Ireland Set To Sell Bills In Return For Markets Since Entering Bailout ConditionsEconomic Data
(EU) ECB: €303M borrowed in overnight loan facility (lowest level since late April) vs. €706M prior; €802B parked in deposit facility vs. €772.9B prior
(HU) Hungary Apr Final Trade Balance: €379.4M v €396.3M prior
(ES) Spain Jun Net Unemployment M/M: -98.9K v -51.6Ke
(TR) Turkey Jun Consumer Prices M/M: -0.9% v -0.4%e; Y/Y: 8.9% v 9.5%e; CPI Core Y/Y: 7.4% v 7.7%prior
(TR) Turkey Jun Producer Prices M/M: -1.5% v +0.5% prior; Y/Y: 6.4% v 8.1% prior
(BR) Brazil Jun FIPE CPI: 0.2% v 0.2%e
(UK) Jun PMI Construction: 48.2 v 52.9e
(UK) May Net Consumer Credit: £0.7B v £0.2Be; Net Lending: £0.6B v £0.9Be
(UK) May Mortgage Approvals: 51.1K v 50.0Ke
(UK) May M4 Money Supply M/M: -0.1% v 0.9% prior; Y/Y: -4.1% v -4.0% prior; M4 Ex IOFCs 3M Annualized: 3.6% v 2.8% prior
(HK) Hong Kong May Retail Sales Value Y/Y: 8.8% v 9.4%e; Retail Sales Volume Y/Y: 5.8% v 6.0%e
(DE) German June New car registrations +3% y/y; YTD New Car Registrations +1% y/y - VDIK
(DE) German May Machines order y/y: -6% v -11% prior - VDMA
(EU) Eurozone PPI M/M: -0.5% v -0.3%e; Y/Y: 2.3% v 2.5%e
(ZA) South Africa Jun Naamsa Vehicle Sales Y/Y: 15.6% v 20.7% prior
Fixed Income
(DK) Denmark sold total DKK5.42B in 2014 and 2023 Bonds
(ZA) South Africa sold total ZAR2.1B vs. ZAR2.1B indicated in 2023, 2026 and 2048 Bonds
(EU) ECB allotted $4.3B in 7-day USD Liquidity Operation at fixed 0.68% vs. $2.6B prior
(CH) Switzerland sold 3-Month Bills; Avg Yield -0.841%
(EU) ECB allotted €163.6B in 7-Day Main Refi Tender vs. €175Be
(NL)) Netherlands Debt Agency (DSTA) sold at least €4.0B vs. €4.0B in 1.25% Jan 2018 DSL Bond; Guidance revised to 60-61 bps over German Jan 2018 Bund; Order book over €13.5B
(HU) Hungary Debt Agency (AKK) sold HUF45B in 3-Month Bills; Avg Yield 7.11% v 7.10% prior; Bid-to-cover: 1.78x v 2.41x prior
(UK) DMO sold £1.75B in 4.75% Dec 2030 Gilts; Avg Yield 2.586% v 3.426% prior; Bid-to-cover: 2.06x v 1.88x prior; Tail 0.2bps
(BE) Belgium Debt Agency sold €3.08B vs. €3.0-3.5B indicted range in 3-month and 6-month Bills
Sold €1.304B in 3-month Bills; Avg yield 0.211% v 0.196% prior; Bid-to-cover: 3.72x v 3.26x prior
Sold €1.780B in 6-month Bills; Avg yield 0.226% v 0.266% prior; Bid-to-cover: 2.25x v 2.05x prior
Notes/Observations
Markets believe central banks will provide policy stimulus as result of the downturn in activity
RBA holds Cash Target Rate at 3.50%
Barclays CEO Bob Diamond resigns effective immediately
UK PMI Construction moves into contraction territory
Ireland to sell bills; first return to the markets since late 2010
US equity and bond markets to close early on Tuesday and be off for Holiday on Wed, July 4th
Equities
FTSE 100 +0.3% at 5654, DAX +0.7% at 6537, CAC-40 +0.1% at 3244, IBEX-35 +0.2% at 7,139, FTSE MIB +0.5% at 14,388, SMI +0.5% at 6139, S&P 500 Futures at 1357
European stocks were marginally higher in the session as investors hoped that central banks would take steps to further stimulate economic growth. Eyeing potential PBoC RRR cut, more QE from the UK and a maihn refi cut by the ECB helped to undermine risk appetite.
Barclays [BARC.UK] Announces that CEO Bob Diamond resigned, effective immediately. To consider both internal and external candidates for its next CEO. The resignation was due to external pressures which risked damaging the Barclays franchise
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Vivendi [VIV.FR] financial press reported that Universal Music faced delay by EU Commission on bid for EMI. EU Commission argued that Universal currently takes in materially higher prices from digital distributors than its competitors, and that acquiring EMI would allow it to increase prices.
Bonduelle [BON.FR] set up €300M revolving credit line
Addex Pharmaceuticals [ADXN.CH] appointed Dr. Graham Dixon as Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Research
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Deutsche Telekom [DTE.DE] Exec: Cooperation with Google regarding phone operating system is possible
E.On [EOAN.DE] reached settlement for long-term gas contracts with Russia's Gazprom. Eoan also rtaised its 2012 group outlook as a result with EBITDA seen between €10.4-11.0B
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ThromboGenics [THR.BE] received FDA acceptance for its Biologics license for Ocirplasmin.
Konecranes [KCR1V.FI] Awarded order in China; financial terms not disclosed.