Investing.com | Jan 06, 2021 12:19
The prospect of a blue wave in the aftermath of the two Senate runoffs in Georgia is driving NASDAQ futures significantly lower in trading on Wednesday. Traders are concerned that Democratic lawmakers in full control of Congress will wage an antitrust campaign against big tech. Futures on the Dow and S&P were mixed.
At the same time, contracts on the Russell 2000 have jumped as the cyclical rotation gathers pace.
Yields on the 10-Year Treasury note topped 1% for the first time since March and the dollar extended its sellfoff as markets priced in uncontested Democratic legislative rule. Bitcoin surpassed $35,000 for the first time.
Democrats have already unseated}} Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in one of the Georgia races, with Democrat Raphael Warnock becoming the deep South state's first Black senator. The second race, between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue, remains too close to call at time of writing, although pricing in a blue sweep in the Senate runoff, spurring the yield curve to steepen to multi-year highs as the fiscal conditions would be unsustainable.
Rates posted the second high required to establish an uptrend.
Concerns that additional stimulus would further dilute the value of the dollar pushed the greenback down for the third straight day.
The greenback is breaking the support of Monday’s long-legged hammer. If the 89.50 level doesn't hold, the USD is expected to extend its decline within its falling channel, after completing back-to-back continuation patterns.
Dollar and equity weakness propelled gold higher to a third consecutive daily rise.
The yellow metal extended the upside breakout of a falling channel since its first record in August 2011, after completing a H&S bottom followed by an immediate bullish pennant.
Bitcoin scored a new all-time high of $35,157.
However, the cryptocurrency gave it all back and edged lower from Tuesday’s close, keeping to the resistance fo Sunday’s shooting star.
Oil crossed the $50 milepost after Saudi Arabia {{news-2380569||surprised with a large reduction in the output for February and March, carrying a greater burden of OPEC+ cuts while other producers continue mostly as usual.
Crossing the $50 level for WTI has a psychological impact that could lead to further demand. The price posted a new high above the Dec. 18 high, with which it has struggled since, as attested by Monday’s shooting star.
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