM in May (exp. +0.4% MoM) while imports were 1.7% MoM higher (exp. 0.0% MoM). Trade balance for May reached €14.4 billion (exp. €17.3 billion)
Canadian manufacturing PMI dropped from 49.0 to 48.8 in June (exp. 49.5)
Commodities benefitted from limited USD volatility and overall weaker USD. Precious metals gained 0.2-0.4% while oil was trading 1.5% higher and natural gas jumped 2%
AUD and NZD are the best performing G10 currencies while EUR, USD and CHF are the biggest laggards

OIL traded higher today and once again tested a resistance zone ranging below $76.40 per barrel. Bulls failed to break above but the price remains above $76 per barrel. Source: xStation5

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Daily summary: RBA keeps rates unchanged, markets muted amid US holiday

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