Market Update
Rates drifting around steady to mildly mixed after the bell, long end buying last few minutes. Generally quiet inside range day so far. Equities mildly weaker (SPX -1.0 at 2911.5); US$ index lower (DXY -.158, 96.814). Otherwise quiet ahead next week’s shortened pre-Easter holiday weekend; Fed Blackout kicks off April 20 through May 2. The 2-Yr yield is up 0.6bps at 2.3977%, 5-Yr is down 0.2bps at 2.3786%, 10-Yr is down 0.5bps at 2.5597%, and 30-Yr is down 0.6bps at 2.9705%.
News headlines
Stocks Drift Higher as Earnings Roll In; Oil Dips: Markets Wrap (Bloomberg) U.S. equity futures drifted on Monday while stocks in Europe edged higher as investors turned modestly optimistic toward the next batch of corporate earnings. Treasuries held steady with the dollar.
Oil Retreats After Longest Run of Weekly Gains in Three Years (Bloomberg) Oil retreated in New York after its longest run of weekly gains in three years, as traders and investors awaited more clarity on the strength of the global economy and demand.
Exclusive: U.S. waters down demand China ax subsidies in push for trade deal – sources (Reuters) U.S. negotiators have tempered demands that China curb industrial subsidies as a condition for a trade deal after strong resistance from Beijing, according to two sources briefed on discussions, marking a retreat on a core U.S. objective for the trade talks.
EU countries back starting trade talks with United States (Reuters) European Union countries gave final clearance on Monday to start formal trade talks with the United States after months of delay due to French resistance.
China starts review of anti-dumping measures on U.S. distillers grains (Reuters) China’s Ministry of Commerce confirmed it is starting a review on Monday of its anti-dumping tariffs on imports of distillers grains (DDGS) from the United States and said the investigation should be completed in a year.
Futures dip as oil prices fall on supply concerns (Reuters) Futures for Canada’s main stock index edged lower on Monday, as oil prices halted their rally on mixed signals over global supply.
METALS-Copper stays firm ahead of China data, clues to demand prospects (Reuters) Copper prices steadied on Monday, reinforced by a lower dollar and healthy economic numbers from China ahead of a barrage of growth data later this week from the top consumer.
Overnight markets
| Cda Benchmarks | Yield | Tsy Benchmarks | Yield |
| 2 Year | 1.645% | 2 Year | 2.402% |
| 5 Year | 1.66% | 5 Year | 2.384% |
| 10 Year | 1.793% | 10 Year | 2.565% |
| 30 Year | 2.072% | 30 Year | 2.977% |
US Economic Data
| 08:30 AM | Empire Manufacturing, Apr Survey 8.0 Actual 10.1 Prior 3.7 |
| 04:00 PM | Net Long-term TIC Flows, Feb Survey — Prior -$7.2b |
| Total Net TIC Flows, Feb Survey — Prior -$143.7b |
Canadian Economic Data
| 09:00 AM | Existing Home Sales MoM, Mar Survey 2.00% Prior -9.10% |
| 10:30 AM | BoC Senior Loan Officer Survey, 1Q Survey — Prior -16.0 |
| BoC Business Outlook Future Sales, 1Q Survey — Prior -1.0 |
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