Daily FX & Market Commentary
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Daily FX & Market Commentary
Please note and carefully read the Important Disclosure on the last page Daily FX & Market Commentary Jan 30 2015 Published from Tuesday to Friday Market Recap • The S&P 500 Index rose 1% as earnings boosted consumer shares and materials producers. • Data Thursday also showed the fewest Americans in almost 15 years filed applications for unemployment benefits. • Brent crude futures rebounded 1.4% to $49.13 a barrel from their biggest one-day drop in more than week. Table: Daily Market Movement (Jan 29, 2015) Equity Market Indices U.S. S&P 500 Index Dow Jones Industrial Average NASDAQ Composite Index Europe Stoxx Europe 600 Index DAX Index Japan TOPIX Index Nikkei 225 Stock Average China / Hong Kong Hang Seng Index Hang Seng China Enterprises Shanghai SE Composite Close Change 2,021.25 17,416.85 4,683.41 +19.1 +225.5 +45.4 368.76 10,737.87 -0.3 +26.9 1,413.58 17,606.22 -16.3 -189.5 24,595.85 11,736.09 -266.0 -227.5 3,262.31 -43.4 % Commodity Futures Energy & Metals +1.0% WTI Crude Oil (USD/bbl) +1.3% Brent Crude (USD/bbl) +1.0% Natural Gas (USD/MMBtu) COMEX Gold (USD/oz) -0.1% LME Copper (USD/MT) +0.3% Bond Yields & CNY U.S. Treasuries - Yields -1.1% 3-Month - Yield (%) -1.1% 5-Year - Yield (%) 10-Year - Yield (%) -1.1% 30-Year - Yield (%) -1.9% USD/CNY -1.3% China Renminbi Spot Close 44.53 49.13 2.72 1,254.6 % +0.2% +1.4% -5.1% -2.4% 5,484.0 0.0% Close Change 0.01 -0.01 1.27 +0.03 1.75 +0.03 2.31 +0.02 Close % 6.25 0.0% Data Source: Bloomberg L.P. Hot News: Earnings to remain the primary driver for U.S. stocks Chart: S&P 500 vs S&P 500 EPS Source: Haver Analytics and Citi Research, as of Jan 23, 2015 Technology giants reported quarterly earnings • Google Inc., Visa Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. were among 52 S&P 500 companies posting results yesterday. • Amazon jumped more than 8% in post-market trading after reporting profit and sales for the holiday quarter that exceeded analysts’ estimates. • However, Alibaba Group Holding fell 8.8% after reporting revenue that missed estimates. Revenue was 26.2 billion yuan in the third quarter (market estimate: 27.6 billion-yuan). Citi analysts’ view: • Recent volatility in the U.S. market has largely been oil-related. The non-energy sectors have held up relatively well with realized volatility in line with recent annual averages. • Intra-market correlations in the U.S. remain low which suggests that broad based equity market risk aversion is not yet evident. • Market trends will likely remained to be driven by earnings and EPS guidance as close connection exist between earnings and index performance over time. (Chart) • Earnings-per-share for the S&P 500 Index may reach 7.5% this year. Among the 196 companies that have reported quarterly results so far this month, 71% beat analysts’ expectations on earnings, according to Bloomberg. • Citi analysts remain generally constructive longer term while advising some nearer-term tactical caution. For the S&P 500, we maintain the yearend 2015 forecast level of 2,200. • Risk Factors: Potential negative spillovers to financials from energy high yield debts, external shocks from Europe and emerging markets. © 2015 Citibank Citibank and Arc Design is a registered service mark of Citibank, N.A. or Citigroup Inc. Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited 1 Please note and carefully read the Important Disclosure on the last page Daily FX & Market Commentary FX & Commodity Technical Corner YESTERDAY PERFORMANCE FX TREND TECHNICAL CCY USD EUR/USD USD/JPY GBP/USD USD/CAD AUD/USD NZD/USD USD/CHF USD/SGD GOLD Close Price Day High Day Low 94.47 1.1320 118.29 1.5067 1.2616 0.7762 0.7266 0.9238 1.3538 1257.38 94.69 1.1368 118.49 1.5162 1.2677 0.7907 0.7348 0.9252 1.3554 1285.99 93.97 1.1262 117.39 1.5019 1.2512 0.7720 0.7234 0.9047 1.3501 1252.05 Short Term Comment Bullish Bearish Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Bullish Neutral Bullish Support Resistance 90.00 1.1141 115.57 1.4952 1.2000 0.7704 0.7118 0.8813 1.3224 $1,250 95.86 1.1460 120.83 1.5476 1.2766 0.8209 0.7433 0.9607 1.3649 $1,345 Citi Foreign Exchange Forecast: 0-3 Months 92.54 1.15 116.00 1.53 1.19 0.82 0.77 0.83 1.35 1270 6-12 Months 97.95 1.10 130.00 1.47 1.25 0.72 0.67 0.95 1.37 1240 FX Rate Source: Bloomberg L.P. (cut off time is NY Time 5:00pm) • • • • • USD rebounded: U.S. Jobless Claims plunged from 308K to 265K last week, topped market estimates. JPY dropped: Japan Core CPI growth (YoY) fell from 2.7% to 2.5% in Dec 2014, trailed market expectations. CAD fell: Oil prices remained low yesterday, triggering concerns over Canada’s export income. NZD plunged: The RBNZ turned the monetary policy stance from hawkish to neutral at policy meeting. CHF weakened against USD and EUR, on renewed speculation of intervention by the Swiss National Bank. Daily FX Focus USD/CHF may rise toward 0.9557-0.9607: 0.9557-0.9607 (fibo 0.764, 55MA) 0.8813 (fibo 0.50) Source: Bloomberg L.P., data as of Jan 30, 2015 CHF Outlook: • The SNB’s surprise decision to end its CHF 1.20/€ FX cap — and the subsequent sharp appreciation of the CHF — has probably set the stage for severe deflation and recession in Switzerland. • We expect real GDP to fall by about 1% this year and to again fall slightly in 2016, with CPI of roughly minus 2.5% this year and deflation in later years. • This would represent the biggest YoY decline in prices for any advanced economy over the last 35 years, apart from the steep deflation in HK during 1999-2003. • In response, we expect the SNB may move its policy rate into even more deeply negative territory, with the likelihood of some kind of additional policies to inhibit capital inflows (perhaps through taxation). Technical Analysis: • 1) MACD: Cross-over; 2) RSI: Trending up • The technical indicators suggest that USD/CHF may rise toward 0.9557-0.9607, with support at 0.8813. NOTE: The brackets are the exchange rates in terms of Hong Kong dollar, with HKD $7.75 exchange rate for reference, and 1,000 yen per unit for JPY/HKD. © 2015 Citibank Citibank and Arc Design is a registered service mark of Citibank, N.A. or Citigroup Inc. Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited 2 Please note and carefully read the Important Disclosure on the last page Daily FX & Market Commentary NZD/USD may drop to 0.7118: Recap: • NZD dropped yesterday as the RBNZ turned its monetary policy stance from hawkish to neutral and said to keep the OCR on hold for some time. 0.7118 (Mar 2011 low) 0.6540-0.6690 (200 month MA & Jul 2005 low) Source: Bloomberg L.P., data as of Jan 29, 2015 NZD Outlook: • Because of the global disinflation risk amid the decline in oil prices, Citi analysts defer its timing of next rate hike from Dec this year to Q2 2016. • However, due to the strong housing market and the Governor’s expectation of inflation to back to the mid-point of the target band, the RBNZ is unlikely to cut the interest rate. • The divergences in monetary policy between the Fed and RBNZ may keep NZD under pressure in medium term. Technical Analysis: • NZD/USD has breached long term double top neckline at 0.7371. • We expect NZD/USD may fall toward 0.7118, with resistance at 0.7494 (28 Jan top). AUD/NZD may trade inside 1.0579-1.0829 1.0829-1.0863 (fibo 0.50 & 100MA) 1.0579 (fibo 0.236) Source: Bloomberg L.P., data as of Jan 30, 2015 Technical Analysis: • 1) RSI: turning down from overbought region; 2) Being capped below fibo 0.618 & 100MA • We expect AUD/NZD may trade inside the range of 1.05791.0829. Recap: • AUD/NZD fell sharply yesterday on AUD’s weakness as market expect the RBA may cut the interest rate next week with other central banks already cutting rate. AUD/NZD Outlook: • Citi analysts believe a rate cut may be overreaction on higher-than-expected Q4-14 CPI. • Recent jobs data suggests the economy has been robust. There is already stimulus from lower oil price (equivalent to two rate cuts) and lending rates already have come down driven by lower global long term rates. • A rate cut may would place pressure on prudential measures to deal with the risk of rekindling the Sydney and Melbourne property markets. • Thus, we believe AUD/NZD’s downside may be limited and it will likely trade inside the range. NOTE: The brackets are the exchange rates in terms of Hong Kong dollar, with HKD $7.75 exchange rate for reference, and 1,000 yen per unit for JPY/HKD. © 2014 Citibank Citibank and Arc Design is a registered service mark of Citibank, N.A. or Citigroup Inc. Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited 3 Daily FX & Market Commentary Important Economic Data (Jan 26, 2014 – Jan 30, 2015) Time Importance Event Period Actual Survey Prior Monday 01/26/2015 07:50 JN ! Trade Balance Adjusted 01/26/2015 17:00 GE !! IFO Business Climate Dec -¥712.1B -¥743.1B -¥832.5B Jan 106.7 106.5 105.5 Dec 2 -- 1 Tuesday 01/27/2015 08:30 AU ! NAB Business Confidence 01/27/2015 17:30 UK !! GDP YoY 4Q 2.70% 2.80% 2.60% 01/27/2015 21:30 US !! Durable Goods Orders Dec -3.40% 0.60% -2.10% 01/27/2015 22:00 US ! S&P/CS Composite-20 YoY Nov 4.31% 4.30% 4.47% 01/27/2015 23:00 US !! New Home Sales MoM Dec 11.60% 2.70% -6.70% 01/27/2015 23:00 US !! Consumer Confidence Index Jan 102.9 95.5 93.1 01/28/2015 08:30 AU !!! CPI YoY 4Q 1.70% 1.80% 2.30% 01/29/2015 03:00 US !!! FOMC Rate Decision (Upper Bound) Jan 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 01/29/2015 04:00 NZ !!! RBNZ Official Cash Rate Jan 3.50% 3.50% 3.50% 01/29/2015 05:45 NZ !! Trade Balance Dec -159M 75M -285M 01/29/2015 21:30 US !! Initial Jobless Claims Jan 265K 300K 308K 01/29/2015 23:00 US ! Pending Home Sales NSA YoY Dec 8.50% 10.50% 1.50% Dec -- 3.50% 3.50% Wednesday Thursday Friday 01/30/2015 07:30 JN !! Jobless Rate 01/30/2015 07:30 JN !!! Natl CPI Ex Fresh Food YoY Dec -- 2.60% 2.70% 01/30/2015 18:00 EC !! Unemployment Rate Dec -- 11.50% 11.50% -0.20% 01/30/2015 18:00 EC !!! CPI Estimate YoY Jan -- -0.40% 01/30/2015 21:30 CA !!! GDP YoY Nov -- -- 2.30% 01/30/2015 21:30 US !!! GDP Annualized QoQ 4Q -- 3.00% 5.00% 01/30/2015 23:00 US !! U. of Mich. Sentiment Jan -- 98.2 98.2 For any enquiries, please call (852) 2860-0333. Source: Source: Bloomberg L.P. (K = Thousand, M = Million, B = Billion) This document is based on information provided by Citigroup Investment Research, Citigroup Global Markets, and Citigroup Global Wealth Management. It is provided for your information only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security. Information in this document has been prepared without taking account of the objectives, financial situation or needs of any particular investor. 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Citi Foreign Exchange: Forecasts are a joint venture between Citi’s foreign exchange, global macro and technical strategy groups and our developed and emerging markets economists. Under normal circumstances, we expect to present Forecasts on a monthly schedule although we may offer intra month updates if circumstances dictate. Technical Trend: All views, opinions and estimates derived from CitiFX Technicals (i) may change without notice and (ii) may differ from those views;, opinions and estimates held or expressed by Citi or other Citi personnel, including Citi Foreign Exchange: Forecast. Should CitiFX Technicals not cover any major currency pairs, the indication of short-term technical "bullish", "bearish", or "neutral" trends will be based on the result of analysis with various widely known short-term technical analysis tools, namely RSI, MACD, fibonacci, stochastics, bollinger bands, and simple moving averages. 4