Catalonia's president Puigdemont's reported position according to Vanguardia

News now hitting the wires.

Official deadline for Puigdemont decision comes at 08.00 GMT

EURUSD seems unfazed though and rising to session highs of 1.1823 as euro extends gains across the board. Maybe it's a case of "ready but not just yet" as per his previous declaration post-referendum.

EURGBP also on session highs of 0.8954 and pushing GBPUSD down to 1.3197

EURJPY 133.60 with USDPY down to 113.04 after failing into 113.20 where I warned earlier that sell interest still lurked.