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Eurostoxx 50 futures down -0.1% in early European trading , Softer tones as we wait on official openings 6 Feb DAX futures flat CAC40 -0.1% FTSE -0.2% Bund futures open +1 at 162.50 In China the SCI closed up +0.5%. CS1300 Index +0.3% , forex pairs begin in asian period with weak of dollar against all currencies ,, now dollar is the leader against all currencies and we expect it will resume this day .
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5 February
US crude oil futures settle the week at $53.83/barrel , The price of crude oil is settling the week at $53.83 /barrel. That is up $0.29 ore 0.54%. The US announced new Iran sanctions targeting missile program. That could be disruptive to the oil market if it is escalated. For the day, the high extended to $54.22. The low reached $53.40.
4 February
US stocks end the session with decent gains , For the week, the major indices have small gains The US stocks are ending the session with decent gains: S&P index is ending up 16.24 point or 0.71% Nasdaq index is up 30.57 points or 0.54% Dow moved back above the 20K level up 183 points or 0.92% For the week, the major averages moved back to little changed with today's gains S&P ends the week +0.11% Nasdaq is up 0.11% Dow ended virtually unchanged at -0.12% for the week.
3 February
The ECB is to blame for all our problems says Schaeuble , There's the Schaeuble we all know and love Euro could be a bit stronger for Germany but that would be hard for others (that hasn't stopped them before) The big questions is how can the ECB taper without doing any harm Germany must compromise to keep the EU together . i think euro against dollar will resume in its downward today .
2 February
US stocks end the session with small losses/small gains , The US stocks are ending the day with little gains/little losses S&P is up +1.28 points or +0.06% Nasdaq is down -6.45 points or -0.11% Dow is down -5.62 points or -0.03% The US debt market is showing little changes from yesterday's levels 2 year is 1.204%, -0.7 bp 5 year 1.924%, -0.4 bp 10 year 2.475%, +0.5 bp 30 year 3.09%, +1.4 bp .
1 February
US stocks end with gains. S&P lags. FB earnings coming up , S&P up marginally. Nasdaq up +0.49%. Dow (thanks to Apple) up 0.12% The US stocks are ending with gains today. S&P is ending the day up marginally. It is ending the day up 0.57 points or up 0.03% Nasdaq is up 27.86 points or +0.50% Dow is up 26.09 points or +0.13%. Apple was up 6.13% and pretty much accounted for all of the Dows gains.
FB earnings are out and they beat on the Revs and earnings and users, etc. Revenues: 8.81B vs 8.51B es…
FB earnings are out and they beat on the Revs and earnings and users, etc. Revenues: 8.81B vs 8.51B es…
8 November
Platts outlook for commodities and the USD in relation to the US election coming up today , A win by Republican hopeful Donald Trump - a crisis of confidence in the dollar would disrupt the inverse correlation between it and commodity prices , Improving the competitiveness of US energy exports , It would provide a double bonus for net energy commodity importers, but a double negative for non-US exporters , Where trade would then flow would depend on what replaces the dollar as the safe haven cur…
7 November
UK government drawing up a new bill for triggering article 50 , The UK gov is knocking up their first draft of the new bill to get article 50 through. Expect this to be scrutinised closely by all concerned and loads of objections raised. Separately, Theresa May has been schmoozing with India and says that more than £1bn of deals are to be signed during her trip over there. The UK and India have also agreed to set up a trade working group.
6 November
US stocks close lower once again. First nine day losing streak since 1980 , The changes for the major indices today: S&P down -3.48 points or -0.17% Nasdaq down -12.03 points or -0.24% Dow -42.39 points or -0.24% , For the week: S&P fell by -1.94% Nasdaq fell by -2.77% Dow fell by -1.50% . i think next trading week will resume in this trend until wee see the results of US election .
5 November
October 2016 US non farm payrolls 161k vs 175k exp , Prior 156k. Prior revised to 191k , Unemployment rate 4.9% vs 4.9% exp. Prior 5.0% , Average hourly earnings 0.4% vs 0.3% exp m/m. Prior 0.2%. Revised to 0.3% , 2.8% vs 2.6% exp y/y. Prior 2.6%. Revised to 2.7% , Participation rate 62.8% vs 62.9% prior , Underemployment rate 9.5% vs 9.7% prior , Private payrolls 142k v s166k exp. Prior 167k. Revised to 188k .