Thursday 3 December 2015

Pre-Market Brief

Good morning. US equity futures are moderately higher, sp +10pts, we're set to open at 2089. USD is cooling, -0.3% in the DXY 99.60s. Metals are bouncing, Gold +$3, from a new multi-year (overnight) low of $1045. Oil is +1.0%


sp'60min


Summary

ECB: initial news... deposit rate cut 10bps, from -0.2% to -0.3%.

Other measures due to be announced at the press conf'.

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Update from Mr C.



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Overnight Asia action

Japan: a lot of chop.. closing effectively flat.

China: again, opening weak chop, but then latter day rally, +1.3% @ 3584.

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Have a good Thursday


8.35am... ECB announce: extending monthly QE of €60bn from Sept'2016 to March 2017.

Equities a little choppy, sp +2pts.

Oil +1.4%... with the OPEC meeting tomorrow.


8.40am.. Euro is soaring. +1.8%...

sp' has cooled from +12pts to -2......  as the market battles it out to pick a direction.

Broadly.. we should still climb from current levels... not least if Oil can climb.


8.56am.. sp' +1pt.

Euro +2.4%..... and that is helping the metals/oil.

Q. Has the Euro seen a key floor, with the USD seeing a double top at DXY 100?

Hmmmmmmmmmmm


9.00am.. USD flash-crashing.... -1.3%......  was rather stable at -0.3%.....

Price action is getting increasingly wild.