Market update
With the US closed, GOCs are higher & flatter, taking the lead from core Euro bonds which are seeing flatter curves for a fourth day led by 10Y gilts which are ~3bps lower @1.85% the lowest since Oct 28th. Bunds mixed with short end underperforming on surprising growth ion Eurozone M3 money supply & acceleration in lending to households according to ECB data for Oct.The Barclays Euro Agg index has a mild 0.04yr extension on Dc 1st, vs 0.13yr extension in the US tsy index. CBGs expected to take a breather after yesterday’s strong performance saw 10s at new narrows on the curve and the 10Y roll a full 1bp wider @11 even as the 5s/10s curve closed 2bps flatter. Provis flat for a third day, Ont 46s 105.5/104.5, Qc/Ont 25 roll 5.2/4.7 with economic updates from QC & Ont today.
News headlines
- Global Stocks Rise With European Shares Hitting a Three-Month High Global stocks mostly rose Thursday, with European shares hitting a three-month high amid hopes of further central bank stimulus.
- Saudi counters ‘lower for longer’ oil mantra. Saudi Arabia’s veteran oil minister made clear late last year that the kingdom would no longer prop up the oil market, saying it was tired of cutting output to guarantee $100 a barrel for high-cost rivals.
- Why there’s calm at flattening yield curve The US yield curve is flattening. Should markets be worried?The difference in yield between US 10-year and two-year sovereign bonds this week contracted to less than 130 basis points, its narrowest since February and only a dozen basis points shy of the tightest spread since the height of the financial crisis in early 2008.
- Debt load has many Canadians ‘living on the edge,’ with high housing prices largely to blame: report Canadians households have become so financially stretched and hooked on debt to get by that, in just the past year, more than a third of us have found ourselves covering expenses by running up credit lines or credit cards, or even selling off investments and hitting up family members for much-needed cash
Overnight markets
- Overview: US 10yr note futures are up +0.09% at 127-03, S&P 500 futures are up +0.36% at 2095.50, Crude oil futures are down -0.65% at 42.78$, Gold futures are up +0.07% at $107050, DXY is up +0.01 % at 99.801.
US Economic Data
- There is no major economic data today.
Canadian Economic Data
- There is no major economic data today.
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