FX option expiries for Jan 7 NY cut

FX option expiries for Jan 7 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below.

- GBP/USD: GBP amounts

1.2640 381m
1.2700 413m

- USD/JPY: USD amounts

108.50 569m
108.95 360m
109.55 490m

- AUD/USD: AUD amounts

0.7100 641m

Jan 7, 2019

AUD/USD hits 2-week tops, around 0.7135 region

• The USD continues to be weighed down by Powell’s cautious comments. • US-China trade optimism underpinning Aussie and remained supportive.

EUR futures: further rangebound likely

According to flash data from CME Group for EUR futures markets, traders added around 2.6K contracts on Friday from Thursday’s final 509,091 contracts.