Financial Markets Daily Report30 setembre 2026
Investors traded cautiously in Tuesday's session. Equities posted losses across the U.S. and Europe, and sovereign yields were volatile even as energy prices declined. The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield surged to levels not seen since the early 2000s, despite finding a partial reprieve after NY Fed President John Williams signaled no urgency to deliver the next rate hike.
Brent oil prices fell amid signs of recovering exports (Saudi Arabia partially restored its East-West pipeline, and traders focused on rumors of covert vessel transits in the Gulf). TTF gas prices also dropped. In FX markets, the dollar extended its advance, weighing on the euro (which fell to its weakest level in sixteen months) and sterling, while the yen was broadly flat.
On the data front, Spanish inflation surprised on the upside in September (non-harmonized headline accelerated to 4.9% yoy) while confidence indicators disappointed (the euro area's ESI declined to 97.9 points in September, while U.S. consumer confidence dropped to a 12-year low). Today, the focus is on U.S. August PCE inflation figures.