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Morning Briefing May 18th 2015 Monday is another session light on European and UK data and the US calendar only offers second tier data - Eurex
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Morning Briefing
May 18th 2015
Monday is another session light on           The last US data release due            E0.1bln and France E2.8bln, leaving
European and UK data and the US              Monday is the May NAHB Index, due       net cash flow positiveto the tune of
calendar only offers second tier data.       at 1400GMT.                             E14.1bln versus E13.06bln last
                                                                                     week.
The European calendar gets                   Sovereign bond issuance in the
underway at 0600GMT, when                    Eurozone this week is seen picking      As far as T-bill supply in the
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank                 up pace and estimated to come in        Eurozone is concerned for this week,
President Charles Evans delivers a           around E18bln versus E14.16bln          supply is seen falling moderately and
speech at the Swedbank conference            sold last week.                         estimated at E15.5bln, compared to
in Stockholm.                                                                        E22.924bln issued last week, with
                                             Slovakia kicks off supply on Monday     Germany, Netherlands, France,
At 0715GMT, the Swiss March retail           with tap of the 3.375% 2024             Spain, the ESM, Portugal and Ireland
sales data will be released.                 SLOVGB223 and1.50% 2018                 scheduled to come to the market.
                                             SLOVGB226. Ardal, the Slovakian
The Bundesbank May Monthly report            debt and liquidity management           Germany is first to the market on
is due for publication at 1000GMT.           agency has estimated the supposed       Monday with new 12-month May 18,
                                             transaction value at E100mln each       2016 Bubillfor E1.5bln.
Across the Atlantic, the May NY Fed          issue.
Business Leaders Survey will be                                                      The Netherlands tap 3-month Jul,
published at1230GMT.                         Also on Monday, Belgium taps            2015 DTC for E1-E2bln and issue
                                             4.25% Sep 2021 OLO61, 10-year           new 6-month Oct30, 2015 DTC for
Back in Europe, the ECB will call for        benchmark 0.80% June2025 OLO74          E1-E2bln.
bids on Tuesday's 7-day Main Repo            and 15-year benchmark 5.50% Mar
Operation at 1335GMT, followed by            2028 OLO31 for between E2bln-           In the afternoon France tap 3-month
announcing the latest QE bond                E2.8blnindicative size                  Aug 12 2015 BTF for E2.6-E3.0bln,
buying details at 1345GMT.                                                           6-monthOct 28 2015 BTF for E1.2-
                                             In terms of reinvestment flows, there   E1.6bln and 12-month Apr 27, 2016
                                             are no redemption payments, with        BTF for E1.0-E1.4bln.
                                             coupon payments from Austria

