September 16, 2024 05:54 GMT
CREDIT UPDATE: EUR Market Wrap
CREDIT PRE-MARKET
- Bunds closed ~1bp wider having opened tighter before grinding wider through to the afternoon on modest recoveries in crude oil and European equities alongside a pullback in Euribor futures before then moving sideways into the close. WoW move of 1-3bp tighter. Fed preview; https://media.marketnews.com/Fed_Prev_Sep2024_e931f7dc04.pdf.
- Main/XO ended -2.1bp/-8bp at 53.5bp/289bp while €IG was -0.9bp (Corps -1bp, Fins -0.9bp) and €HY was -1bp. All IG sectors tightened on the day but widened on the week with Cyclicals the biggest mover for both at -2.2bp DoD but +6.6bp WoW. $IG was -1.8bp WoW (Corps -2.2bp, Fins -1bp) while $HY was flat.
- SXXP ended +0.8% while SPX was +0.5% for WoW moves of +1.9%/+4%. €IG curve movers included Commerzbank +23%, Siemens Energy +23%, Warner Bros +18%, Albemarle +14%, Rentokil -19%, Worldline -15%, Neste -12%.
- SXXP/SPX futures are flat. DM team flagged a rather subdued Asia session today, with Japan, China & South Korea on holidays. There was another assassination attempt on Donald Trump, with some betting agencies seeing a slightly bounce in his favour post the attempt.
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