U.S. and European stock futures were little changed ahead of Friday’s American employment report and remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Treasuries saw modest declines after yesterday’s sharp sell-off.
Asian stocks saw modest gains Friday, with the MSCI Asia Pacific Index headed for its biggest weekly advance since June. Equities have been boosted by optimism about U.S.-China trade talks and receding tail risks from everything from a hard Brexit and a crackdown in Hong Kong to an American recession. Treasury yields ticker higher following a jump Thursday spurred by strong private payrolls data, better-than-expected service-sector data and a deluge of corporate-bond sales.
Macro :
- Ray Dalio Sees 25% Chance of Recession This Year and in 2020
Keep an eye on :
- ABN NA : ABN Amro, Trade Unions Agree New Labor Pact for 2020, 2021
- ADS GY : Lululemon Jumps After Boost in Outlook, Defying Apparel Weakness
- AIR FP : Airbus Wins Net Orders for 95 Aircraft in Jan.-Aug.
- AKA FP : Akka Technologies Affirms Guidance After “False Rumours”
- APR FP : April Names Eric Maumy CEO as Morandini Departs
- ATC NA : Altice (US) Hits 2017 High on ‘Aggressive’ Mobile Price: Wells Fargo
- AXTA US : Axalta Gains on Report It May Receive at Least 5 Bids
- BRIG SS : Brighter Launches SK35.4M Share Issue to Partly Repay Loans
- COFB BB : Cofinimmo Makes Purchase in Spain, to Spend EU45m on Projects
- DBK GY : Deutsche Bank Cutting Dozens of Jobs in Fixed-Income Trading
- EDP PL : EDP Draws Up Shortlist for Hydro Assets: Reuters
- ENEL IM : Enel to Replicate Sustainability-Linked Bond in Europe: CEO
- ENI IM : Var Energi Agrees to Buy Exxon Mobil’s Norwegian Assets: DN
- KPN NA : KPN Hires Proximus’s Leroy as CEO to Replace Ibarra
- LHN SW : *GBL OFFERS EU750M BONDS EXCHANGEABLE INTO LAFARGEHOLCIM SHARES
- RSW LN : Renishaw May Close Staffordshire Site End 2019
- RWE GY : German Draft Bill Sees 5GW of Hard Coal to Shut by 2022: SZ
- SUB NO : Subsea 7 Awarded Contracts Offshore Saudi Arabia Worth $50-150M
- TEF SM : Telefonica Weighs Selling Ecuador Unit: El Economista
- TEL NO : *AXIATA, TELENOR END TALKS TO MERGE ASSETS IN ASIA
- TKA GY : Thyssenkrupp Elevators to Be ‘Perfect Match’, Kone CEO Tells RP
- VIE FP : Veolia Places EU700m of Oceanes, Repurchases Oceanes Due Mar ’21