News flow during the session was light. We did have a data focus, Chinese inflation data for June.

China's wholesale price inflation, PPI, deepened in June:

  • missed expectations
  • fell for a ninth consecutive month
  • fell at its fastest pace in 7 years

Meanwhile the CPI was unchanged at 0% y/y.

While in China, a fee reduction as announced for more than 1500 mutual fund products. Combined with news from Friday on the finalising of the penalty for Ant Group, seen as opening a pathway to the group’s long-delayed IPO, Chinese stocks caught a bid, especially the tech sector.

USD/JPY was a mover in the FX space. It rallied 70 or points off its lows despite rising JGB yields. Other major FX rates traded small ranges only.

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