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02:25 GMT February 19th USD/JPY bids towards 108.00, trail lower, light stops below 107.90 and 107.70 mixed in. Better bids from 107.50. Offers from 108.30-40 still, trail higher. Stops above 108.65 but more offers around 108.80 and ahead of 109.00 option barriers. Stops above.(hi)
02:23 GMT February 19th EUR/JPY bids towards 158.00, stops below. Offers ahead of 159.00, stops above. (hi)
02:21 GMT February 19th EUR/USD bids ahead of 1.4600, offers grouped around 1.4680. (hi)
02:21 GMT February 19thProp accounts seen selling GBP against AUD and NZD, the best performing currencies recently. (hi)
02:19 GMT February 19th AUD/USD sees good demand from the Sydney open from US investment banks, funds (one seen closing out a long-term short overnight), and local exporters. Small option barrier at 0.9150 taken out early. Offers ahead of 0.9200 thought to be defending option barriers. Stops above. (hi)
02:17 GMT February 19thNearby option expirations today include vanilla USD/JPY 107.00, 109.00, EUR/USD 1.4540 and AUD/USD 0.8960 and 0.9200 strikes. (hi)
14:00 GMT February 18th GBP/USD Some sell stops are touted below 1.9475 (today"s London morning six-day low), with demand then expected to emerge around 1.9450 (1.9444 was last Tuesday"s post-UK CPI data floor). Further buy interest is likely pre-1.9400 (lows just shy of 1.9400 were plumbed on Feb 8 & Feb 11).
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