Daily Currency Outlook: September 11, 2019
Daily Currency Outlook: September 11, 2019
Daily Currency Outlook: September 11, 2019
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Research Analysts
Amit Gupta
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Gaurav Shah
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Forex and global equities
Spot Currency
• The rupee extended mild gains on Monday registering fourth session
Currency Close Pvs. Close % Change of consecutive gains. However Implied opening from forwards
Currency Outlook
US$-INR 71.71 71.73 -0.03 suggest it is likely to open weak today tracking gains in US$ as well as
Dollar index 98.33 98.28 0.05 steep rise in US yields
EUR-US$ 1.1043 1.1048 -0.05
• The dollar index closed mildly higher in yesterday session even as US
GBP-US$ 1.2350 1.2346 0.03 president has fired his National security advisor (NSA) Bolton.
US$-CNY 7.1127 7.1219 -0.13 Investors are gearing up ahead of crucial ECB policy meeting
US$-JPY 107.54 107.24 0.28 tomorrow. Chinese Yuan has seen some cool off in last few sessions
US$-CHF 0.9921 0.9921 0.00 and is currently trading at 7.11. EM currencies are likely to remain on
edge ahead of crucial ECB and Fed policy meetings this month
Benchmark yield • Domestic benchmark 10-year yields fell on Monday to 6.58%, while
Close Pvs. Close % Change
overall they remain in a range. Expectation of a rate cut in backdrop
of some recovery in US yields are keeping domestic yields in range
India 10-yr 6.58 6.60 -0.38
US 10-yr 1.73 1.64 5.34 • US treasury yields jumped sharply to 1.73% as investors remain on
Eur 10-yr -0.55 -0.59 -6.50 sidelines ahead of ECB policy meeting. Also fresh Government and
UK 10-yr 0.64 0.59 8.12 corporate offerings increased the concerns over supply and
JPY 10-yr -0.22 -0.25 -11.95 weighed on bond prices
Commodities • Gold extended profit booking for fourth session with non-interest
Close pvs close % change
paying asset down by over 4.25% in last four trading sessions.
Gold 1486 1499 -0.89
Central bank policy meet outcomes crucial for further moves in gold
FII Activity
• Foreign institutional investors (FII) were net seller to the tune of
Segment Purchase Sell Net | crores
| 608 crore on September 6, 2019
Equity 3220 4472 -1252
Debt 1756 1112 644 • FIIs have been net sellers of more than | 3039 crore in September
Net -608 2019
Currency futures on NSE • The dollar-rupee September contract on the NSE was at
(%) change 71.84 in the previous session. Open interest declined
Contracts LTP chng (%) OI Vol
OI Vol 3.49% in the previous session
September
October
71.84
72.12
0.00
0.01
3111375
447179
1487880
241258
-3.49
3.51
-9.99
-1.60
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• We expect the US$INR to find support at lower levels.
Utilise downsides in the pair to initiate long positions
Sep-Oct -0.28 - - 1246622 - 83.79
Oct-Nov -0.22 - - 225828 - 93.60
US$INR Spot
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