RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 12.01.18
12 Jan 2018, 06:57
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 11.01.18
11 Jan 2018, 06:58
- Asian equity markets were mostly lower amid a dampened global risk tone. In FX, AUD outperformed its major peers after better than expected Retail Sales data
- China SAFE said that report on China mulling reduction in US Treasury purchases may cite a wrong source or be fake news.
- Looking ahead, highlights include ECB minutes, US PPI, Fed’s Dudley and supply...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 10.01.18
10 Jan 2018, 07:02
- Asia failed to sustain the positive lead from Wall St where all US majors resumed their record setting performance
- JPY continued to firm following yesterday’s BoJ purchase tweaks with USD/JPY down a further 30+ pips on the session
- Looking ahead, highlights include UK production and trade data, US import and export prices, DoEs, Fed’s Bullard and...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 09.01.18
09 Jan 2018, 06:59
- Asian Asia equity markets traded mostly higher as the region mirrored the tone seen in US, where all majors posted fresh record highs
- JPY strengthened on a reduced Rinban announcement in which USD/JPY slipped below 113.00
- Looking ahead, highlights include APIs, Fed’s Kashkari and supply from the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, UK and the...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 08.01.18
08 Jan 2018, 06:57
- Asian equity markets trade mostly higher with Japanese markets closed for a public holiday
- FX markets traded mostly sideways with AUD slightly underperforming
- Highlights today include Eurozone consumer confidence and speeches from Fed’s Bostic, Williams & Rosengren
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 05.01.18
05 Jan 2018, 06:55
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 04.01.18
04 Jan 2018, 06:58
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 03.01.18
03 Jan 2018, 06:55
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 02.01.18
02 Jan 2018, 06:54
- Asian stocks began the year in positive territory, supported by strong Chinese data
- FX trade relatively sideways overnight with AUD the outperformer following Chinese manufacturing PMI
- Looking ahead, highlights include Eurozone, UK and US manufacturing PMIs
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 22.12.17
22 Dec 2017, 06:56
- Both the House and Senate passed the stop-gap measure which would avert a shutdown and keep the government funded tspanough to January 19th
- Unionist Citizens (anti-independence) party won the most seats in the Catalan Parliamentary Elections, although separatists groups collectively still retained a majority in Parliament and took 70 out of the 135-seat...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 21.12.17
21 Dec 2017, 06:57
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 20.12.17
20 Dec 2017, 06:57
- US House initially voted 227 vs. 203 to pass the tax reform bill. However, it was later reported that the House hit a procedural snag
- US Senate voted 51 vs. 48 to approve the Republican tax bill as expected and sent the bill back to the House for a final vote
- Looking ahead, highlights include the Riksbank rate decision, DoEs and NZ...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 19.12.17
19 Dec 2017, 06:57
- Asian equity markets were mostly positive as the region followed suit from US with the GOP now seen to have secured enough votes for passage of the tax bill
- EU's Barnier said that the UK cannot have a special deal for the City with Davis warning the EU that they cannot cherry-pick during trade talks
- Looking ahead, highlights include German IFO, US...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 18.12.17
18 Dec 2017, 06:58
- Asia equity markets began the week mostly positive following Friday’s gains on Wall St. where tax reform optimism buoyed all major indices to record levels
- EU Brexit Chief Michel Barnier said the EU is not prepared to come up with a makeshift trade deal for the UK that knits together all the best bits of existing models
- Looking...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 15.12.17
15 Dec 2017, 06:55
- Asian stocks were mostly lower as a downbeat tone rolled over from Wall St, where sentiment was pressured on tax reform discord
- ECB sources suggested that a minority of ECB rate setters wanted to signal guidance may change if inflation keeps accelerating
- Looking ahead, highlights include US Industrial Production, Baker Hughes Rig Count and the Brussels...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 14.12.17
14 Dec 2017, 06:55
- The FOMC hiked rates to 1.25% - 1.50%, as expected. Yellen failed to deliver any hawkish surprises while the rate path trajectory was kept broadly the same
- The UK government was defeated in parliament in a 309-305 vote, meaning MP's will get a meaningful vote on the final Brexit deal
- Looking ahead, highlights include ECB, BoE, Norges and SNB rate...
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ECB December 2017 Monetary Policy Decision Preview
13 Dec 2017, 10:03
ECB Monetary Policy Decision Due At 12:45 GMT, 13:45 CET, 07:45 EDT, On Thursday 14th December 2017, Press Conference Due At 13:30 GMT, 14:30 CET, 08:30 EDT
- Unanimous expectations look for the ECB to leave its tspanee key rates unchanged.- As a reminder October’s announcement revealed that the Bank will be trimming its asset purchase programme to EUR 30bln per month from...Categories:
RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 13.12.17
13 Dec 2017, 06:56
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 12.12.17
12 Dec 2017, 06:57
Asian bourses failed to benefit from the record closes seen on Wall Street with Chinese stocks hampered by ongoing regulatory concernsIn FX, the greenback was firmer as both EUR/USD and GBP/USD languished near the prior day’s lowsLooking ahead, highlights include UK inflation, German ZEW and US PPI, supply from Germany and the USASIAAsia equity markets traded subdued as momentum from Wall St where S&P 500 and DJIA posted fresh record closes, was lost on the region. ASX 200...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 11.12.17
11 Dec 2017, 06:58
- UK PM May will insist that “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed” on the terms of Brexit after the Irish government claimed that last week's preliminary deal is binding
- Asia equity markets began the week mostly positive after last Friday’s gains on Wall St
- Looking ahead, highlights include US 3yr and 10yr auctions
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 08.12.17
08 Dec 2017, 06:55
- UK PM May plans go to Brussels early today to meet EU's Juncker and Tusk to finalize Irish border deal
- Asia equity markets took the impetus from a positive tone in US where all indices finished higher and tech continued its rebound
- Looking ahead, highlights include UK production numbers and the US jobs report
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 07.12.17
07 Dec 2017, 06:58
- Asia equity markets somewhat sspanugged off the subdued tone on Wall St and mostly rebounded from the prior day’s losses
- EU's chief Brexit negotiator Barnier said UK has 48 hours to agree a text on potential deal over Irish border or else talks will not move on to the next phase
- Looking ahead, highlights include US weekly jobs and potential comments from ECB’s...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 06.12.17
06 Dec 2017, 06:55
- Asia equity markets were lower as the region followed suit from Wall St, where the major indices finished mostly lower
- AUD/USD was pressured and gave up the 0.7600 handle after Australian Q3 GDP figures disappointed
- Looking ahead, highlights include RBI and BoC rate decisions, ADP Employment, DoE’s and ECB’s...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 05.12.17
05 Dec 2017, 06:54
- Asia equity markets were subdued following a similar close on Wall St where the S&P 500 and DJIA pulled back from intraday record levels
- In FX, antipodeans stole the limelight in which NZD/USD briefly reclaimed 0.6900, AUD was underpinned by better than expected Retail Sales and an unsurprising RBA rate decision
- Looking ahead, highlights include Eurozone, UK and US Services PMIs, US Trade, ISM Non-Mfg,...
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RANsquawk EU Open Rundown 04.12.17
04 Dec 2017, 07:04
- Asia stock markets traded mixed and lacked the firm conviction seen across US equity futures which were buoyed after the Senate voted to pass the tax bill
- Safe-haven JPY weakened on outflows after the US Senate passed the tax plan which saw USD/JPY advance to within a whisker of the 113.00 handle
- Looking ahead, highlights include US durables revisions, factory orders and UK PM May meets with Juncker and...