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From the Floor: EUR suffers, MXN buoyant, commodities on edge

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The European trading session opens today with the euro bashed lower by fresh fears that the proposed Grand Coalition in Germany won't happen; the Mexican peso ahead on hope of a "softer" Trump approach to NAFTA; buoyant equity performance in Asia and an emerging likelihood that the commodity metals and energy rally will run out of steam.

  • Euro hurt by partial rejection of German coalition
  • Just a small fraction of SPD members voted No, but others may follow
  • Overall SPD vote on Grand Coalition will take place on Sunday
  • Mexican peso doing well on hopes Trump will soften his NAFTA stance
  • Hang Seng futures up 1.6% and Nikkei futures 1% ahead
  • Commodity metals & energy rally may pause as investors take stock