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Market Update

– US tsys slightly lower, yields ~1.5bps higher with the curve steeper, muted reaction to Q2 GDP rev/initial claims. Not much follow thru to late aft tsy selloff after OPEC deal to cap production in Nov.  Crude basically unch $46.95 Euro bonds in catchup mode, yields 2-4bps higher in Germany & UK, German 10Y yield -0.12% close to 11 week low. Bunds weighed by stronger Sep CPI, thou Commerzbank layoff news. Fed Lockhart (non voter) said Fed is closer to raising rates, supported consensus view to leave rates unch at FOMC meeting last week. GOCs unch after 8:30 US data, provi spds holding firm in the selloff yest, opening unch this morn, Ont looking to issue poss this morn given mkt tone.

News headlines                                                                                          

–Stocks Jump as OPEC Splits Markets; Indian Assets Drop on Attack (Bloomberg) Stocks rallied in Asia and Europe after OPEC’s surprise announcement of a deal to cut crude output spurred a surge in oil late Wednesday. India’s assets fell after it attacked terrorist targets in Pakistan.

–In U-Turn, Saudis Choose Higher Prices Over Free Oil Markets (Bloomberg) Saudi Arabia has ended its flirtation with free oil markets. It took the kingdom’s new oil minister, Khalid Al-Falih, just six months to blink, ending the country’s two-year policy of pump-at-will. The decision at this week’s meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Algiers to cut production was necessitated by Saudi Arabia’s tattered finances.

–German inflation to hit 16-month high in September, state data suggest (Reuters) German inflation appears to have picked up more than expected in September, possibly reaching its highest level in 16 months, regional data suggested, an encouraging sign for the ECB that price pressures are reviving in Europe’s biggest economy.

–UK trade minister says Germany risks becoming ‘world’s greatest ATM’ after Brexit (Reuters) Germany risks becoming the world’s biggest cash machine after Brexit because it may end up paying for a failing European Union that is in danger of imploding, Britain’s trade minister said on Thursday.

–Fed’s Harker says December rate rise appropriate on current trajectory (Reuters) December’s U.S. Federal Reserve meeting would be an appropriate time to increase interest rates if the economy continues to move in the direction that it anticipates, Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said on Thursday.

–Fed, BOJ add shine to risk-parity strategy (Reuters) The Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan’s actions last week have given a second wind to an alternative investment strategy that relies on cheap money and low market volatility to produce outsized returns.                                                                          

Overnight markets

– Overview: US 10yr note futures are down -0.1427% at 131-8, S&P 500 futures are down -0.17% at 2159.5, Crude oil futures are down -0.02% at $47.04, Gold futures are down -0.24% at $1320.5, DXY is up 0.2% at 95.618.

US Economic Data 

-8:30 AM: GDP Annualized QoQ, 2Q T, 1.4%, est. 1.3% (prior 1.1%)

GDP Price Index, 2Q T, 2.3%, est. 2.3% (prior 2.3%)

Core PCE QoQ, 2Q T, 1.8%, est. 1.8% (prior 1.8%)

Personal Consumption, 2Q T, 4.3%, est. 4.4% (prior  4.4%)

Wholesale Inventories MoM, Aug P, -0.1%, est. 0.0% (prior 0.0%)

Initial Jobless Claims, Sep 24^th, 254k, est. 260k (prior 252k, revised 251k)

Continuing Claims, Sep 17^th, 2062k, est. 2129k (prior 2113k, revised 2108k)

-10:00 AM: Pending Home Sales MoM, Aug, est. 0.0% (prior 1.3%)

Pending Home Sales NSA YoY, Aug, est. 2.6% (prior -2.2%)

Canadian Economic Data

-7:00 AM:  CFIB Business Barometer, Sep, 59.0 (prior 59.8)

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Ivan Greenstein, Stephan Buu, David Leclair-Legault

Institutional Bond and Equity Desk
CTI Capital Valeurs Mobilières Inc.

