Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: currency news — 03-01-2018.

00:30 Japan Manufacturing PMI (Finally) December 53.6 54.2

01:45 China Markit/Caixin Services PMI December 51.9 51.8

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index, y/y December 2.5% 2%

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index December 0.1% 0.2%

08:50 France Services PMI (Finally) December 60.4 59.4

08:55 Germany Services PMI (Finally) December 54.3 55.8

09:00 Eurozone Services PMI (Finally) December 56.2 56.5

09:30 United Kingdom Net Lending to Individuals, bln November 4.8 4.9

09:30 United Kingdom Consumer credit, mln November 1.451 1.5

09:30 United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals November 64.58 64

09:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Services December 53.8 54.1

13:15 U.S. ADP Employment Report December 190 192

13:30 Canada Industrial Product Price Index, m/m November 1.0% 0.8%

13:30 Canada Industrial Product Price Index, y/y November 1.8%

13:30 U.S. Continuing Jobless Claims December 1943

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims December 245 244

14:45 U.S. Services PMI (Finally) December 54.5 52.4

16:00 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories December -4.609

18:30 U.S. FOMC Member James Bullard Speaks

"The December PMI registered 59.7 percent, an increase of 1.5 percentage points from the November reading of 58.2 percent. The New Orders Index registered 69.4 percent, an increase of 5.4 percentage points from the November reading of 64 percent. The Production Index registered 65.8 percent, a 1.9 percentage point increase compared to the November reading of 63.9 percent. The Employment Index registered 57 percent, a decrease of 2.7 percentage points from the November reading of 59.7 percent. The Supplier Deliveries Index registered 57.9 percent, a 1.4 percentage point increase from the November reading of 56.5 percent", says Timothy R. Fiore, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).

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A robust rise in residential building contrasted with falling work on commercial projects and stagnating civil engineering output. There were positive signals for the near-term business outlook, with new order growth reaching a seven-month high and job creation the strongest since June. However, intense supply chain pressures continued across the construction sector, while input cost inflation picked up from November's 14-month low.

The seasonally adjusted IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers' Index posted 52.2 in December, down from 53.1 in November but above the 50.0 no-change threshold for the third month running. As a result, the latest reading signalled a moderate expansion of overall construction output at the end of 2017.

Spain's unemployment decreased notably in December, data from the labor ministry showed Wednesday, cited by rttnews.

The number of unemployed declined by 61,500 in December from November. Unemployment had decreased by 86,849 in the same period of 2016.

Registered unemployment totaled 3.4 million. This was the lowest level in the last eight years for the month of December, the ministry said.

On a yearly basis, unemployment decreased by 290,193 or 7.84 percent in December.

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EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.2166 (3522)

$1.2136 (4179)

$1.2106 (4165)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.2039

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1948 (2252)

$1.1899 (4892)

$1.1850 (4677)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date January, 5 is 101542 contracts (according to data from January, 2) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2200 (6176);

GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.3676 (3060)

$1.3653 (2625)

$1.3632 (4728)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.3591

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.3575 (661)

$1.3539 (657)

$1.3496 (995)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date January, 5 is 33954 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3500 (4728);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date January, 5 is 35061 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3250 (2803);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.03 versus 1.03 from the previous trading day according to data from January, 2

* - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.

** - Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.