23 February 2010 - 13:51market commentary 2/23/2010


Dukascopy

Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview

World indexes:

DJIA

-0.57%

S&P500

-0.86%

NASDAQ

-1.24%

CAC40

-1.50%

DAX

-1.79%

NIKKEI

-0.47%

Movers & Shakers:

NZD/USD

+0.92%

AUD/USD

+0.77%

AUD/JPY

+0.58%

EUR/USD

+0.54%

EUR/JPY

+0.34%

CHF/JPY

+0.31%

EUR/GBP

+0.31%

GBP/USD

+0.22%

CAD/JPY

+0.18%

EUR/CAD

+0.17%

AUD/NZD

-0.16%

USD/JPY

-0.18%

EUR/NOK

-0.18%

EUR/AUD

-0.22%

GBP/CHF

-0.27%

USD/CAD

-0.36%

USD/CHF

-0.50%

USD/NOK

-0.71%

USD/SEK

-0.89%

Important levels:

Support

Resistance

EUR/USD

1.3569

1.3649

1.3532

1.3691

1.3490

1.3728

 

GBP/USD

1.5459

1.5532

1.5417

1.5563

1.5386

1.5605

 

USD/CHF

1.0733

1.0783

1.0711

1.0812

1.0682

1.0834

 

USD/JPY

90.896

91.776

90.523

92.283

90.016

92.656

 

 

 

SWFX Sentiment Index

Dukascopy analytic desk report
Published: 23 February 2010 at 16.41 GMT

Most important events of the day

Feb 23

Count.

Event

For

Unit

Imp.

Act.

Cons.

Prev.

00:00

IS IS

Gallup Expectations

Feb

index

   

37.1

00:00

WLD WLD

WTO General Council meeting (22nd-23rd)

   

     

00:00

EU EU

European Banking Supervisors committee hold hearing on new EU bank capital requirement rules

   

     

00:00

WLD WLD

OECD Secretary General Gurria gives speech in Madrid

   

     

07:00

FI FI

Unemployment

Jan

% rate

9.5

 

7.9

07:00

CH CH

UBS Consumption Indicator

Jan

index

     

07:00

AU AU

RBA Deputy Governor Battellino gives speech in Sydney

   

     

07:15

EU EU

ECB Governing council member Fernandez Ordonez gives speech on “the Reform of the Spanish Financial System”

   

     

07:45

FR FR

Consumer Spending

Jan

% m/m

-2.7

-1.1

1.3

07:45

FR FR

Consumer Spending

Jan

% y/y

1.5

3.6

5.8

07:45

FR FR

CPI

Jan

% m/m

 

-0.3

0.2

07:45

FR FR

CPI

Jan

% y/y

1.1

1.1

 

07:45

FR FR

HICP

Jan

% m/m

 

-0.2

0.3

07:45

FR FR

HICP

Jan

%y/y

 

1.3

1

08:30

NL NL

Producer Confidence

Feb

index s.a

-6.9

-7.5

-8.3

08:30

IT IT

ISAE Consumer Confidence

Feb

index

 

111.7

111.7

09:00

DE DE

IFO Business Climate

Feb

Index

95.2

96.1

95.8

09:00

DE DE

IFO Current Conditions

Feb

Index

89.8

91.9

91.2

09:00

DE DE

IFO Expectations

Feb

Index

100.9

100.5

100.6

09:00

IT IT

CPI (F)

Jan

% m/m

0.1

0.1

0.1

09:00

IT IT

CPI (F)

Jan

% y/y

1.3

1.3

1.3

09:00

IT IT

HICP (F)

Jan

% m/m

-1.5

-1.4

-1.4

09:00

IT IT

HICP (F)

Jan

% y/y

1.3

1.4

1.4

09:15

GB GB

BoE MPC board members King, Bean, Dale, Miles and Barker to testify before the Treasury on Feb 2010 Inflation Report

   

     

09:30

GB GB

BBA Mortgage Approvals

Jan

K

35.083

 

45.65

11:00

GB GB

CBI Distributive Trades

Feb

Index

   

-8

12:10

GB GB

BoE Deputy Governor Tucker gives speech at 27th annual State of the Economy conference

   

     

14:00

BE BE

BNB Business Sentiment

Feb

Index

-7

-6.5

-7

14:00

US US

S&P Case-Shiller Home Price

Dec

% y/y

-3.08

-3.1

-5.34

15:00

US US

Consumer confidence

Feb

index

46.0

55

56.5

19:00

US US

House Financial Services Committee holds a hearing “Prospects for Employment Growth: Is Additional Stimulus Needed?”

   

     

22:05

US US

St. Louis Fed President Bullard gives speech on “Will Regulatory Reform Prevent Future Crises?” before the Chartered Financial Analysts Virginia Society

   

     

23:50

JP JP

CSPI

Jan

index

 

-1.1

-1.5

23:50

JP JP

Customs Cleared Trade

Jan

Y bn

 

136

544.2


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