Market. Feeling some tailwinds out of we did not go into this week with a worstcase scenario. The u. S. Government will remain open. We did avert a shut down. Getting initial reaction. Nasdaq futures pushing close to 1 higher. Rishaad dell futures are down. Yvonne there was no a whole lot of banks leading up to it. The market recruit reprieve may not last too long. Youre still talking about higher rates. Rishaad we had first threemonth quarterly loss for the s and p. You have a lot to be playing. We have the 10 year auction coming up in 10 days time. There is a feeling you could see yields going up. Also got a lot of movement for the yuan. Offshore. While the cat as a way the mice can play. No cny to act. A lot of dollar swings. Yvonne the longest break of the year. Rishaad it is a dollar story anyway. Yvonne you take a look at where people are positioning, are things looking when it comes to hedge funds . David we did see that longs pickup second or straight week on the greenback. The
The nikkei was down by almost 600 points. Thats a decline of 3. 5 . Among some of the things that were cited was a weak Business Sentiment result from a survey from the bank of japan. Traders also citing weak earnings expectations in the United States. Again, 3. 5 decline. Its not our fault. Its japan. I think thats a little separate from what we see here. Call someone, what do you think . They just come up with that. They didnt hear it from a single trader, im sure. Oh, how about this . Well, you saw whats happening in europe. Theres a selloff under way there too. Some of the indices down by over 1. 5 . Again, whats happening here in the United States pales in comparison to all this. We only saw things down by 40 points here this morning so far. Lets give you a little wrapup on whats happening in the First Quarter. It is now officially in the books. It actually was a pretty stunning turnaround for stocks. The last time the dow had a gain like this in a single quarter was more than 82
Bank of Japan Tankan Survey Shows Mixed Results Amid Rate-Hike Speculation. By Hardika Singh The Bank of Japan Tankan survey of manufacturers showed mixed results amid speculation about the.
Activity in global financial markets remain generally subdued due to the extended Easter holiday in many regions. Nevertheless, Japan's markets kicked off the new fiscal year on a tumultuous note, with Nikkei index having a sharp sell-off. Analysts have largely dismissed the latest quarterly Tankan survey as the catalyst for this downturn. Instead, the sell-off could be attributed to institutional investors engaging in profit-booking activities typical of the financial year's commencement. Meanwhile, Yen remained relatively stable, showing little reaction and maintaining a very tight range amid the market activity.