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  • Bunds closed 3-4bp tighter after the July flash PMI was weaker than expected, with new orders marking a second successive fall and business confidence falling to a six-month low ahead of flash PMIs and negotiated wage data on Thursday. DM team previewed the negotiated wages data here: https://marketnews.com/eurozone-data-wide-range-of-estimates-for-q2-negotiated-wages-on-thursday.
  • Main/XO ended +0.8bp/+3bp at 53.8bp/294bp while €IG was +0.1bp (Corps flat, Fins +0.3bp) and €HY was +3bp. Primary was open with deals from BMW (3/6/10yr; -2bp/5bp/3bp NICs), BNP (10NC5 T2; -5bp NIC), Erste (8NC7 SP; -5bp NIC), Mizuho (6NC5/10yr; 5bp NICs), Merck (30NC5.5 hybrid; -7bp NIC), Handelsbanken (7yr SNP; 2bp NIC) and a EUR 500mn 10y mandate from UPM-Kymmene. $IG was +1.5bp (Corps +1.7bp, Fins +1.2bp) and $HY was +6bp.
  • SXXP ended -0.5% while SPX was -0.2%. €IG movers included Eli Lilly +3%, Norstar +3%, BT -6%, Coloplast -5%, K+S -4%.
  • SX5E/SPX futures are +0.2%/+0.1%. US Treasury are futures little changed today ahead of FOMC meeting minutes later today. Chinese equities are lower after JD.com dropped 11% while property stocks were in focus amid speculation of new funding options for local governments.
  • Later the July FOMC meeting minutes are published and preliminary benchmark US payrolls revisions are released.
DateGMT/LocalImpactFlagCountryEvent
21/08/20240600/0700***UKPublic Sector Finances
21/08/20240900/1000**UKGilt Outright Auction Result
21/08/20241100/0700**USMBA Weekly Applications Index
21/08/20241230/0830*CAIndustrial Product and Raw Material Price Index
21/08/20241400/1000*USServices Revenues
21/08/20241430/1030**USDOE Weekly Crude Oil Stocks
21/08/20241530/1130*USUS Treasury Auction Result for Cash Management Bill
21/08/20241700/1300**USUS Treasury Auction Result for 20 Year Bond
21/08/20241800/1400***USFOMC Minutes

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