Financial Markets Daily Report17 setembre 2021
Markets were mixed on Thursday. EM and U.S. stocks ended lower while European equities rebounded from a seven-week low, led by the travel and leisure sector.
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- Markets were mixed on Thursday. EM and U.S. stocks ended lower while European equities rebounded from a seven-week low, led by the travel and leisure sector.
- In fixed-income markets, the U.S. sovereign yield curve steepened after the release of solid retail sales figures (+0.7% mom in August, taking the index +17.7% above prepandemic levels). In the euro area, sovereign yields were little changed both in core and peripheral countries.
- In FX markets, the USD strengthened against the major AE and EM currencies. In commodity markets, the price of the barrel of Brent steadied below $76.
- Today there is a Triple witching hour in the U.S., an event that usually brings increased volume and volatility as stock market index futures, stock market index options and stock options expire simultaneously.