U.S. and European equity futures climbed along with Asian shares as investors took some comfort from further stimulus bill negotiations and the impending deployment of the first vaccine in the U.S. The pound advanced after Brexit talks were extended past a Sunday deadline.
S&P 500 futures gained about 0.5%, with the first deliveries of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE vaccine in the U.S. due to arrive Monday morning. Meantime, a bipartisan group of lawmakers will unveil a $908 billion pandemic relief bill the same day, although there is “no guarantee” Congress will pass it, a key negotiator said. The dollar dipped and Treasury yields were steady.
Sterling pared some early gains but remained firmer against the dollar. The U.K. and European Union said they will continue talking about a trade agreement, raising hopes of a deal. In Asia, improving business confidence helped Japanese stocks rally to a more than two-year high earlier Monday. Elsewhere, the offshore yuan outperformed.
Nikkei +0.30% Hang Seng -0.56% CSI +0.80% Shanghai +0.56% Shenzen +0.90%
Eur$ 1.2143 CNH 6.5229 CNY 6.5389 JPY 104.01 GBP 1.3328 CHF 0.8886 RUB 73.0089 TRY7.8690 WTI$ 46.88 +0.67%
S&P +0.45% Nasdaq +0.26% EuroStoxx +0.63% FTSE +0.05% Dax +0.60% SMI +0.35%
Macro :
- Germany to Enter Hard Lockdown on Wednesday as Infections Swell
- Gundlach’s DoubleLine Capital to Start Multi-Asset Trend Fund
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