US stocks have traded sharply lower to start the week on concern about the rising Covid infection rate across the the USA and Europe. The US$, Gold and most Forex pairs are little changed though.

Data: watch for impact from Covid-19 news, NZD Trade Balance and US Core Durable Good data.

Earnings:

CSI daily: still consolidating:

DXY daily: watch for any new momentum-based breakout:

Trend line breakouts:

S&P500 4hr: sharply lower on Covid woes:

Other markets:

ASX-200 4hr: watch for any Flag and 6,100 breakout:

Gold 4hr: watch for any new momentum-based breakout:

AUD/USD 4hr: not much change to start the week:

Other charts: are little changed from the weekend update.