{"id":1450,"date":"2020-12-21T08:55:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T11:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2020-12-21T09:15:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T12:15:58","slug":"market-sentiment-hit-over-new-strain-of-covid-19-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/market-sentiment-hit-over-new-strain-of-covid-19-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Sentiment Hit Over New Strain of COVID-19 Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1450\" class=\"elementor elementor-1450\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-147e906 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"147e906\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa6b5af\" data-id=\"aa6b5af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd16ac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd16ac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>During this shortened trading week financial markets are without a doubt going to focus on Brexit, Coronavirus, and the US stimulus package, and a raft of high-impacting economic data from the United States economy.<\/p><p>Both the UK and the European Union failed to come to agreement over the weekend, and supposedly breached the \u201cfinal deadline\u201d for a Brexit deal. Despite breaching this deadline, both sides are expected to carry on negotiations, which really underscores the fact that the EU is losing credibility setting deadlines in name only. Time is quickly running out before the United Kingdom\u2019s planned departure from the European Union.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a800c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a800c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9d40b9\" data-id=\"d9d40b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f096a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f096a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GBPUSD-H4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1453\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77f3de4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77f3de4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79f2b76\" data-id=\"79f2b76\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9289a73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9289a73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The Brexit news has been swept to one side, as a new strain of COVID-19 has been found in the UK, which has provoked a major bout of negative sentiment in financial markets this morning. Boris Johnson announced that London was going into a tier 4 lockdown over the new COVID-19 strain during the weekend, which effectively cancelled Christmas for many families and Londoners.<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ra7ySw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FTSE 100<\/a> looks heavy at the start of the week, and sterling has not taken the news well. The FTSE 250, which is also considered to be more effective gauge of Brexit-related sentiment, is also taking a hammering.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f677c59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f677c59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c7e636\" data-id=\"8c7e636\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-408e8c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"408e8c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/UK-100-H4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1454\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16308df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16308df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5912b68\" data-id=\"5912b68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53261a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53261a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>To make matters worse, a number of countries have banned travel to the UK, placing a further strain on the heavily service sector reliant United Kingdom economy. UK retailers make a significant portion of their annual profits during the Christmas and New Year period, with only non-essential businesses open in London, the economic prospects for small businesses and high street shops looks dire going into 2021.<\/p><p>UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a crisis meeting of the government\u2019s Cabinet Office Briefing Room, known as COBRA, later today. Just for some context, such meetings are convened to address the actions of government bodies in response to a national crisis.<\/p><p>Going back to the FTSE 100, I will be watching <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2J9hKtx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NatWest<\/a>\u2019s share price, as the new lockdown restrictions are expected to hurt the UK banking giant\u2019s margins. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2WyAVQt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Mail<\/a> is also on my watchlist, due to the company having a lot of criticism over postal delays, and heightened competition from <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2P2PglH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> and Hermes.<\/p><p>U.S. stimulus is also going to be key for traders and investors this week, and indeed whether we see a continuation of the ongoing rally, or indeed whether traders start to book profits. The is especially important for <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/37m9dMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US dollar<\/a> shorts and <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZsFzPL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gold<\/a> longs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25c90c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25c90c5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffe4c81\" data-id=\"ffe4c81\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9775089 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9775089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/GOLD-H4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1455\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff9b168 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff9b168\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-262cf64\" data-id=\"262cf64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d152701 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d152701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Gold has already started to firm this morning and is likely catching a safe-haven bid from fears surrounding the new strain of COVID-19. Traders may also be positioned long, in expectation that the US will sign the new COVID-19 relief bill today.<\/p><p>Looking at the week ahead the United States is set to dominate the economic calendar with the release of GDP, inflation, Durable Goods Orders, and weekly jobless claims, which has taken on another layer of importance since many states have gone into draconian lockdowns.<\/p><p>In my mind, the release of Core PCE is probably the major risk event to watch on the economic docket. Many economists have been warning that inflation is coming. If we see this metric outpacing expectations to the upside, then financial markets are probably going to react accordingly.<\/p><p>This afternoon traders&#8217; attention turns to EU Economic Confidence data, with expectation set at -17.6, which is inline with the November reading. It remains to be seen if the recent upbeat manufacturing data from Germany will translate into increased confidence in the eurozone. I suspect not, as COVID-19 lockdowns are still looming over the EU, and look set to continue well into next year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc05961 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc05961\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-573c498\" data-id=\"573c498\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b26b003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b26b003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/youtrading.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EURUSD-H4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1456\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33e3608 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33e3608\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c25309\" data-id=\"2c25309\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2ae17f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2ae17f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2YAQOVh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EURUSD<\/a> pair has weakened this morning over the recent UK lockdown news, and lack of progress over Brexit negotiations. The EURUSD is fascinating on many levels and will likely go into the next phase of the ongoing bull trend or reverse sharply from current levels over Brexit and COVID-19 fears, and a possible unwinding of U.S. dollar shorts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During this shortened trading week financial markets are without a doubt going to focus on Brexit, Coronavirus, and the US stimulus package, and a raft of high-impacting economic data from the United States economy. 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