U.S. Opening Bell: Futures Waver Despite Global Uptrend; Oil, Dollar Advance
Investing.com | Jun 02, 2021 11:58
- Asian, European stocks climb on economic optimism
- Dollar at two-week high
- Oil climbs on OPEC+ bullish forecast h2 Key Events/h2
- Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic and Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan are all speaking today.
- On Friday, US nonfarm payrolls are released.
- The STOXX 600 rose 0.3%
- Futures on the S&P 500 were little changed
- Futures on the NASDAQ 100 were little changed
- Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed
- The MSCI Asia Pacific Index was little changed
- The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 0.4%
- The euro was little changed at $1.2206
- The Japanese yen fell 0.2% to 109.75 per dollar
- The offshore yuan fell 0.1% to 6.3896 per dollar
- The British pound was little changed at $1.4141
- The yield on 10-year Treasuries was little changed at 1.60%
- Germany’s 10-year yield declined one basis point to -0.19%
- Britain’s 10-year yield declined one basis point to 0.82%
- Brent crude rose 0.7% to $71 a barrel
- Spot gold was little changed
Futures on the Dow, S&P, NASDAQ and Russell 2000 are trading in holding pattern ahead of the US market open on Wednesday, amid persistent conflict between recovery optimism and inflation pessimism.
The reflation trade held its own, as contracts on the Russell 2000 were slightly up, while NASDAQ futures were 0.14% in negative territory as of the time of writing.
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Rising commodities and oil prices led the STOXX 600 Index up almost 0.4% at the open, but the pan-European gauge has given up on those gains and is now fluctuating between breaking even and a slight gain.
If the index remains at the same level until closing, it will have created a shooting star, confirming the resistance of Tuesday’s long upper shadow. A retreat will push the benchmark back into a broadening channel, potentially, a top.
Stocks in Asia neared a three-month high. Market narrative says that traders are cheering the expanding US manufacturing PMI. This is ironic as US stocks fell on this positive economic data, fearing it will allow the Federal Reserve to reduce its so far unquestionable economic support.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan climbed 0.1%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 outperformed, advancing with the hospitality sector as the rate of vaccination increased, bringing Japan closer to an economic reopening. Perhaps the same optimism for the US and European economies increased demand for cars, pushing carmakers to new highs.
After fluctuating between gains and losses, the S&P 500 Index closed slightly in the red yesterday. This conflicting moves were due to the interpretation of manufacturing data that topped estimates.
While it may sound counterintuitive, there has been a trend of stocks falling on improving data. Traders increased risk on poor economic data which would mean the Federal Reserve would continue to support the economy.
Also, although orders are increasing, factories are having trouble meeting this rising demand, due to supply shortages and labour constraints. The increase in new orders was espousing a wait-and-hold approach. After the bloodbath in cryptos saw BTC reach our target, we changed to a bullish call.
Last week we were concerned that a bearish wedge (dotted line) might bring the crypto to retest our line in the sand—the $29,000 level—but the trading pattern might evolve into a small H&S bottom.
Oil climbed for the third straight day, extending the highest close since October 2018, after OPEC+ predicted rising demand, while prospects for Iranian oil is waning.
Crude trading has completed a bullish triangle, and we think it may move higher still.
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