Global Economic Trading Calendar
Morning Briefing May 18th 2015 Monday is another session light on European and UK data and the US calendar only offers second tier data - Eurex
Markets
FOREX: The US dollar marked              S&P 500 up 2 pts at 2,122.73. This is    JAPAN STOCKS: Japanese stocks
decent gains in early trade this         a new record high close for the S&P.     have posted modest gains during
morning, after reported comments         The index today saw an intraday          Monday's morning session supported
from a RBA official weighed on the       high of 2,123.89 and came within         by yen weakness. Also aiding the
aussie while the yen also slipped on     striking distance of the record          market has been share buybacks
flows mostly related to the Tokyo fix    intraday high of 2,125.92, seen April    from Mitsubishi UFJ and Dai-chi life.
this morning. Aussie-dollar was last     27. At the close, the S&P 500 was up     The Nikkei has closed for lunch up
at $0.8007, near the low end of a        3.1% ytd. On April 27, the Nasdaq        0.43% or 84.20 points at 19,817.12,
$0.8004 to $0.8054 range for the         posted a new 15-year-plus high of        while the Topix is up 0.68% or 10.91
day. The aussie fell after comments      5,119.828, which was very close to       points at 1,618.02.
from the RBA's Lowe during a Q&A         the life-time high of 5,132.520, seen
session. Dollar-yen meanwhile was        March 10, 2000. The DJIA posted a
last at Y119.71, near the top of a       new life-time high of 18,288.63 on       *PRECIOUS METALS: Just over an
Y119.24 to Y119.71 range. Euro-          March 2. In overseas markets, the        hour after Shanghai open to
dollar was last at $1.1428, after a      German DAX closed down 0.98% at          commence the week in the Far East
relatively narrow $1.1419 to $1.1451     11,447.03, after trading in a            and the metals have seen steady
range this morning, and mainly           11,383.23 to 11,632.36 range. At         offering throughout much of the
taking cues from other major FX          Friday's close, the DAX was down         session - from the CME & TOCOM
pairs today.                             7.6% from the record high of             opens through to the present
                                         12,390.75, posted April 10, and up       moment. There was a stop loss spike
US INDEX FUTURES: US stock               16.7% ytd.                               in silver through $17.60 (SIN5) which
index futures are trading lower during                                            took the metal to a high of $17.76
Monday's Asian session, with             US TSYS: Cash treasuries have            (SIN5) before it immediately
regional markets providing little        seen reported real-money buying in       reversed.
impetus. Currently, the June e-mini      5's and 30's at the session lows, with
S&P futures are trading down 3.00        the market firming, seeing 10yr          OIL: WTI crude oil futures for Jul'15
points at 2,116.00, the June e-mini      yields back below the 2.15% level.       delivery last up $0.04 at $60.58 per
Nasdaq futures are trading down          Volumes remain light with around         barrel, after a $60.55 to $60.78
6.25 points at 4482.15, while the        ~1.8bln trading, while futures are       range in Asia today, on little volume
June e-mini Dow futures are trading      down 1.5-ticks on reasonable             with much of the Asian markets
down 17 points at 18,212.                volumes of around ~32                    having a quiet day. Some signs over
                                                                                  the weekend that the cutbacks to US
US STOCKS CLOSE: US stocks                                                        oil rigs is slowing has rallies being
saw subdued trading action Friday.                                                sold into, but as yet the $60 mark
The DJIA closed up 20 pts at                                                      seems to be a magnet and traders
18,272.56, the Nasdaq Composite                                                   will be looking towards the DOE
down 3 pts at 5,048.292 and the                                                   inventory data again as a guide for
                                                                                  future direction..
Morning Briefing May 18th 2015 Monday is another session light on European and UK data and the US calendar only offers second tier data - Eurex
Technical Analysis
BUND: (M15) O/S Daily Studies Correcting

                                           *RES 4: 156.42 Low Apr 30 now resistance
                                           *RES 3: 155.46 Low May 4 now resistance
                                           *RES 2: 155.03 High May 11
                                           *RES 1: 154.16 High May 13

                                           *PREVIOUS CLOSE: 153.57

                                           *SUP 1: 153.01 Low May 15
                                           *SUP 2: 151.97 Low May 13
                                           *SUP 3: 151.44 2015 Low May 7
                                           *SUP 4: 151.01 Low Dec 4

                                           *COMMENTARY: The recovery from last week’s low is
                                           providing bulls with some comfort when combined with the
                                           failure to retest recent 2015 lows combined with correcting
                                           O/S daily studies. Bulls continue to look for a close above
                                           initial resistance at 154.16 to confirm an easing of bearish
                                           pressure whereas a close above 155.03 is needed to shift
                                           focus back to 156.42-157.63 where key DMAs are located.
                                           Bears now need a close below 153.01 to reconfirm bearish
                                           focus on 151.01-97.
EUROSTOXX: Pulls Back From 21-DMA

                                           *RES 4: 3775.1 Bollinger band top
                                           *RES 3: 3706.7 Falling daily trend line
                                           *RES 2: 3669.9 55-DMA
                                           *RES 1: 3640.6 21-DMA

                                           *PREVIOUS CLOSE: 3573.1

                                           *SUP 1: 3510.0 100-DMA
                                           *SUP 2: 3508.4 21-WMA
                                           *SUP 3: 3506.1 Bollinger band base
                                           *SUP 4: 3439.2 Low Feb 19

                                           *COMMENTARY: Bulls were unable to capitalise on the 2nd
                                           bounce this month from around the 100-DMA with the 21-
                                           WMA and Bollinger band base also clustered tightly around
                                           this level. The pullback from ahead of the 21-DMA Friday
                                           ensures pressure remains on the 3506.1-3510.0 region with
                                           bears looking for a close below the 21-WMA and 100-DMA
                                           to confirm a shift in overall focus to 3316.3-3321.6 where the
                                           200-DMA is located.
Morning Briefing May 18th 2015 Monday is another session light on European and UK data and the US calendar only offers second tier data - Eurex
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Morning Briefing May 18th 2015 Monday is another session light on European and UK data and the US calendar only offers second tier data - Eurex
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