The Breakfast Briefing: Global Stocks Shrug Off Weak Chinese Data To Rise

Ted

FYI: Global stocks were mostly up Thursday as investors awaited the next moves in the Brexit process, though sluggish Chinese economic data weighed on sentiment.

The Stoxx Europe 600 edged up 0.4% in early morning trade. In Asia, Chinese stocks registered steep falls.

On Wall Street, futures pointed to flat openings for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

In currencies, the WSJ Dollar Index, which tracks the dollar against a basket of 16 currencies, was up 0.1%. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose slightly to 2.637% from 2.612% on Wednesday. Yields move inversely to prices.

In Asia, the weak Chinese numbers sent the Shanghai Composite down 1.2%. Stocks in Hong Kong and Japan were mostly flat.

In commodities, Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was up 0.6% while gold prices fell 0.5%.
Regards,
Ted
WSJ:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stocks-shrug-off-weak-chinese-data-to-rise-11552553292

Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-13/asia-stocks-to-rise-after-u-s-gains-pound-surges-markets-wrap

IBD:
https://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-today/dow-jones-futures-current-stock-market-rally-nasdaq-s-and-p-500-intel-stock-arista-mongodb/

CNBC:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/stock-market-dow-futures-in-focus-after-mixed-china-data.html

Europe:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-hit-five-month-high-after-no-deal-brexit-rejected-idUSKCN1QV10H

Asia:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/asian-markets-give-up-early-gains-on-weak-china-industrial-data-2019-03-13/print

Bonds:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/treasury-yields-move-higher-despite-weak-us-china-data.html

Currencies:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/forex-markets-dollar-moves-brexit-vote-in-focus.html

Oil:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/oil-markets-global-supply-in-focus.html

Gold:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/gold-markets-us-data-brexit-vote-dollar-moves-in-focus.html

Current Futures:
https://finviz.com/futures.ashx

Ted

CNBC Bond Market Update:

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Ted

@MFO Members: This morning at 4:16 AM as I do every day put together the Breakfast Briefing. The yields in Bonds from CNBC were from yesterday, 3/13/19, I simply updated the current yields at 8:10 AM.
Regards,
Ted