Morning wrap (31.01.2022)

• Stocks in Asia traded mixed with Nikkei gaining 1.1% and S&P/ASX 200 dropping 0.2%. Trading was subdued however as Chinese, New Zealand and South Korean traders were on holiday

• US futures trade slightly higher following massive rally on Friday

• DAX futures point to higher opening of the European cash session

• US President Biden said that US troops will be moved to the Eastern Europe soon

• Fed's Bostic says that 50 basis point rate hikes cannot be ruled out if inflation remains elevated

• Sergio Mattarella was re-elected as President of Italy and accepted to serve second term

• Official Chinese manufacturing PMI dropped in January from 50.9 to 49.1 (exp. 50.4)

• Japanese retail sales increased 1.4% YoY in December (exp. 2.7% YoY)

• Japanese industrial production was 1.0% MoM lower in December (exp. -0.9% MoM)

• Cryptocurrencies traded sideways over the weekend but some weakness can be spotted on Monday. Bitcoin dropped to $37,000 while Ethereum trades near $2,500

• Gains can be spotted all across the commodity market. Agricultural good, precious metals and energy commodities all trade higher

• AUD and NZD are the best performing major currencies while JPY and CHF lag the most

US100 and other Wall Street indices managed to recover from a drop on Friday and finish the session with big gains. Upward move continues this morning. US100 attempts to break above the upper limit of recent trading range - the resistance zone marked with 23.6% retracement of the post-pandemic recovery move. Source: xStation5