Gold Jumps To 3-Week Highs, EUR Fades As Tensions Rise In Ukraine

Early weakness in US equity futures was rescued when Asia opened and JPY was mysteriously bid but it’s fading back now as the UN session escalates into he-YouTube’d-she-YouTube’d. The bigger moves on the night so far are gold (which jumped back over $1325 and 3-week highs) and EUR which fell around 40 pips to 1.3850. We suspect as Ukraine’s red-line deadline draws near the bid for safe-havens may accelerate somewhat.