Investing.com | Oct 15, 2020 12:14
European shares and US contracts, including for the Dow, S&P, NASDAQ and Russell 2000 tumbled at the start of European trading on Thursday, as news of escalating COVID-19 cases on the Continent have triggered more stringent lockdowns across the EU, denting sentiment. On Wednesday evening France announced a new curfew in Paris and other major cities and speculation is mounting that the U.K. will introduce additional restrictions as well.
Treasuries jumped, reinvigorating the hopes of dollar bulls, though USD strength is pressuring Bitcoin and gold. Bank shares fell along with falling bond yields.
US futures gave up a slight rebound and fell after disappointing corporate results from Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) on Wednesday, failed to deliver a new headwind to replace fading hopes of a federal stimulus package. Unless earnings from Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW), both released today before the US market opens, reinvigorate investor sentiment, US equities are set for the third straight daily decline, the first time in over five weeks.
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index opened 0.25% lower. The slump extended from there,and has currently deepened to more than 2%. Should European stocks close at these levels, they will have dropped to a two-week low.
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The risk-off sent traders packing, to hide their capital in Treasuries, including the 10-year note, which sent yields lower.
While the 200 DMA proved a station for formidable Treasury demand, rates may find support with the rising 50 DMA, as the 100 rushes to aid the support of the bottom of a newly formed rising channel, since the August bottom.
Revived interest in Treasuries forced foreign investors to buy the dollar, pushing it back above the neckline of a bottom.
This move may embolden bulls to try once more to force the greenback out of its falling channel since the March high.
When it comes down to it, Treasuries are the ultimate haven asset, since that is what institutions use, while gold is relegated to retail traders. Therefore, despite the risk-off, gold is down due to dollar strength.
Technically, the yellow metal is retesting the bottom of a rising flag. An outside breakout will complete this pattern, presumed bullish, following the bearish symmetrical triangle that preceded it. However, both bearish patterns are enveloped by a much larger rising wedge. An outside breakout would signal a resumption of the underlying uptrend since the March low and a retest of gold’s all-time high.
Bitcoin, like gold, fell despite a certain expectation of its strengthening due to its haven status.
A technical explanation can be a resistance found by traders who remember the plunge that followed a small H&S top developed over August. Nevertheless, a drop should be considered a correction toward its uptrend line.
Oil dropped, even on shrinking stockpiles and Russian oil companies looking to extend production cuts into next year.
The decline, despite the positive reports, gives meaning to the confirmed resistance of a range which has a greater chance for a downside breakout following a bearish rising wedge.
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