November 18, 2024 07:00 GMT
CREDIT UPDATE: EUR Market Wrap
CREDIT UPDATE
- Bunds closed 1-4bp wider with 2y/10y yields at 2.11%/2.35% - after the afternoon’s ECO data tilted slightly hawkish while German budget headlines provided some support in the morning. WoW move of -6.6bp/-1.1bp.
- Main/XO ended +1.6bp/+8bp at 56.4bp/304bp while €IG was +0.6bp at 0.99% (Corps +0.5bp at 0.94%, Fins +0.6bp at 1.06%, €HY flat at 3.23%) for a WoW move of -0.6bp (Corps +0.1bp, Fins -1.5bp, €HY -1bp). 3-10yr spreads outperformed WoW at ~-1bp while Cycs lagged at +1.4bp with Autos +1.5bp and Retailers +3bp. $IG was +0.8bp at 0.77% (Corps +0.7bp at 0.77%, Fins +1bp at 0.78%, $HY +11bp at 2.65%).
- SXXP/SPX ended -0.8%/-1.3% at 503pts/5871pts. €IG's biggest risers/fallers included Norsk Hydro ASA (+7%), Mizuho Financial Group Inc (+7%), Generali (+5%), Lonza Group AG (-8%), Omnicom Group Inc (-8%), Warner Bros Discovery Inc (-6%).
- SX5E/SPX futures are +0.1%/+0.3%. Overnight team flagged that It has been an uneventful day in USTs so far, ranges have been narrow, with little in the way of headlines. BoJ Governor Ueda maintained his stance that the bank will continue to raise the policy rate though he slightly downplayed an imminent hike.
- Later the Fed’s Goolsbee speaks, and November NY Fed services and NAHB housing indices print. We also hear from the RBA's Kent. The ECB’s Lagarde, de Guindos, Lane and Buch also appear, and euro area September trade data are out. BoE’s Greene speaks.
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