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US stock rebounded on Tuesday, regained upside momentum and closed near session highs in its biggest one-day gain since June 24th as investors assessed the outlook for earnings. Any upside surprises may lead to impressive gains for equity markets amid investors’ expectations for potential disappointments ahead of the earnings report season. But the market focus remained on whether the aggressive monetary tightening by major central banks to fight high inflation will lead to a recession or not. In the Eurozone, the European Central Bank may consider a 50 bps rate hike during its meeting this week to deal with the worsening inflation, which lifted the Euro higher to its highest level in two weeks. On top of that, recession concerns have cooled a little bit as Russian gas giant Gazprom would resume its gas provision to the EU as planned on July 21.
The benchmarks, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both advanced on Tuesday as the US dollar remained under selling pressure and investors speculated that markets may have come close to their bottom. The S&P 500 was up 2.7% daily and the Dow Jones Industrial Average also advanced with a 2.4% gain for the day. All eleven sectors stayed in positive territory as the Communication Services and the Industrial sectors are the best performing among all groups, rising 3.63% and 3.58%, respectively. The Nasdaq 100 meanwhile climbed the most with a 3.1% gain on Tuesday and the MSCI World index rose 2% for the day.
Main Pairs Movement
The US dollar declined for the third session on Tuesday, as European Central Bank policymakers are considering raising interest rates by 50 basis points, which is higher than expected at their meeting on Thursday to calm record-high inflation. The DXY index bounced back to a psychological resistance of 107.500 in the first half of Tuesday, then lost upbeat momentum and dropped to a level below 106.500 during the Asia Session. The dollar lost 0.63% for the day and is still under selling pressure as the improvement in risk sentiment.
As the market got a positive mood, GBP/USD advanced by 0.35% on Tuesday. The declining inflation expectations in the US may hurt greenbacks further. The cable slipped to a daily low below 1.194 level, then regained upside traction and surged to a daily high above 1.202 level. Meanwhile, ECB President Christine Lagarde may elevate interest rates by 25 or 50 bps, which will trim the Fed-ECB policy divergence. EUR/USD witnessed heavy buying and reached a daily high above 1.024 during the mid-Asia session. The pair went up 0.83% for the day.
Gold advanced by 0.14% for the day, getting to a daily high above the $1713 mark in the mid-Asia session. A pullback in the US dollar continues to support the gold price as investors move to the sidelines ahead of key central bank meetings. Meanwhile, WTI oil preserved its upside traction and reached a daily high above the $100 level during the US session.
Economic Data
| Currency | Data | Time (GMT + 8) | Forecast |
| GBP | BoE Gov Bailey Speaks | 01:45 | N/A |
| GBP | CPI (YoY) (Jun) | 14:00 | 9.3% |
| CAD | Core CPI (MoM) (Jun) | 20:30 | N/A |
| USD | Existing Home Sales (Jun) | 22:00 | 5.38% |
| USD | Crude Oil Inventories | 22:30 | N/A |
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