Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: currency news — 27-11-2017.

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index, y/y November 2.5% 2.7%

07:00 United Kingdom Nationwide house price index November 0.2% 0.2%

07:00 United Kingdom Bank Stress Test Results

07:00 United Kingdom BOE Financial Stability Report

07:00 Germany Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey December 10.7 10.8

07:30 United Kingdom BOE Gov Mark Carney Speaks

07:45 France Consumer confidence November 100 101

09:00 Eurozone Private Loans, Y/Y October 2.7% 2.8%

09:00 Eurozone M3 money supply, adjusted y/y October 5.1% 5.1%

10:00 United Kingdom Inflation Report Hearings

13:30 Canada Industrial Product Price Index, m/m October -0.3%

13:30 Canada Industrial Product Price Index, y/y October 1.5%

13:30 U.S. Goods Trade Balance, $ bln. October -64.14 -65.00

14:00 U.S. Housing Price Index, m/m September 0.7% 0.6%

14:00 U.S. S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, y/y September 5.9% 6.1%

14:15 U.S. FOMC Member Dudley Speak

15:00 U.S. Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index November 12 14

15:00 U.S. FOMC Member Jerome Powell Speaks

15:00 U.S. Consumer confidence November 125.9 124.0

15:15 U.S. FOMC Member Harker Speaks

15:30 Canada Bank of Canada publishes financial system review

16:15 Canada BOC Gov Stephen Poloz Speaks

20:00 New Zealand RBNZ Financial Stability Report

20:45 U.S. Treasury Sec Mnuchin Speaks

23:50 Japan Retail sales, y/y October 2.2% -0.2%

Sales of new single-family houses in October 2017 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 6.2 percent above the revised September rate of 645,000 and is 18.7 percent above the October 2016 estimate of 577,000.

The median sales price of new houses sold in October 2017 was $312,800. The average sales price was $400,200.

EUR/USD: 1.1860-65(610 млн), 1.1900(E484 млн), 1.1950-55(341 млн)

USD/JPY: 112.30(380 млн), 113.06-12(390 млн)

USD/CAD: 1.2900(940 млн)

EUR/GBP: 0.8950(502 млн)

AUD/NZD: 1.1100(1.58 млрд), 1.1250(954 млн)

• Says needs to be more progress on Irish border, Brexit talks will not move on if that does not happen

• Declines to "speculate" about alternative uses for unused credits to Greece

• Says UK as a whole is leaving the customs union

• If we don't resolve matters by tuesday, we will be into an election

• Will not be seeking resignation of deputy prime minister, as sought by opposition

• Will not seek to dissolve parliament over the weekend, election hinges on tuesday no confidence motion

• If we have to have an election, better to have it before christmas

• Does not believe that deputy prime minister will offer her resignation

EUR/USD: 1.1860-65(610 m), 1.1900(E484 m), 1.1950-55(341 m)

USD/JPY: 112.30(380 m), 113.06-12(390 m)

USD/CAD: 1.2900(940 m)

EUR/GBP: 0.8950(502 m)

AUD/NZD: 1.1100(1.58 b), 1.1250(954 m)

• We need to see progress from UK within 10 days on all issues, including on Ireland

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.2012 (4395)

$1.1988 (4732)

$1.1958 (5145)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1923

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1880 (983)

$1.1854 (1621)

$1.1822 (1255)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date December, 8 is 158685 contracts (according to data from November, 24) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1600 (8272);

GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.3417 (2161)

$1.3394 (2642)

$1.3366 (3294)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.3318

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.3272 (464)

$1.3245 (1037)

$1.3212 (1151)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date December, 8 is 43242 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3200 (3294);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date December, 8 is 42180 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3000 (3987);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.98 versus 0.95 from the previous trading day according to data from November, 24

* - 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.