The selling continuing on Syria troubles.

GBP/USD down to 1.5486 and partly being blamed on the upcoming Carney speech.

EUR/USD off the lows by 11 pips.

USD/JPY touched 97.36 and is now at 97.40

EUR/CHF is going over through the March support line at 1.2299 and heading for the 200 dma at 1.2273. Below that is the August low at 1.2266 then the longer term support line at 1.2234.

EUR/CHF daily chart 27 08 2013

EUR/CHF daily chart 27 08 2013

Brent has busted $113 by 3 ticks but is back down to $112.65.

Gold has made a new high at $1423.80 but has fallen back to $1419.99

European stocks are cracking with further large falls in Italy which is down 2.4%. The rest of the bourses aren’t faring better with most down 1.5-2% save for the FTSE which is only down 0.85%