Good morning, afternoon and evening - Welcome to the new forex week, some early indications:

  • EUR/USD 1.1232
  • USD/JPY 109.73, a bit of a stronger yen to kcik off.
  • GBP/USD 1.2997
  • USD/CHF 1.0124
  • USD/CAD 1.3427
  • AUD/USD 0.6987, a few tics off also.
  • NZD/USD 0.6584, ditto.

Ladies and gentlemen, the usual caveat on Monday morning markets applies ... market liquidity is very thin as we wait for more Asian centres to come on line ... prices are liable to swing around on not too much at all, so take care.

I'll be back with weekend headlines soon, but here is one along familiar trade tension themes: