With yields, the USD, and the oil price dribbling back a little it was a promising day for regional equities and also ‘risk’ FX. AUD and NZD rallied, as did GBP and EUR. USD/CAD traed up to 1.3505 before dropping back to where it began the session around 1.3485.

USD/JPY traded a little higher, the threat of intervention is holding the pair back from approaching too closely to 150.

News flow was very light.

The data point of focus was Tokyo September CPI, with all three indications sitting still solidly above the Bank of Japan 2% target, although on the other hand all three dipped a little from the previous month’s results.

China began its long holiday today, markets will be closed there next week. We will, however, get the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) official PMIs for September published over the weekend. Speaking of the weekend, if you trade Australian markets please note relevant areas of the country will roll onto daylight saving time on Sunday.

USD/CAD round trip:

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