Financial Markets Daily Report07 October 2021
In yesterday's session, investors’ sentiment worsened in the euro area, amid inflationary concerns, while in the U.S. investors focused their attention on a potential breakthrough in negotiations between Democrats and Republicans to extend the debt ceiling and on the better than expected ADP employment report.
- In yesterday's session, investors’ sentiment worsened in the euro area, amid inflationary concerns, while in the U.S. investors focused their attention on a potential breakthrough in negotiations between Democrats and Republicans to extend the debt ceiling and on the better than expected ADP employment report.
- In particular, the September report showed that private payrolls increased by 568k workers while consensus expected an increase of 430k. This report usually anticipates the official employment report released by the BLS on Friday.
- In this context, stock indices registered losses in the euro area while increased in the U.S. In fixed-income markets, yields on sovereign bonds edged modestly down in Europe.
- In commodity markets, gas prices moderated following Putin's comments that Russia is ready to help stabilize global energy markets. The dutch TTF reference declined by 7.1% to $36.6/MMBtu.