The Premarket Movers & News by Newsquawk

A lacklustre start of the week for European equities [Eurostoxx 50 -0.4%] as the region failed to sustain the momentum seen in Asia Dollar continues on a firmer footing as JPY and AUD underperform, while GBP still suffers from Brexit fatigue Looking ahead, highlights include US Building Permit

Asian equity markets began the week positively but with gains only marginal amid the mass closures in the region for the Lunar New Year UK PM May could be planning for a general election in June, according to reports; later downplayed The Tories’ fragile Brexit truce was dealt a blow yes

<ul><li>Monday: Turkish CPI, UK Construction PMI, Eurozone PPI, US Factory Orders</li> <li>Tuesday: Australian Trade, RBA Rate Decision, Eurozone (F), UK and US Services PMIs, Eurozone Retail Sales, Canadian Trade, US ISM Non-Manufacturing,</li> <li>Wednesday: US Trade, Australian Jobs Report</li> <li>Thursday: BoE Rate Decision, Minutes &amp; QIR, RBI &amp; Banxico Rate Decision,</li> <li>Friday: German Trade, Norwegian GDP, Canadian Jobs</li> </ul>

Terrible Italian Manufacturing PMI slams 10-yr BTP futures as growth concerns magnify Cable falls to weekly low as manufacturing survey reveals record high stockpiling due to Brexit Looking ahead, highlights include, US Jobs Report, ISM Manufacturing PMI, Fed&rsquo;s Kaplan EARNINGS: Aon, C

USTR Lighthizer said talks with China made substantial progress but there is still much work to do US President Trump stated that he could meet soon with Chinese President Xi in order to finalise a potential deal Asian equity markets traded cautiously as disappointing Chinese data clouded over

Major European indices trimming earnings-fueled gains seen at the open [Euro stoxx 50 -0.3%] Dovish Fed coupled with some &lsquo;strong&rsquo; sell signals for month end portfolio rebalancing saw the Buck slump to new recent lows vs G10 peers US President Trump will meet with Chinese Vice Prem

Fed stood pat on rates whilst indicating a willingness to adjust the pace of the balance sheet run-off, the message of patience was reiterated, language on the balance of risks was dropped Asian stocks were mostly higher across the board as they took impetus from their counterparts in the US T

European equities are mixed [Euro Stoxx 50 U/C] taking lead from the indecisive trade seen overnight as earnings season kicks into gear DXY meanders between 95.875-682 while AUD and GBP outperform in the G10 space Looking ahead, highlights include National German CPI, US ADP, FOMC Rate Decisio

Asian stocks traded indecisively following better than expected Apple results and ahead of US-China trade talks UK lawmakers accepted Brady&#39;s amendment for the backstop to be replaced with an alternative arrangement and accepted Spelman&#39;s amendment that expressed objection to a no-deal Br

Major European indices nursed opening loses and extended on gains Euro Stoxx 50 +0.5%], outperformance is seen in the FTSE 100 Sterling awaits the outcome of UK Parliament&rsquo;s vote on Brexit Plan B alongside amendments, but the still trades weaker vs the Euro Looking ahead, highlights incl

Asian equity markets traded lower for most the session as the region followed suit to the negativity on Wall St The DoJ&rsquo;s announcement of charges against Huawei has raised concerns about the potential impact on US-China relations UK PM May is said to have urged Tory MPs to back the Brady

Major European equities are in the red [Euro Stoxx 50 -0.5%] following on from a negative end to Asia ahead of key risk events USD appears to have gleaned some traction in the run up to the FOMC, US-China trade talks and NFP, while GBP underperforms ahead of the Brexit &ldquo;Plan B&rdquo; vote

Asian equity markets initially began the week mostly higher, however the region later failed to hold on to early gains Ireland said it will not accept changes to agreement aimed at avoiding a hard border, while UK PM May reportedly told cabinet ministers privately, she will not allow Britain to e

