Market Commentary

KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here  to read the PDF-version of this report   Markets •          Returning after a long weekend due to the Labour Day holiday, US investors see the glass half empty rather than half full looking forward to key US eco Read more…

Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets •          European stocks opened in red, ended in green. German yields added some 3-4 bps, launching the 10-yr yield to the highest level since the August meltdown. And the Japanese Read more…

KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Monday, September 2, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here  to read the PDF-version of this report   Markets •             Trading slowed down to a trickle today in absence of US investors (Labour Day holiday) and amid an empty EMU eco calendar. A lot of ink has been Read more…

Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Monday, September 2, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets •          European inflation figures and US PCE, spending & income data basically played second fiddle on Friday, triggering barely more than some intraday volatility in yields. Technical elements were at Read more…

KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Friday, August 30, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here  to read the PDF-version of this report   Markets •             Easy base effects due a high monthly EMU CPI reading last year already foreshadowed a substantial cooling of EMU headline inflation this month. On top of that, German Read more…

Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Friday, August 30, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets •          Fixed income and FX markets yesterday had to cope with a divergent message from EMU and US data. German and Spanish August headline inflation slowed more than expected (German Read more…

KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Thursday, August 29, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here  to read the PDF-version of this report   Markets •          Spanish and German consumer prices rose less than expected in August. Spanish prices were flat in M/M terms with headline CPI falling more than forecast, from 2.9% to Read more…

Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Thursday, August 29, 2024 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets •          More technical, order driving trading for global markets yesterday. An almost empty eco calendar left investors counting down to upcoming data (EMU CPIs today and tomorrow, US PCE deflators Read more…

KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Wednesday, August 28, 2024 Daily Market Overview Click here  to read the PDF-version of this report   Markets •          Markets spent most of their time awaiting corporate (Nvidia results after-market) and economic (European inflation numbers from tomorrow on and US PCE deflators on Friday) events today. Core Read more…