Morning wrap (17.05.2024)

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Forex

Wall Street indices traded pulled back slightly from record highs yesterday. S&P 500 dropped 0.21%, Dow Jones ticked 0.10% lower and Nasdaq declined 0.26%. Small-cap Russell 2000 finished over 0.6% lower
Indices from Asia-Pacific trade mostly lower today - Nikkei drops 0.4%, S&P/ASX 200 declines 0.8%, Kospi slumps 0.9%, while Nifty 50 gains 0.3%. Indices from China trade mixed
DAX futures point to a lower opening of the European cash session today
Speaking on this week's inflation reading, Fed Bostic said that one data point is not a trend. Bostic is pleased with inflation progress but stresses that Fed is not there yet
Bank of America still expects first Fed rate cut to come in December, in spite of this week's inflation print
BoJ Governor Ueda said there are no immediate plans to sell Bank of Japan's ETF holdings
ECB Schnabel said that June meeting could be appropriate for a rate cut but the path afterwards is much more uncertain
According to Wall Street Journal report, Microsoft asked cloud-computing and AI operational staff to consider relocating outside of China amid tense US-China relations
Chinese industrial production increased 6.7% YoY in April (exp. 5.4% YoY), retail sales were 2.3% YoY higher (exp. 3.8% YoY) and urban investments climbed 4.2% YoY (exp. 4.6% YoY)
New Zealand's PPI inflation accelerated from 0.7% QoQ in Q4 2023 to 0.9% QoQ in Q1 2024
Major cryptocurrencies are trading slightly higher today - Bitcoin gains 0.1%, Ethereum trades 0.3% higher and Ripple adds 0.2%
Energy commodities trade slightly higher - oil gains 0.2%, while US natural gas prices climb 0.4%
Gold, silver and platinum gain around 0.1% today, while palladium drops 0.9%
USD and CAD are the best performing major currencies, while JPY and CHF lag the most

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