February 13, 2017. The GBP is the strongest. The JPY is the weakest.
The snapshot of the strongest and weakest currencies as the NA traders enter for the day, show that the GBP is the strongest, while the JPY is the weakest. In JPY there was a headline miss in GDP (+0.2% vs +0.3%), and pre opening stocks/bond yields are higher giving the USD a boost. The weekend meetings with Japan's PM Abe did not lead to any manipulation charges either.
The changes are ranges are relatively muted. The USD changes have the EURUSD, USDCHF< USDCAD, AUDUSD and NZDUSD all trading within 16 pips of the Friday closing levels. The USDJPY is up 51 pips but is still moving closer to the midpoint of the day's range.
Snapshots of other markets:
- US stocks are trading up in pre-market trading with the S&P futures up 5 points, Nasdaq futures up 8.25 points, Dow futures up about 50 points
- US 2 year yield is up 1.6 bp. 5 year up 2.5 bp, 10 year up 2.7 bp, 30 year up 2.3 bp
- Spot gold is down $5 or -0.43% to 1228.34
- US WTI crude is -$0.42 or -0.84% to $53.38