{"id":27056,"date":"2018-06-18T11:20:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T05:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=27056"},"modified":"2018-06-19T11:29:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T05:59:30","slug":"monday-18th-june-asian-markets-lower-as-us-and-china-lock-horns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/monday-18th-june-asian-markets-lower-as-us-and-china-lock-horns\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 18th June: Asian markets lower as US and China lock horns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGlobal Markets:<\/strong><\/span>
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  • \n\t\tAsian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 0.83%, ASX up 0.32%<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  • \n\t\tCommodities : Gold at $1281.90 (+0.27%), Silver at $16.52 (+0.24%), Brent Oil at $72.75 (-0.94%), WTI Oil at $63.64 (-1.87%)<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  • \n\t\tRates : US 10-year yield at 2.906, UK 10-year yield at 1.329, Germany 10-year yield at 0.402<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \n\tNews & Data:<\/strong><\/span>
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    • \n\t\t(USD) Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment 99.3 vs 98.5 expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(USD) Industrial Production m\/m -0.10% vs 0.20% expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(USD) Capacity Utilization Rate 77.90% vs 78.10% expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(USD) Empire State Manufacturing Index 25 vs 19.1 expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(CAD) Manufacturing Sales m\/m -1.30% vs 0.60% expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(CAD) Foreign Securities Purchases 9.13B vs 5.49B expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(EUR) Final CPI y\/y 1.90% vs 1.90% expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tChina decides to impose additional tariffs on 50 bln USD of U.S. imports<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tAbe: N.Korea Leader Kim Jong Un Showed Leadership To Get Summit With Trump – Hope China Will Improve Transparency Of Defense Policies<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tTokyo stocks fall in morning on strong earthquake in Osaka area<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \n\tCFTC Positioning Data (Week Ending June 12th, 2018)<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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