The financial markets are generally quiet today. Stocks are slightly down by losses are limited. Retail sales data from Canada and UK are largely ignored. Commodity currencies are the strongest ones for now. Yen, Dollar and Euro are the weaker ones. There news of shelling in Ukraine east by Russian-backed separatists and there is still no clarity on the overall situation and development. Traders are likely to continue to hold their bets for now. In Europe, at the time of writing, FTSE is down -0.05%. DAX is down -1.01%. CAC is down -0.19%. Germany 10-year yield is down -0.020 at 0.210. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei dropped -0.41%. Hong Kong HSI dropped -1.88%. China Shanghai SSE rose 0.66%. Singapore Strait Times dropped -0.37%. Japan 10-year JGB yield dropped -0.0034 to 0.220. | 