<ul><li>Monday: BoJ Minutes, Eurozone Consumer Confidence (Final), New Zealand Trade Balance</li> <li>Tuesday: US Consumer Confidence, US Case Shiller, Japan Retail Sales</li> <li>Wednesday: FOMC Interest Rate Decision, Australia CPI, US Pending Home Sales, US-China trade talks</li> <li>Thursday: US PCE (TBC), US Chicago PMI, China PMIs, Eurozone GDP Flash &amp; Unemployment, Canadian PPI, Japan Labour Report, US-China trade talks</li> <li>Friday: EZ (F), UK, US mfg PMIs, US NFP, ISM mfg PMI, Uni. Of Michigan</li> </ul>

Major European indices are in the green [Euro Stoxx 50 +1.1%] following on yesterday&rsquo;s ECB release and a strong performance Asia DXY has retraced a bulk of yesterday&rsquo;s gains while the EUR stages a recovery Looking ahead, highlights include US Baker Hughes EARNINGS: Colgate-Palmo

An upbeat tone was observed across Asia-Pac majors heading into the weekend, which followed the mostly positive performance of their global peers DUP party is said to have privately agreed they will back PM May&#39;s Brexit deal when she toughens it up in terms of the backstop being specifically

Major European equities are in the green [Euro Stoxx 50 +0.7%] with outperformance in Italian banks on ECB day DXY firmer this morning after EUR was dented by disappointing PMIs Looking ahead, highlights include US Flash PMI&#39;s, ECB Rate Decision, US Jobless Claims, BoE&#39;s Carney, Riksba

Most Asian bourses eventually followed suit to the gains stateside where the DJIA led the majors higher US President Trump said talks are going well with China but added that tariffs could increase if no deal is reached Nearly 20 UK ministers have reportedly been conducting a secret meeting in

European equities nursed opening losses and moved into positive territory&nbsp;as risk sentiment improved DXY trades within a relatively tight range while GBP extends gains on hopes for an Article 50 extension Looking ahead, highlights include Canadian Retail Sales, EZ Consumer Confidence (fla

<ul><li>Expectations unanimously are set on an unchanged rate of 0.75%, with focus set on the accompanying statement</li> <li>HSBC cite lower global rate expectations as one of the major stumbling points for the Norges Bank&rsquo;s rate path</li> <li>ING do not believe that this will be enough to stop the March hike amid recovering oil prices and the prosperous local economy.</li> </ul>

Asian equity markets were choppy as the region attempted to shrug off the headwinds from Wall St US reportedly turned down an offer by China for 2 vice-ministers to travel to the US for preparatory trade talks; later denied by Kudlow UK PM May is reportedly set to force ministers to keep a no

European equities are in the red [Euro Stoxx 50 -0.6%] as risk sentiment continues to deteriorate US-Sino tensions heighten as China vows to retaliate if Huawei Executive Meng is extradited Looking ahead, highlights include US Existing Homes Sales, New Zealand CPI Earnings: Capital One Fina

Asian equity markets were negative as the region lacked impetus following the non-existent lead from the US UK Conservative Party lawmaker Rudd warned PM May she could face dozens of ministerial resignations next week if Tory MPs are banned from voting for a plan that helps stop a no-deal Brexit

Asian equity markets began the week higher as the region followed suit to the optimism seen last Friday amongst the US majors Overnight data releases saw Chinese Q4 GDP print in-line with expectations, whilst retail sales and IP exceeded forecasts US Trade Representative Lighthizer said US and

<p>Mon: Germany Gfk Consumer Confidence, China GDP &amp; Retail Sales</p> <p>Tue: UK Labour Report, US Existing Home Sales, NZ CPI, Hungary rate decision, US Existing Home Sales, Japan Trade Balance</p> <p>Wed: BoJ, Canadian Retail Sales, Australia PMIs, Eurozone Consumer Confidence</p> <p>Thu: ECB, Norges Bank, Australia Labour Report, Eurozone &amp; US PMIs, Japan CPI</p> <p>Fri: US Durable Goods, New Home Sales</p>