If you are after a good excuse to take a few hours off then I can probably offer you just that

Not a lot on the eco data front today:

2245GMT - New Zealand - Trade Balnce for June, expected 150m surplus following a 358m surplus the previous month

  • Exports expected 4.22bn, prior 4.57bn
  • Imports expected 4.13bn, prior 4.22bn

2330GMT - Australia - Weekly consumer sentiment (ANZ Roy Morgan), prior 114.9

And tthat's it. At 0115 (or thereabouts, usually a minute or so after) we'll get the daily yuan set from the PBOC. Yesterday the bank set at renewed weakness in the CNY after the strength late last week leading into the G20 meeting.