Now that North American traders have packed up for the day all eyes will be on Asia. It is a relatively light day New Zealand markets are closed for a bank holiday so traders will focus on Aussie retail sales, which are expected to tick up 0.3% from last months decline of 0.1%.
Australia’s SPI 200 index is in positive territory up 20 points to 4,864.
A lot of focus will be on USD/JPY as it is ended the North America session strong. Current price is 93.58.
