Forex Sky Eye APP News: Today, January 9 (Thursday), the situation in the United States and Iran eased, tensions in the financial market gradually subsided, and demand for safe-haven declined sharply, the yen hit a seven-day low, and the US dollar/yen stood above 109.00. The euro fluctuated narrowly at 1.1110 in the Asian session, and the pound was consolidated above 1.3100, while the Australian dollar still hovered at 0.6870. International gold fell to 1550, and international crude oil fell to around the 60 mark.
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Taiwan Stocks: China Taiwan Weighted Index closed up 153.53 points, or 1.3%, at 11,970.63 points.
Australian stocks: Australian ASX200 index closed up 56.60 points, or 0.83%, to 6874.20 points on Thursday.
stocks: Nikkei 225 index closed up 515.74 points, or 2.22%, at 23,720.50 points on January 9th (Thursday).
Korean stocks: South Korea KOSPI index closed up 34.71 points, or 1.61%, at 2186.02 points on Thursday.
A shares: China's Shanghai Composite Index closed up 27.99 points on January 9 (Thursday), up 0.91%, to 3094.88 points; China's Shenzhen Component Index closed up 191.30 points on January 9 (Thursday), up 1.79%, to 10898.17 points; China's ChiNext Index closed up 50.44 points on January 9 (Thursday), up 2.71%, to 1913.14 points.
Hong Kong stocks: China Hong Kong Hang Seng Index fell 317.350 points, or 1.12%, to 28,004.710 points before issuing the article on January 9 (Thursday).
[Financial News]
Today, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets opened high and closed high. Only more than 400 stocks in the two markets were green. The ChiNext rose 2.7%, approaching the high in April 2018. Technology boards such as quantum communications, digital China, and domestic software were sought after by funds. Popularity leaders hit the daily limit at the end of Saturday, and the market's short-term sentiment was high, but the military industry, gold, crude oil and other safe-haven sectors fell sharply.
During the Asian market on Thursday (January 9), the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced its November trade account. Data shows that Australia's commodity and service trade account in November significantly exceeded market expectations. Foreign exchange Sky Eye data shows that Australia's November commodity and service trade account (AU$100 million) is expected to be 41.5, the previous value is 40.75, and the present value is 58, which is significantly higher than the expected and the previous value.
safe-haven yen fell from a three-month high against the dollar as tensions between the United States and Iran eased after U.S. President Trump said no further military action was taken at this time, and Tehran appears to have retracted its threat. The safe-haven yen fell from a three-month high against the dollar on Wednesday as tensions between the United States and Iran eased after U.S. President Trump said no further military action is currently being taken and Tehran appears to have retracted its threat. As of press time, Bitcoin was reported at $7932, with a 24-hour decline of 4.93%. Ethereum was 139.48 USD, with a 24-hour decline of 3.86%. Ripple was US$0.2056, a 24-hour decline of 3.70%. Litecoin was $45.320, down 5.61% in 24 hours.
[Foreign Exchange Market]
USD, USD index rose slightly to around 97.27 level today. Previously, the number of ADP employment in the United States exceeded expectations in December also boosted the US dollar. Tensions between the United States and Iran are eased, and investors may turn their focus to the direction of the global economy again. The World Bank said that global economic growth may slowly rebound in 2020 and 2021, but although trade tensions ease, the global economic recovery will be slower than previously expected.
[Commodity Market]
Gold In terms of today's Asian session international spot gold continued to fall to around the 1550 level. Previously, US President Trump's speech alleviated the market's concerns about a greater conflict between the United States and Iraq, prompting gold prices to fall. However, despite the cooling of the geopolitical situation, gold is still supported by many positive factors. Gold Trust data on January 9 showed that as of January 8, the gold holdings of Gold Trust were 363.16 tons, an increase of 1.55 tons from the previous trading day; gold ETFs data on January 9 showed that as of January 8, the gold ETF-SPDR Gold Trust's gold holdings were 886.81 tons, a decrease of 9.37 tons from the previous trading day.
Crude oil In terms of international crude oil continued to fall to around 59.50 today in the Asian session.Oil prices rose sharply before then fell to the 60 mark as Iran launched missiles at the US troops stationed in Iraq. The two countries then quickly eased tensions and oil prices fell. Meanwhile, more pressure comes from unexpected increases in U.S. crude oil inventories. The Energy Information Association of America (EIA) said crude oil inventories rose by 1.2 million barrels last week. This increase was unexpected to the market, which had previously expected a decrease of 2.6 million barrels, which was also inconsistent with the 5.9 million barrels reduction announced by the American Petroleum Association (API).
