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07:43 Fed

PREVIEW: Fed Chairman Bernanke and FOMC Minutes - NOW AVAILABLE IN THE RESEARCH SECTION

07:38 FX Flows

Market talk of model fund on the bid in EUR/GBP - Unconfirmed; trades 0.8532 (+20pips) last

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07:35 US Equities

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07:33 FX Flows

Major FX levels of note for today 22nd May 2013:

EUR/USD
Options: 1.2800/50 and 1.2900/25

AUD/USD
Options: 0.9900

EUR/CHF
Options: 1.2500

USD/JPY
Options: 101.50, 102.50 and 103.00

GBP/USD
Options: 1.5200

07:30 EU Data

Dutch Consumer Confidence SA (May) M/M -32 vs. Exp. -32 (Prev. -35)

Dutch Consumer Spending (Mar) Y/Y -0.3% (Prev. -2.2%)

07:26 FX Flows

Market talk of barriers in EUR/CHF at 1.2550/75 - Unconfirmed; trades 1.2531 (+30pips) last

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07:24 Commodities

ExxonMobil reports incident at Southern California refinery

07:23 FTSE 100

According to sources, RBS (RBS LN) to issue statement on capital position shortly

07:22 US Equities

Microsoft (MSFT) to hire several thousand worker in China, according to CEO Ballmer

Says:
- Co. currently has more than 4,000 workers in China.
- China is top selling windows phone market.

07:22 BoJ

BoJ's Kuroda says will continue to watch JGB market moves, not expecting yields to jump a lot

- BoJ to conduct bond operations in flexible manner.
- Rising US interest rates could affect JGB yields to some extent in globalised market.
- No change to BoJ's goal of achieving 2% inflation in 2 years.
- Change in FX rates will boost export volume with lag of around 6-9 months.
- BoJ influence to lower risk premium to become clearer.

07:19 Economic commentary

UK's Cameron says confident that UK can get changes EU membership terms, Britain is better off in reformed EU

07:18 Economic commentary

PIMCO says the ECB may resort to providing more liquidity to the region's banks while it discusses more controversial measures that will take time to develop and implement

07:16 BoJ

Japan chief cabinet secretary Suga wants BoJ to continue to steadily strive to reach inflation target as soon as possible

07:12 ECB

ECB says EUR 206mln borrowed using overnight loan facility and EUR 81.757bln deposited

07:08 Fixed Income

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07:02 Commodities

Spot gold trips buy stops on the break of overnight highs, which sees prices extend on gains and print fresh highs at USD 1388.60 (+0.88%)

07:01 BoE

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07:01 Asian Equities

Shanghai Composite index preliminary closes down 0.11% at 2302.40

Worst performing stocks:
- Universal Scientific (-8.09%)
- Beijing Bashi (-7.59%)
- Xinjiang Tianhong (-6.69%)
Best performing stocks:
- Guangzhou Auto (+10.03%)
- Jinshan Development (+10.01%)
- Shanghai Kaikai (+10.01%)

06:47 Fixed Income

Euribor options update: June 3y mid-curve, 99.00 puts, buyer of 20k at 3.0

06:37 European Equities

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06:30 Market Analysis

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06:07 FTSE 100

Anglo American Platinum (AAL LN) says tri-parties agree on interventions to mitigate job cuts an Anglo American Platinum

06:04 UK Equities

Lonmin (LMI LN) says no agreement has been reached on forming a union recognition pact

06:02 Asian Equities

Nikkei 225 index preliminary closes up 1.60% at 15627.26

Best performing stocks:
- Mitsumi Electric (+13.37%)
- Sojitz Corp (+13.13%)
- Furukawa Co (+12.16%)
Worst performing stocks:
- Tokyo Electric (-9.57%)
- Mitsubishi Motors (-6.63%)
- Nisshin Steel (-4.98%)

05:50 Commodities

India cuts benchmark import price of gold to USD 440 per 10 grams