Although US stock indices closed in the negative the previous day, Japans Nikkei extended its record run to 16 consecutive days of gains. The victory by Prime Minister Abe during the weekends elections seems to have boosted sentiment and optimism that stimulus policies will continue. The dollar rebounded versus the yen to come back to around 113.69 from a session low of 113.29.
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Gold gained to around $1280 an ounce as it took advantage of some modest dollar weakness during the Monday’s US session.
Looking ahead, after the release of Eurozone PMIs, the US session will feature the Markit PMI, Richmond Fed manufacturing PMI and API crude oil inventories later.