New lockdowns in Europe shook investor sentiment yesterday. Volatility jumped to levels not seen since early June and stock markets tumbled across the world (the main U.S. and European indices dropped by close to 4%). Euro area core sovereign yields declined while peripheral spreads rose, and the EUR weakened below $1.18.
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Tuesday saw another volatile session in the financial markets. Risk appetite rebounded from the Asian session on hopes of Trump's willingness to negotiate tariffs with some partners, which extended into the European session and the start of the US session. Asian and european stocks rose and while eurozone government bond yields rose slightly.
A quiet session on Wednesday as US markets were closed for the Juneteenth holiday. In the eurozone, government bond yields rose and peripheral spreads widened after the European Commission opened an excessive deficit procedure for France, Italy, Belgium and five other member states under the 2024 European Semester Spring Package.
In yesterday's mixed trading session, the Eurostoxx50 posted a 0.3% loss and European sovereign bond yields edged up as data showed a deterioration of consumer confidence in the euro area.
Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East persist, although yesterday brought some relative calm after the sharp volatility seen earlier in the week. Brent crude traded in a $80–85/barrel range before settling near $81, after President Trump said the US would protect shipping routes in the region. European natural gas prices fell back below €50/MWh. Equity markets continued to slide in Asia but recovered in the US and Europe, while the dollar stabilized around 1.16 against the euro.
A week-long losing streak in global stock markets ceased on Friday as better than expected earnings results outweighed a worsening of coronavirus cases in the US and Europe. In Europe, the Eurostoxx50 ended the session 1.7% higher despite new coronavirus retrictions in some cities, while the S&P 500 edged up very slightly.
Jornada de apetito por el riesgo en los mercados europeos. La consecución ayer de un acuerdo entre las autoridades europeas y el Gobierno griego para desbloquear 10.000 millones de euros del tercer rescate heleno fue el principal catalizador de esta dinámica constructiva.
In the last session of the week, inflation and GDP releases centered the stage in European trading floors. HICP inflation for October surprised on the upside in most euro area countries as well as Q3 GDP figures for Germany (+0.2 q/q instead of the expected contraction). Today aggregated figures for the euro area will be released.
On Thursday, in the last session before the Easter holidays, stock markets posted gains both in the U.S. (S&P 500 +1.4%) and in Europe (Eurostoxx 50 +0.9%). Yesterday, European stock markets were still closed but U.S. markets opened back with losses (S&P 500 -2.2%).
Markets continued to exhibit a mixed performance as investors weighed data releases and increasing COVID-19 infections. European stocks and sovereign yields declined after euro area industrial production had posted a lower-than-expected rebound in May (+12.4% mom and -20.9% yoy). Yet, in FX markets the euro rose towards $1.14.
Investors traded with optimism during yesterday's session. In Europe, the upward revision of the German Q4 GDP (from +0.1% qoq to +0.3%), supported by exports and construction, led to a rise of 0.5% in Eurostoxx50. European sovereign yields also rose and peripheral spreads widened slightly.
El mercat immobiliari espanyol es va començar a desaccelerar cap a la meitat del 2022 amb el canvi de rumb de la política monetària. Ara com ara, i malgrat que el BCE ja ha apujat els tipus d’interès de referència en 4 p. p., el ritme de desacceleració és més suau del que s’havia anticipat, la qual cosa ens ha empès a millorar les previsions del sector per al 2023. No obstant això, de cara als propers trimestres, continuem esperant un ajust notable en el nombre de compravendes en relació amb els elevats registres del 2022 i un alentiment del creixement del preu de l’habitatge, en especial el 2024, en un context de tipus d’interès alts durant més temps. Així i tot, hi ha diversos factors que continuaran fent costat al sector i que fan improbable una correcció tan forta com l’experimentada el 2008-2013, entre els quals destaquen un mercat laboral resilient i uns fluxos d’immigració significatius.
Creixement sectorial generalitzat després de superar els xocs dels últims anys
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El nostre Indicador Sectorial recull una millora generalitzada entre sectors el 2024, especialment significativa en algunes branques manufactureres, com ara la indústria química, la farmacèutica i la paperera, beneficiades pel descens de la factura energètica i per la millora de les exportacions. Per contra, el sector de l’automoció s’ha desaccelerat de forma notable al llarg d’aquest any, després de la recuperació experimentada el 2023.
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Markets were mixed in a session dominated by uncertainty about U.S. tariffs. U.S. stocks dropped and the USD strengthened as the Trump administration threatened higher tariffs on several countries. There were no news related to U.S.-EU trade relations and European stocks advanced. Sovereign yields rose across the U.S. and the euro area.
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In yesterday's session, economic data releases continued to center the stage. In the US, Q2 GDP figures were revised downwards from 2.4% q/q SAAR to 2.1%, while, in the euro area, country members' inflation figures failed to prove a decisive trend towards the 2%. Euro area aggregate data will be released today.
In yesterday's session, euro area economic releases took center stage. Lower-than-expected October y/y inflation in Germany (3.0% vs 3.3% expected) and in Spain (3.5% vs 3.8% expected) pushed euro area sovereign yields down and the area's main stock indices up. 3Q German GDP growth came in at -0.1% vs -0.2% expected.
Investors traded in a positive mood yesterday as the European stock market rose 0.6% on the back of good earnings reports and positive soft data. In Germany, the ZEW business expectations index rose to 71.2 in March from 61.8 in February, its highest level in months. Euro area periphery sovereign yields widened slightly.