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Market Update

– US tsys trading lower, just off the lows of the session, US 10Y 1.575 (+1.5bps),little reaction to better than exp August Durable goods taking their cue from selloff in core European bonds, with gilts and bunds both lower & steeper. Gains in German stocks on rebound in Deutsche Bank shares, as well as supply from Germany (2Y) % France (long inflation indexed bond) weighing on bunds. Crude back above $45 on signs Saudi Arabia is willing to cut production, hope for a deal with Iran in Algiers. GOCs lower in line with tsys, 5s10s ~0.5bps steeper after eight straight days of narrowing (9bps). 10s30s steeper bias with off the run long rolls wider – 41/37 roll looks cheap as we pointed out in yest research piece. Provis opening unch after widening slightly yest mostly in 5yrs.

News headlines                                                           

–Stocks Rally as Deutsche Bank Slump Ends, Oil Gains Before Talks (Bloomberg) European stocks advanced as investors took heart from a pickup in shares of beleaguered lender Deutsche Bank AG. Crude oil climbed before a meeting of major producers in Algiers, and the dollar strengthened. A gauge of European banks climbed for the first time in four days as Deutsche Bank agreed to sell its U.K. insurance unit and Chief Executive Officer John Cryan ruled out a capital increase. Oil stabilized around $45 a barrel before the gathering OPEC members to discuss ways to boost oil prices, including potential output constraints. A gauge of the dollar rose from a two-week low.

–Oil climbs after industry data shows U.S. inventory draw (Reuters)  Oil prices rose on Wednesday, after sharp losses in the previous session, as industry data showed a surprise draw in U.S. crude stocks, although worries over a lack of agreement among producers to curb output kept a lid on gains. Brent crude rose 28 cents to $46.25 a barrel by 0905 GMT after settling down $1.38 on Tuesday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 20 cents at $44.87 a barrel after closing $1.26 a barrel lower the previous day.

–German government prepare Deutsche Bank rescue plan: Die Zeit (Reuters) The German government and financial authorities are preparing a rescue plan for Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) in case the lender would be unable to raise capital itself to pay for costly litigation, German weekly Die Zeit reported. According to the draft plan, Deutsche Bank would be enabled to sell assets to other lenders at prices that would ease the strain on the lender and not put an additional burden on the bank, the paper said.

–Federal Liberals approve Petronas LNG project in B.C. — with numerous conditions (Financial Post) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has approved Petroliam Nasional Bhd’s $36 billion Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project on British Columbia’s Pacific coast. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc made the announcement near Vancouver late Tuesday. It was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first decision on a major energy project after a pro-environment campaign swept him to power last year.

–China’s economy less healthy in third quarter than data suggest-private survey (Reuters) China’s economy was less healthy in the third quarter than a recent spate of upbeat data suggest, with growth coming exclusively from manufacturing and property while the services and retail sectors faltered, a private survey showed. Manufacturing posted its fastest expansion nationally, with 53 percent of companies seeing revenue gains, up 3 percent from a year earlier, a quarterly survey of more than 3,100 firms by China Beige Book International (CBB) showed.

–BlackBerry Misses Sales Estimates; Stops Making Smartphones (Bloomberg) BlackBerry Ltd. reported fiscal second-quarter sales that missed analyst estimates and said it will stop making its iconic smartphones and focus on its software business. The shares rose in premarket trading in New York.                                                                                                                      

Overnight markets 

– Overview: US 10yr note futures are down -0.0594% at 131-15, S&P 500 futures are up 0.02% at 2153.25, Crude oil futures are up 0.6% at $44.94, Gold futures are down -0.14% at $1328.6, DXY is down -0.01% at 95.427.

US Economic Data 

-8:30 AM: Durables Goods Orders, Aug P, 0.0%, est. -1.5% (prior 4.4%, revised 3.6%)

Durables Ex Transportation, Aug P, -0.4%, est. -0.5% (prior 1.3%, revised 1.1%)

Cap Goods Orders Nondef Ex Air, Aug P, 0.6%, est. -0.1% (prior 1.5%, revised 0.8%)

Cap Goods Orders Ship Nondef Ex Air, Aug, -0.4%,  est. 0.1% (prior -0.5%, revised -0.7%)

Canadian Economic Data

-There is major economic data release for today

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Ivan Greenstein, Stephan Buu, David Leclair-Legault

Institutional Bond and Equity Desk
CTI Capital Valeurs Mobilières Inc.

