>>> What to look at today - 16th of February 2021

A global equity rally marched on Tuesday and bonds fell further amid hopes a widening Covid-19 vaccine rollout will help boost the global recovery. Oil held an overnight gain as a U.S. cold snap roiled energy markets.
S&P 500 futures and Asian stocks pushed higher, though the move was pared after a Financial Times report that China is considering limiting rare earth mineral supplies to U.S. defense contractors. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Averagetrimmed an advance of more than 2%, though remained above 30,000, leading gains in Asia with Hong Kong. U.S. markets were closed for Presidents’ Day on Monday and Chinese markets remained shut for the Lunar New Year holiday. The dollar fluctuated.
Ten-year Treasury yields jumped to almost 1.25%, the highest in almost a year, amid this week’s global debt selloff. In the U.S., an Arctic blast threatened to disrupt energy supplies, with crude oil trading around a 13-month high. Elsewhere, Bitcoin reached another record high, coming close to $50,000. Copper climbed to the highest in eight years.

Nikkei +1.28% Hang Seng +1.80% CSI Closed Shanghai Closed Shenzen Closed

Eur$ 1.2139 CNH 6.4120 CNY 6.4582 JPY 105.52 GBP 1.3926 CHF 0.8891 RUB 73.2901 TRY 6.9251 WTI$ 60.22 +1.26% GOLD 1823.34 +0.24% BTC $ 48,966

S&P +0.56% Nasdaq +0.55% EuroStoxx +0.08% FTSE +0.42% Dax +0.06% SMI +0.03%

Macro :
- U.K.’s Johnson Wants Current National Lockdown to ‘Be the Last’
- Europe Auto Sales Resume Steep Decline in January After Reprieve

Keep an eye on :
- AMBEA SS : Ambea 4Q Operating Profit Beats Estimates
- AZN LN : AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine Cleared for Emergency Use by WHO
- BSLN SW : Basilea 2021 Revenue Forecast Misses Estimates
- CARLB DC : Carlsberg Chairman Besenbacher to Step Back From Top Job in 2023
- ALCLS FP : Cytovia, Cellectis Announce Natural Killer Cells Collaboration
- Deliveroo IPO : Deliveroo to Kick Off London Listing in March, Sky News Says
- DNLM LN : Dunelm Holder William Lester Adderley Offers 15m Shares
- DSM NA : DSM 4Q Adjusted Ebitda Beats Estimates
- ERICB SS : Ericsson CEO Says Europe Has Non-Functioning Telecoms Market:FT
- EXS SS : Exsitec Holding Holder Standout Capital Holding Offers Shares, Offering by Holder Prices at SEK112/Share
- FINGB SS : Fingerprint Cards 4Q Oper Loss SEK326.8M Vs. Loss SEK15.3M Y/y
- FRA GY : Fraport Venture Gets Two-Year Extension of Antalya Concession
- LHA GY : Lufthansa Talking with Airbus, Boeing on Move to Smaller Jets
- MRN FP : Mersen Acquires Remainder of Fusetech Capital
- ML FP : Michelin FY Total Segment Operating Income Beats Estimates, Expects Rebound to Pre-Pandemic Level in 2022
- NRS NO : Norway Royal Salmon 4Q Operating Ebit Misses Estimates
- SGO FP : Saint-Gobain Sells Distribution Businesses in Spain and Italy
- FTI FP : TechnipFMC Set to Complete Energies Unit Spinoff Tuesday
- NDX1 GY : Nordex Gets 33MW Order for Netherlands Wind Farm; No Terms
- SZG GY ; Thyssenkrupp, Salzgitter Face Weather-Linked Disruptions: Platts
- SAN FP : Bristol-Myers, Sanofi Ordered to Pay $834 Million Over Plavix
- STMN SW : Straumann FY Ebit Beats Estimates
- SRCG SW : Sunrise Reports Y/Y Adj. Ebitda Growth of 2.2%
- SWEDA SS : Swedbank Chairman Doesn’t Rule Out Process on Damages Claim: DI
- TKA GY : Thyssenkrupp, Salzgitter Face Weather-Linked Disruptions: Platts
- VCT FP : Vicat FY Ebitda Beats Estimates
- WIHL SS : Wihlborgs FY Rental Income Misses Estimates
- ZAPME NO : Zaptec/Norway Holder Valinor Management Offers 7.4m Shares