Friday's session was marked by Australian Trade Balance data. In trend terms, the balance on goods and services was a deficit of $194m in November 2017, a turnaround of $296m on the surplus in October 2017. In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a deficit of $628m in November 2017, an increase of $326m on the deficit in October 2017. In seasonally adjusted terms, goods and services credits rose $141m to $31,853m. Non-rural goods rose $394m (2%) and rural goods rose $25m (1%). Non-monetary gold fell $425m (23%). In seasonally adjusted terms, goods and services debits rose $467m (1%) to $32,481m.
This week markets will be looking at:
Building Approvals (Tuesday 1:30)
China CPI/PPI (Wednesday 2:30)
Retail Sales (Thursday 1:30)