{"id":14129,"date":"2015-07-20T05:04:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T05:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=14129"},"modified":"2015-07-20T05:04:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T05:04:38","slug":"monday-20th-july-european-open-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ic-cn-asia.com\/blog\/monday-20th-july-european-open-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 20th July: European Open Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>\n\t<strong>Global Markets:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tAsian stock markets: Nikkei up 0.25 %, Shanghai Composite fell 0.40 %, Hang Seng lost 0.20 %, ASX up 0.05 %\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCommodities: Gold at $1106 (-2.20 %), Silver at $14.61 (-1.50 %), WTI Oil at $51.12 (-0.20 %), Brent Oil at $57.06 (-0.05 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRates: US 10 year yield at 2.35, UK 10 year yield at 2.08, German 10 year yield at 0.80<br \/>\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\n\t<strong>News &amp; Data:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tUK House Price Index 0.1 %, Previous: 3.0 %\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tNZ PM Key: NZD has fallen faster than expected &#8211; BBG\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGold sinks as much as 5.5%, below $1,100\/oz, for first time since Mar 2010\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGerman Economy Probably Grew Moderately in Q2 &#8211; Finance Ministry\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSaudi Arabia Crude Exports Fall To Five-Month Low On China &#8212; BBG\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCommodities Crash Could Turn Australia Into A New Greece &#8212; Telegraph<br \/>\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\n\t<strong>CFTC Positioning Data:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tEUR shorts 107,781 vs 99,266 shorts prior week.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGBP shorts 24,199 vs. 22,973 shorts prior week\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tJPY shorts 47,371 vs. 63,629 shorts prior week.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCAD shorts 40,726 vs. 32,268 shorts prior week.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCHF longs 3,081 vs 6,121 long prior week.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAUD shorts 33,541 vs. 22,197 shorts prior week<br \/>\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\n\t<strong>Upcoming Events:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t07:00 BST &#8211; German PPI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:00 BST &#8211; Euro Zone Current Account\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 BST &#8211; Canadian Wholesale Sales<br \/>\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\n\t<strong>The Week Ahead (Key Data\/Events):<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<p>\n\t<u>Tuesday, July 21st<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t00:30 BST &#8211; Japan Tankan Index\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t07:00 BST &#8211; Swiss Trade Balance\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:55 BST &#8211; US Redbook\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<u>Wednesday, July 22nd<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t02:30 BST &#8211; Australian CPI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:00 BST &#8211; Italian Industrial Orders\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:30 BST &#8211; Bank of England Meeting Minutes\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t10:00 BST &#8211; Italian Retail Sales\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 BST &#8211; US Existing Home Sales\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t22:00 BST &#8211; RBNZ Interest Rate Decision\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<u>Thursday, July 23rd<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t00:50 BST &#8211; Japanese trade Balance\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:00 BST &#8211; Spanish Unemployment Rate\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:30 BST &#8211; Swedish Unemployment Rate\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:30 BST &#8211; UK Retail Sales\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 BST &#8211; US Initial Jobless Claims\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 BST &#8211; Canadian Retail Sales\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 BST &#8211; US CB Leading Index\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 BST &#8211; Euro Zone Consumer Confidence\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t23:45 BST &#8211; New Zealand Trade Balance\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<u>Friday, July 24th<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t02:45 BST &#8211; Chinese HSBC Manufacturing PMI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:00 BST &#8211; French Manufacturing PMI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:00 BST &#8211; French Services PMI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:30 BST &#8211; German Manufacturing PMI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:30 BST &#8211; German Services PMI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:00 BST &#8211; Euro Zone Manufacturing PMI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:00 BST &#8211; Euro Zone Services PMI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t14:45 BST &#8211; 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