The S&P 500 was looking good early, at least it was in the black, before the news of the shooting in the Canadian capital of Ottawa sapped whatever positive sentiment was filtering through markets.
It put US stocks under pressure leaving them unable to stretch the recovery from last week’s lows beyond four days.
However Nymex crude’s 2.46% fall to $80.46 and Boeing’s weakness suggests that the impact of the shooting was really at the margin. Traders just couldn’t find fresh catalysts to buy.
$77.23 looms as solid support – a fall would be catastrophic for the price but great for the global economy.
So at the close, the Dow was down 154 points or 0.93% to 16,461, the Nasdaq fell 0.83% and the S&P 500 dipped 14 points to 1,927 for a loss of 0.74%.
On the data front, the CPI in the US was a little bit firmer than expected – up 0.1% to 1.7% year-on-year – but this is still very low and suggests the Fed has plenty of time before embarking on tightening once QE ends.
In Europe, traders exited play when the US market was still in the black, so it was a far better day for the region than what occurred in the US. The FTSE rose 0.43% to 6,400, the DAX was 0.6% higher to 8,940 and the CAC was up 24 points to 4,105 for a gain of 0.58%. Stocks in Milan and Madrid were up 1.09% and 0.96% respectively.
Locally, the SPI 200 December contract fell 35 points overnight to 5,342, suggesting a weaker start to trade today.
In Asia, the Nikkei’s volatility continued with another 2% plus move – the third in a row. The Nikkei rose 2.65% to 15,196 with the Yen back above 107 and following on from the solid lead in US stocks the previous night. The Hang Seng was up 1.37%. In Shanghai however, stocks dipped 0.54% to 2,327 and traders will be eyeing the preliminary measure of the October HSBC PMI which is due to be released at 12.45 AEDT today.
On Currency markets the US dollar has a little of its mojo back with the euro down at 1.2641, sterling at 1.6045 and the USDJPY at 107.18. The Aussie dollar is also off the highs for the night at 0.8815 and sits at 0.8777 this morning but it has outperformed the other major currencies.
The Chinese data today surely must be the catalyst for a break of this wedge in the AUDUSD – but which way?
On Commodities, there might be some good news for Australia’s listed coal miners today with Newcastle Coal rallying 1.86%. Iron ore was off 88 cents a tonne to $79.50 and Nymex crude down 2.55%. Gold dipped 0.8% to $1,241, silver lost 2.28% and copper dipped 0.43% to $3.01 a pound. On the Ags, wheat stayed strong after the previous day’s rally, up another 0.62% but corn fell 0.84% and soybeans gave back 1.6%.
On the data front today, the NAB’s quarterly business survey – the one with a larger number of respondents – is out but all eyes will be on the Chinese HSBC manufacturing PMI. Tonight there is a raft of preliminary manufacturing PMIs around the globe and retail sales in the UK are important. Also out are jobless claims in the US, which have been reflective of an improving economy lately.
Greg McKenna
NB: Please note all references to rates above are approximate
To learn more about Greg McKenna, read on here
It put US stocks under pressure leaving them unable to stretch the recovery from last week’s lows beyond four days.
However Nymex crude’s 2.46% fall to $80.46 and Boeing’s weakness suggests that the impact of the shooting was really at the margin. Traders just couldn’t find fresh catalysts to buy.
$77.23 looms as solid support – a fall would be catastrophic for the price but great for the global economy.
So at the close, the Dow was down 154 points or 0.93% to 16,461, the Nasdaq fell 0.83% and the S&P 500 dipped 14 points to 1,927 for a loss of 0.74%.
On the data front, the CPI in the US was a little bit firmer than expected – up 0.1% to 1.7% year-on-year – but this is still very low and suggests the Fed has plenty of time before embarking on tightening once QE ends.
In Europe, traders exited play when the US market was still in the black, so it was a far better day for the region than what occurred in the US. The FTSE rose 0.43% to 6,400, the DAX was 0.6% higher to 8,940 and the CAC was up 24 points to 4,105 for a gain of 0.58%. Stocks in Milan and Madrid were up 1.09% and 0.96% respectively.
Locally, the SPI 200 December contract fell 35 points overnight to 5,342, suggesting a weaker start to trade today.
In Asia, the Nikkei’s volatility continued with another 2% plus move – the third in a row. The Nikkei rose 2.65% to 15,196 with the Yen back above 107 and following on from the solid lead in US stocks the previous night. The Hang Seng was up 1.37%. In Shanghai however, stocks dipped 0.54% to 2,327 and traders will be eyeing the preliminary measure of the October HSBC PMI which is due to be released at 12.45 AEDT today.
On Currency markets the US dollar has a little of its mojo back with the euro down at 1.2641, sterling at 1.6045 and the USDJPY at 107.18. The Aussie dollar is also off the highs for the night at 0.8815 and sits at 0.8777 this morning but it has outperformed the other major currencies.
The Chinese data today surely must be the catalyst for a break of this wedge in the AUDUSD – but which way?
On Commodities, there might be some good news for Australia’s listed coal miners today with Newcastle Coal rallying 1.86%. Iron ore was off 88 cents a tonne to $79.50 and Nymex crude down 2.55%. Gold dipped 0.8% to $1,241, silver lost 2.28% and copper dipped 0.43% to $3.01 a pound. On the Ags, wheat stayed strong after the previous day’s rally, up another 0.62% but corn fell 0.84% and soybeans gave back 1.6%.
On the data front today, the NAB’s quarterly business survey – the one with a larger number of respondents – is out but all eyes will be on the Chinese HSBC manufacturing PMI. Tonight there is a raft of preliminary manufacturing PMIs around the globe and retail sales in the UK are important. Also out are jobless claims in the US, which have been reflective of an improving economy lately.
Greg McKenna
NB: Please note all references to rates above are approximate
To learn more about Greg McKenna, read on here
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