Financial Markets Daily Report 07 September 2021
Financial markets recorded a positive start of the week, as investors increased the likelihood that the Fed will postpone the decision about when to start tapering its asset purchases.
- Financial markets recorded a positive start of the week, as investors increased the likelihood that the Fed will postpone the decision about when to start tapering its asset purchases.
- In Europe, the Eurostoxx50 recorded its strongest gain in six weeks, led by technology shares, while US futures (markets were closed on Monday) are in positive territory. In Asia, a better-than-expected trade data in China (exports rose by 26% y/y in August, after 19% in July) supported the equity upswing.
- With this backdrop, US Treasury yields rose and sovereign spreads across the European periphery tightened. In commodity markets, the price of aluminium hit the highest over a decade, impacted by political unrest in Guinea.
- The economic calendar is light today after the release this morning of industrial production data in Germany for July (+1% m/m, above market expectations and after falling by 1% in June).