DAX: Stocks Rebound After Big Sell-Off
After yesterday’s big sell-off, European equities have bounced back and US index futures point to a higher open on Wall Street.
After yesterday’s big sell-off, European equities have bounced back and US index futures point to a higher open on Wall Street.
A classic reaction in the markets to the outcome of the French elections. It was widely expected that pro-euro centrist Emmanuel Macron was going to become the new President of France and that he would beat the euro-sceptic Marine Le Pen by a wide margin. And so it proved.
European stock markets started this last day of the month and quarter sharply lower as concerns over Deutsche Bank intensified, which undermined sentiment in the financial sector once again.
ECB’s inaction clearly disappointed a few people as European stock indices dropped when the policy statement was released.
Bad news is good news for the markets that rely on central banks’ support. And so it proved again this morning’s as the latest European data disappointed expectations, yet the major stock indices rallied as if everything was just fine.
This week saw data from the UK surprise positively and the severally-oversold pound bounced back sharply, while the dollar fell across the board as the Fed watered down rate hike expectations in the minutes of the FOMC’s last meeting and after some weakness in US data was observed, causing the EUR/USD to climb to its best level since 24 June.
The euro remained below $1.32 on Tuesday morning as the European Central Bank’s (ECB) September policy meeting approached.