The JPY is the strongest and the USD is the weakest as the NA session begins

As the NA session begins the JPY is the strongest (and adds to the gains from yesterday) and the USD is the weakest.

The USDJPY reached the highest level since August 2015 on Monday and had been up 14 of 16 trading days. However yesterday the pair moved lower and today the pair is also lower as the North American session begins.

The hopes from the peace talks yesterday has faded more today and that has traders concerned. Russia is expected to cut supplies of natural gas to Germany on April 1. As a result, Europe's largest economy has made plans to ration natural gas supplies. Today, Germany inflation came in at 7.3% which was much higher than the 6.3% estimate.

In the US the ADP report will be released at 8:15 AM ET with estimates for 450K. Last month the data showed a 475K move higher (versus 678K from the BLS). The US jobs report on Friday is expected to show a rise of 485K. Also released today will be final GDP for 4Q with expectations of 7.0% (unchanged from the prior estimate).

The oil inventory data is expected to show a decline in crude stocks of -1.0M but the private data did show a -3.0M drawdown. Gasoline inventories are expected to show a draw of -1.4M with the private data showing -1.357M

A look around other markets is showing.

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• Spot silver is up five cents or 0.19% at $24.83.
• WTI crude oil Crude Oil Crude oil is the most popular tradable instrument in the energy sector, offering exposure to global market conditions, geopolitical risk, and economics. The instrument is strategically relied upon and situated in the global economy. Crude oil has proven to be a unique option for traders given volatility and the efficacy of both swing trading and longer-term strategies. Despite its popularity, crude oil is a very complex investing instrument, given the litany of fluctuations in oil prices, risk, Crude oil is the most popular tradable instrument in the energy sector, offering exposure to global market conditions, geopolitical risk, and economics. The instrument is strategically relied upon and situated in the global economy. Crude oil has proven to be a unique option for traders given volatility and the efficacy of both swing trading and longer-term strategies. Despite its popularity, crude oil is a very complex investing instrument, given the litany of fluctuations in oil prices, risk, Read this Term futures are trading at $106.73 up $2.50 or 2.4%. Yesterday the price fell to a low of $98.44 before rebounding back to the upside
• Bitcoin is trading at $47,218 that's down around -$250 on the day

In the premarket for US stocks, the major indices are trading lower:

• Dow industrial average down -95 points after yesterday's 338.3 point rise
• S&P index down -12.5 points after yesterday's 56.10 point rise
• NASDAQ index is down -64 points after yesterday's 264.73 point rise

In the European equity markets, the major indices are mostly lower with the exception of the UK's FTSE 100

• German DAX, -1.3%
• France's CAC, -0.9%
• UK's FTSE 100 +0.1%
• Spain's Ibex, -0.8%
• Italy's FTSE MIB -0.3%

In the US debt market, US yields are mixed/little changed:

In the European debt market, the snapshot of the benchmark 10 year yields are rising: