ForexLive European FX news wrap: Dollar starts to perk up again

Headlines:

• Dollar holds firmer in European morning trade
• USDJPY Technical Analysis – The JPY remains the weakest among the majors
• S&P 500 Technical Analysis – The path of least resistance remains to the upside
• ECB’s de Guindos: Current low growth environment has more to do with structural policy
• ECB sounds warning on “bubble” in AI stocks in latest financial stability review
• UK October CPI +2.3% vs +2.2% y/y expected
• Eurozone negotiated wage growth seen accelerating in Q3
• Germany October PPI +0.2% vs +0.2% m/m expected
• US MBA mortgage applications w.e. 15 November +1.7% vs +0.5% prior
• Economists see Trump tariffs to cut China GDP by around 0.5% to 0.9% next year
• Xi calls on Scholz to reconcile issue of EU tariffs on Chinese EVs

Markets:

• USD leads, JPY lags on the day
• European equities higher; S&P 500 futures up 0.2%
• US 10-year yields up 5.1 bps to 4.429%
• Gold down 0.1% to $2,628.43
• WTI crude up 0.5% to $69.76
• Bitcoin up 1.4% to $93,583

The dollar is starting to perk up again in trading today, following a bit of a breather in the past two days.

There wasn’t much to trigger the dollar gains as traders just fell back to the post-election mood in the European morning session. USD/JPY was an early mover, gaining to around 155.20 in the handover from Asia before extending gains to around 155.80 currently.

That comes as bond yields are also tracking higher on the day. And it wasn’t long before the dollar caught stronger bids across the board.

EUR/USD moved down from 1.0580 to 1.0550 while GBP/USD is pulled lower from 1.2700 after a hotter UK CPI report to 1.2665 currently.

Elsewhere, USD/CAD is back up by 0.3% to near 1.4000 while AUD/USD is down 0.5% to test the 0.6500 mark once more.

Looking to broader markets, equities are cautiously higher with watchful eyes on Nvidia’s earnings after the close. Meanwhile, gold is marginally lower as the dollar and higher yields are keeping the rebound this week in check for a bit.

Besides that, Bitcoin is also seeing renewed bids amid the return to the post-election mood, at least for now. The cryptocurrency is seen up over 1% above $93,500.

This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.