The USD is mostly higher

As NA traders enter for the day, the JPY is the strongest and the NZD is the weakest. The USD is mostly higher as flight to safety flows lead after No. Koreas missile test, anxiety about the Muelller report, weaker data in Europe. There is a boat load of data out at the bottom of the hour.

The US dollar is stronger in early trading

The ranges and changes are showing that the EURUSD is trading near the lows (down -43 pips) after the weaker Flash PMI data sent the pair sharply lower. The USDCAD continues it's ups and downs ahead data at 8:30 AM ET. Today it is up and trading at its high for the day (up 42 pips).

The ranges and changes for the major currency pairs

In other markets:

  • Spot gold is up $2 or 0.16% at 1276
  • WTI crude is up $0.29 or 0.42% at $64.02

US stock futures are implying near unchanged levels

  • Dow, up 1.46 points
  • Nasdaq -5.5 points
  • S&P unchanged

US yields are lower

  • 2 year 2.380%, -2.0 basis points
  • 5 year 2.369%, -3.3 basis points
  • 10 year 2.561%, -3.2 basis points
  • 30 year 2.976%, -1.8 basis points

In your 10 yields are lower

  • Germany 0.041%, -3.9 basis points
  • France 0.31%, -4.3 basis points
  • UK 1.215%, 2.1 basis points
  • Spain 1.067%, 3.9 basis points
  • Italy, 2.581%, -3.2 basis points