US Equities Closed As NY Braces For Hurricane Sandy
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October 29, 2012 09:01 ET
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UK mortgage approvals and net consumer credit higher; Spanish retail
sales sharply lower; Italian auction. Markets await German CPI; US
income and spending rose from prev month. PLEASE NOTE that until the
next week, the time difference between London and NY narrowed to 4 hours
from the usual 5 hours. US equity markets closed. USDJPY shorts in
latest Premium Insights nearing the final target. EURUSD, EURJPY, cable,
gold, silver and EURGBP in progress. More below.
The greenback
is mixed in the ongoing session. It is stronger against EUR, GBP and
CHF, weaker against JPY and unchanged against the rest of the majors.
European equities are losing nearly 1% and the relative strength winner
is JPY while GBP lags.
GBP is losing across the board despite UK
mortgage approvals that rose 50K in September after rising 48K the prior
month. Furthermore, net consumer credit rose to GBP 1.2 bln from
previous -0.1 bln which is the highest level since 2008. GBPUSD trades
near session lows around 1.6060 while EURGBP recovered to 0.8035 after
falling to 0.8022.
EURUSD declined to 1.2886 after Spanish retail
sales dropped more than analysts anticipated. On annual basis sales
fell 10.9% in September after falling only 2.1% in August. A VAT hike is
blamed for the decline. EURUSD trades around 1.2910.
Italy
reached a full take up as it sold EUR 8 bln of 6 month BOT. The average
yield was lower at 1.347% from 1.5% while cover rose to 1.52 from 1.39.
US
core PCE that is expected to inch higher to 1.7% in September from 1.6%
y/y. Sep Personal income rose 0.4% as expected from 0.1% and personal
spending rose 0.8% vs expected 0.6% from previous 0.5%. Coe PCE price
index edged up 1.7% from 1.6%.
PLEASE NOTE that until the next week, the time difference between London and NY narrowed to 4 hours from the usual 5 hours.
NYSE
and Nasdaq will be closed today as the hurricane Sandy approaches New
York. Confirmations whether these markets will be closed on Tuesday as
well are pending. SIFMA is also recommending that US fixed income
markets close at noon.
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