Tel : (514)-861-0240
Fax: (514)-861-3230

Market Update

– US tsys opening higher, the 10Y yield lower for a sixth day 1.56% (-2.3bps) as early risk on tone in Asia quickly evaporated as European trading got underway.  European stocks lower led by financials & energy – Deutsche Bank down another 2.9% – the bank has denied asking the German govt for assistance. Commerzbank down 2.7% on reports the bank plans to eliminate 9,000 jobs and suspend dividends. Crude ~2.5% lower on doubts oil ministers will be able to agree to a freeze at the Algiers meeting. Core Euro bonds higher, curved flatter on lower stocks. In the US 5 & & yr note auctions today and Wed also supporting the flattenning trade.  In Canada, GOCs higher outperforming tsys out to 5yrs, with longs lagging 10s30s ~1.5bps steepr at 67.5. Provis  wider for a second day on risk off, Ont 26s 85.5/ after reaching new lows ~83.5 last Wed, rumouts of supply also weighing on the mkt.

News headlines                                                                                         

–European Stocks Drop, Oil Slides as Clinton Rally Is Short Lived (Bloomberg) European stocks fell for a third day as losses among carmakers, energy producers and banks damped a global rally fueled by Hillary Clinton’s performance in the first American presidential debate.

–Oil prices slip as hopes for a deal in Algiers fade (Reuters) Crude futures fell further on Tuesday as optimism faded for an output-limiting deal during an oil producer meeting in Algeria that so far has failed to yield any agreement to curb one of the worst supply gluts in history.

–France unlikely to achieve 2017 deficit target: fiscal watchdog (Reuters) France is unlikely to meet its 2017 budget deficit target, the country’s independent fiscal watchdog said on Tuesday, casting doubt on the government’s plan to cut the shortfall to less than 3 percent of output.

–Deutsche Bank Returns to Haunt Merkel in an Election Year (Bloomberg) In April 2008, as the global financial crisis was brewing, Angela Merkel hosted a 60th birthday reception in her Berlin chancellery for Deutsche Bank’s then-chief executive Josef Ackermann. Eight years later, her government is doing its best to keep Germany’s biggest bank at arm’s length.

–WTO cuts 2016 world trade growth forecast to 1.7 percent, cites wake-up call (Reuters) The World Trade Organization cut its forecast for global trade growth this year by more than a third on Tuesday, reflecting a slowdown in China and falling levels of imports into the United States.

–BOJ Nakaso: Structural reforms need to accompany ultra-easy policy (Reuters) The Bank of Japan has taken steps to push down real interest rates but structural reforms are also needed to boost the economy’s growth potential, the central bank’s deputy governor Hiroshi Nakaso said on Tuesday.

–Rogers, Shaw to shutter video streaming service Shomi in November after less than two years (FinancialPost) Shomi, a made-in-Canada answer to Netflix, is bowing out of the growing video streaming market. The less than two-year-old service, a joint venture between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., will shut down on Nov. 30, the two companies announced Monday.                                                                                                                   

Overnight markets

– Overview: US 10yr note futures are up 0.2261% at 131-20, S&P 500 futures are up 0.04% at 2140.5, Crude oil futures are down -2.59% at $44.74, Gold futures are down -0.63% at $1335.6, DXY is up 0.31% at 95.595.                                                                                

US Economic Data               

– 9:45 AM: Markit US Services PMI, Sep P, est. 51.2 (prior 51.0)

Markit US Composite PMI, Sep P, (prior 51.5)

– 10:00 AM: Consumer Confidence Index, Sep, est. 99.0 (prior 101.1)

Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index, Sep, est. -2 (prior -11)

Canadian Economic Data

-There is major economic data release for today

Disclosure and Disclaimer

The following sources of information have been, or may have been, used partially or in their entirety to compile the herein provided CTI Capital Securities Inc. (“CTI Capital”) ‘Morning Comments.’ CTI Capital believes these sources to be generally reliable, however, as said sources are varied and from third parties, CTI Capital cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of said information: Canadian Press (CP); Bloomberg News (BN); Wall Street Journal (WSJ); Stone & McCarthy Research Associates (SMRA); New York Times (NYT); Financial Times (FT); Market News International (MNI); Globe and Mail; Associated Press (AP); CNW Group (CNW); Reuters; Business News Network (BNN); Market Watch; and others.

Ivan Greenstein, Stephan Buu, David Leclair-Legault

Institutional Bond and Equity Desk
CTI Capital Valeurs Mobilières Inc.

Tel : (514)-861-0240
Fax: (514)-861-3230