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FX: Option expiries for today's 1400GMT cut,
* Euro-dollar; $1.2300, $1.2400, $1.2500(large) [bariera]
* Dollar-yen; Y78.00, Y78.25, Y78.35, Y79.00, Y79.20
* Euro-yen; Y95.50
* Cable; $1.5600
* Aussie; $1.0500, $1.0520
Intraday options that are due to expire today at 10am NY cut (1500BST)
EUR/USD - 1.2400
USD/JPY - 78.25, 78.35
GBP/USD - 1.5600
AUD/USD - 1.0520
Option expiries of note for Monday 6th August 2012
EUR/USD: 1.2400, 1.2300
USD/JPY: 79.00
GBP/USD: 1.5600
AUD/USD: 1.0520, 1.0500
According to CFTC,
-mnet EUR short position USD 21.4bln, decrease of 9%
- Net JPY long position USD 5.2bln, increase of 29%
- Net CHF short position USD 2.4bln, decrease of 26%
- Net USD long position USD 12.8bln, decrease of 35%
GREECE: The so-called troika concluded Sunday what they called "productive" talks with Greece's new government on policies needed to meet the targets in the financial aid program, and will return to Athens in early September for further discussion.
GOLD: Spot gold prices are trading moderately higher Monday extending their gains from Friday's session. Friday's risk-on sentiment from better than expected US employment data has seen risk assets carry over in a positive bias into this morning's Asian session, with the euro earlier printing a 1-month high against the US dollar at $1.2443 before slipping back to stabilise just below unchanged levels. Friday's US payroll figures have provided a welcome patch for gold prices that were previously reeling amid the disappointment of no fresh stimulus measures from the US Federal Reserve and indeed the ECB at the tail end of last week. Spot gold prices did initially slip to $1585.50 upon release of Friday's US jobs data, but quickly reversed back higher after market participants saw the unemployment rate had advanced to 8.3% in July from the expected forecast of 8.2%. Spot gold prices have edged their way back higher this morning after opening the session just above Friday's c