Equities retreated on fading hopes of passing the US stimulus bill before the US elections, while markets gear up for the final presidential debate this week.
Equities
Most global stock markets traded lower on Monday as Republicans and Democrats showed no signals of an imminent deal about the fiscal stimulus. The current political division makes passing the long-waited bill most likely after the US election.
Markets will follow the Trump vs. Biden presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, on Thursday 9:00 PM US Eastern time, Friday 5:00 AM UAE time. Topics like the coronavirus combating, and national security will be on the debate’s agenda.
Federal Reserve’s officials stressed on the direct relationship between Federal spending and the US economic recovery, as more delay in passing the fiscal stimulus bill will slow down the economic growth.
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EUR/USD and Main FX Markets
The current delay in passing the US stimulus package could lead the Fed to ease its monetary policy further and put the greenback under new pressures. Technically, the US Dollar index created a lower high at 93.90 and failed to test 94.04 highlighting bull’s weakness. Therefore, the price could be on the way for a test of 91.78.
By the end of last week, the EUR/USD rebounded around 1.1713 then rallied on Monday and rebounded from the 50-day moving average. A break above the October 9 high at 1.1830 generates a positive signal and may send the price even higher towards 1.1909.
The British Pound rallied on Monday on news of the UK government may ease its negotiating stance, especially the controversial internal market low. This development spark hopes that an EU/UK free trade could be achieved by next month. Technically, the GBP/USD rebounded around the 50-day average, eyeing a test of 1.2773.
Gold and Oil
Concerns of COVID-19 increasing cases in the US and Europe combined with the growing Libyan output weighed on oil prices. From a technical point of view, On October 15, the Brent Crude failed to end its sideways move as created a lower high at $43.45. On Monday, the price slipped by 0.7% and closed below $42.50. Hence, a break below the October 12 low at $41.34 produces a negative signal and could send the price even lower towards $39.60.
The Gold stabilized last week below $1,921. That said, a break above the October 12 high at $1,931 would change the outlook of the precious metal to bullish.
Looking Ahead
Not much on the economic calendar, EUR/USD and Gold traders will find out about the US housing starts of September at 1:30 PM (GMT) then-Fed members Quarles and Evans will speak at 3:50 PM and 6:00 PM, respectively.
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