US recap: EUR/USD steady as China cut, US election draw attention
USD/JPY stuck in a range, US data catalyst needed for a break
AUD/USD-Commodities, yen, yuan put bears in the driver's seat
July 22 (Reuters) -The dollar index edged higher in a relatively mixed day for the U.S. currency as the foreign exchange market digested rate cuts in China and a plot twist in U.S. politics.
Whether President Joe Biden's decision not to run for reelection has a more serious effect on trades predicated on a potential victory by Donald Trump in the November election remains to be seen, but for now EUR/USD and GBP/USD were relatively stable while USD/JPY fell.
China's rate cuts weighed on AUD/USD, with NZD/USD also retreating.
As for fundamentals, traders' focus will be on U.S. advance Q2 GDP data on Thursday and Friday's U.S. PCE data, which is closely watched by the Fed.
U.S. Treasury yields rose 1-3bp across maturities.
The 2s-10s curve steepened 1bp to still inverted -26.18bp.
The S&P 500 was 1.09% higher, regaining some ground after the previous week's declines as investors reexamined the state of the presidential race after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would not pursue a second term.
WTI eased 0.31%.
Copper was down 0.83% but off its worst levels of the day after touching its lowest in more than 3-1/2 months.
Gold cut its losses to just 0.17% after hitting its lowest in more than one week.
Heading toward the close: EUR/USD +0.07%, USD/JPY -0.25%, GBP/USD +0.10%, AUD/USD -0.67%, NZD/USD -0.53%, AUD/JPY -0.88%.
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(Burton Frierson)
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