Daily Markets Broadcast 2019-06-25

Daily Markets Broadcast

2019-06-25

Wall Street hesitates as G-20 summit looms

Most US indices rose yesterday but volumes and movements were relatively small. Trump imposed more sanctions on Iran while second-tier US data was on the soft side.

US30USD Daily Chart

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• The US30 index closed higher yesterday but still below the highs of last week
• The index is in consolidation ahead of the 26,940 high struck back in October last year
• The Dallas Fed manufacturing business index slumped to -12.1 in June, weakest in three years. Today’s data slate includes US new home sales for May, which are seen falling 2.8% m/m.

DE30EUR Daily Chart

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• The Germany30 slid for a second consecutive session yesterday after mixed results on the IFO sentiment surveys for June
• The May high of 12,452 is currently capping prices, while the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement of the May-December drop last year is at 12,581
• Germany’s IFO expectations index, a more forward-looking index, fell to 94.2, missing estimates of a 94.5 print. Both business climate and current assessment indices came in above forecast. There are no major data points due today but we have speeches from ECB’s De Guindos and Coeure.

WTICOUSD Daily Chart

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• Crude oil prices extended gains yesterday as Trump imposed more sanctions on Iran
• WTI prices rose to the highest since May 30 with eyes on resistance at the convergence of the 100- and 200-day moving averages at $58.58 and $58.67, respectively
• Weekly crude oil stockpiles data to June 21 from the American Petroleum Institute are due today. Last week saw a drawdown of 812,000 barrels.

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