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The USD ins mixed to start the NA session with the USD higher vs the EUR and GBP and lower vs the JPY. IN the video above, I will take a look at the 3 majors - the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD - from a technical perspective and outline the key levels traders should be watching today.
As a reminder, the US stock and bond market will be closing early today (1 PM and 2 PM respectively).
Here are the closing times for the stock and bond markets:
Stock Markets (NYSE & Nasdaq)
Closing Time:1:00 PM ET
Note: This applies to regular trading. After-hours trading sessions may also end earlier than usual depending on your brokerage.
Bond Markets (SIFMA Recommended)
Closing Time: 2:00 PM ET
Note: The bond market close is a recommendation by SIFMA; specific fixed-income trading desks at some firms may close even earlier.
There has been technical problems at CME group, but the futures are now open and showing gains. The 3 major indices have been up for 4 consecutive days.
- Dow industrial average up 76 points
- S&P index up 9.39 points
- NASDAQ index up 80 points
In the US debt market, yields are marginally lower
- 2 year yield 3.472%, -0.8 basis points
- 5 year yield 3.568%, -0.5 basis points
- 10 year yield 3.996%, -0.2 basis points
- 30 year yield 4.646%, +0.2 basis points
