FOREX-Dollar wobbles lower as China growth hopes lift Aussie – Yahoo Finance

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) – The dollar began the week on the back foot, following its first weekly loss in nearly two months, as investors cut bets on further dollar gains from rising U.S. rates and turned hopeful that loosening lockdowns in China can help global growth. U.S stock market futures bounced sharply in early Asia trade and pulled the risk-sensitive Australian and New Zealand dollars along for the ride. The Aussie was last up 0.4% at $0.7080 and has lifted 3.8% in a week and a half. The kiwi rose 0.6% to $0.6450, a three-week high. "It's a reasonably positive start to the week," said National Australia Bank's head of foreign exchange strategy, Ray Attrill. "We did have a sharp reversal of U.S. equity market weakness in the last hour or so on Friday, so maybe there's some momentum there," he added. "The U.S. dollar looks, for the time being, to be losing upside momentum." The euro and yen rose, with the yen up 0.1% to 127.83 per dollar and the euro up 0.2% at $1.0586 following last week's 1.5% gain on the dollar. The U.S. dollar index fell 0.1% to 102.790, about 2% beneath a two-decade high of 105.010 made earlier in May. "The dollar may be carving out a peak, given Europe’s resilience to the energy shock and potential easing of lockdowns in China," said Commonwealth Bank of Australia strategist Joe Capurso. "Given the type of policy support, we expect investment to rebound faster than consumer spending," he said. "Investment is mining commodity-intensive (and therefore) very positive for commodity currencies such as the Australian dollar and Canadian dollar, in addition to the yuan." CHINA HOPE Shanghai is edging out of lockdown and an unexpectedly big rate cut in China last week has been taken a signal that authorities are going to provide support to a recovery. The city of 25 million expects to lift its city-wide lockdown and return to more normal life from June 1. The yuan had its best week since late 2020 last week and firmed to 6.6861 per dollar in offshore trade early on Monday. The Canadian dollar rose for a third straight week last week and was a touch higher at C$1.2814 per dollar early on Monday. Sterling leapt nearly 2% last week on the back of stronger-than-expected retail data and markets' broader re-think on whether global central banks are really lagging much behind the Federal Reserve. It was last up 0.3% at $1.2527. Geopolitics are in focus in Asia this week as U.S. President Joe Biden tours the region, promoting greater U.S. economic engagement and seeking to push back against China's influence. He meets Japan's Emperor on Monday ahead of talks with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Australia elected a new government on Saturday, though the market reaction was muted as polls had predicted victory for the centre-left Labor Party and it is not expected to shift the direction or pace of interest rate rises. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is expected to lift its benchmark cash rate by 50 basis points on Wednesday. U.S. Federal Reserve meeting minutes are also due on Wednesday. ======================================================== Currency bid prices at 0039 GMT Description RIC Last U.S. Close Pct Change YTD Pct High Bid Low Bid Previous Change Session Euro/Dollar $1.0588 $1.0569 +0.18% -6.87% +1.0590 +1.0559 Dollar/Yen 127.8700 127.9100 -0.07% +11.13% +128.0500 +127.8200 Euro/Yen Dollar/Swiss 0.9733 0.9743 -0.11% +6.69% +0.9751 +0.9732 Sterling/Dollar 1.2525 1.2496 +0.26% -7.37% +1.2529 +1.2482 Dollar/Canadian 1.2802 1.2846 -0.32% +1.28% +1.2842 +1.2805 Aussie/Dollar 0.7085 0.7052 +0.48% -2.52% +0.7090 +0.7046 NZ 0.6446 0.6410 +0.65% -5.75% +0.6451 +0.6400 Dollar/Dollar All spots Tokyo spots Europe spots Volatilities Tokyo Forex market info from BOJ (Reporting by Tom Westbrook. Editing by Sam Holmes)
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