The USD is higher as the markets react to the US entering the Iran/Israeli conflict
The US entering the Israel/Iran conflict has led to a higher USD with the JPY, AUD, and the NZD . The gains are the greatest vs the JPY, AUD and NZD. Below are the percentage changes of the USD vs the major currencies in a morning snapshot.
EUR +.50 %
JPY +1.18 %
GBP +0.54 %
CHF +0.1 %
CAD +0.41 %
AUD +1.15 %
NZD +1.24 %
In the video above, I take a look at the 3 major currency pairs from a technical perspective to outline the risk bias and target levels of each given the moves.
The US stocks are little changed as the market digests the weekend news:
- Dow Industrial Average is down -43.82 points
- S&P is down by -1.09 points
- Nasdaq is up by 8.01 points
In the US debt market, the US yields are lower:
- 2-year yield 3.903%, -0.7 basis points
- 5-year yield 3.950%, -1.1 basis points
- 10-year yield 4.369%, -0.6 basis points
- 30-year yield 4.887%, -0.2 basis points
Looking at other markets:
- Crude oil is up $0.74 or 1.0% at $74.58.
- Gold is trading up $7.55 or 0.33% at $3379.21
- Bitcoin is up $286 at $101,301 with a weekend range of $103,387 (Saturday high) to $98,240 (Sunday low).