We saw two European names purchasing EurUsd up to the 1.0840’s. EurUsd had another test of topside, printing 1.08495 where we saw thick offers at 1.0850 in the machine. Weak Usd supported the EurUsd – we chewed a chunk of offers at 1.0850 and that was the high. I suspect there are some stops in EurUsd thereafter 50 and next big resistance is 1.0882, the 200-Day SMA; also 1.0884 was previous high back in Dec 2016.
UsdJpy opened up at 111.20, filled the high of 111.25 then sold down to 110.72 in very illiquid market. I suspect stops were taken out when we traded subsequently to 110.43. Usd declined into the Tokyo fix. I am told there are bids closer to 110.00-10 out of Japan, suspect they are from the “Dark Lord”.
EurGbp popped along with EurUsd on back of Merkel news. This kept the GbpUsd suppressed. Sales of UsdJpy provided some help to the GbpUsd, lifted the pair back on to 1.25-handle. Break above 1.2540 will see small trigger of stop buy orders.
Usd weakness and then AudNzd sold helped prop up the NzdUsd. High was 0.7051 and resistance seen at 0.7052.