The 5 trading themes that are moving markets to start the week

Here is what’s driving trading early this week:

1. Soft Chinese data and worries that officials won’t react
2. Australian dollar weakness (low so far 0.9000)
3. The pound slides on more referendum worries
4. Hong Kong shares down 0.7%
5. Swedish politics are in turmoil

Also note that Japan is closed for a holiday.

Here’s how FX prices have moved so far:

The FX ticker so far