The Premarket Movers & News by Newsquawk

Bank of Japan stand pat on rates, announce more flexibility in yields and forward guidance Eurozone GDP below expectations and inflation above expectations, EUR unmoved Looking ahead, highlights include, US PCE, Personal Spending, Canadian GDP, Chicago PMI and a slew of large cap earnings

BoJ kept rates at -0.1% and long-term yield target held at around 0.0%. Announced more flexibility in yields and adopted forward guidance on rates which it will maintain at very low levels for an extended period Asian equity markets traded mostly subdued after the continued tech sell-off in the U

European bourses mostly lower ahead of this week’s key risk events Fixed Income losses have accelerated pretty sharply with big figure breaks triggering some stops Looking ahead, highlights include national German CPI (following mixed state CPIs) ASIA Asian equity markets began t

Asian equity markets began the week lacklustre after the tech-led declines last Friday on Wall Street and ahead of this week's slew of risk events The UK government has reportedly agreed to give ECJ final say in arbitration regarding Brexit, divorce bill and potential Irish backstop in an eff

Key Events Monday: Swedish GDP, German CPI (Prelim), US Pending Home Sales Tuesday: Japan Labour Market, China PMI, BoJ Decision, German Labour Market, EZ CPI, EZ GDP, US PCE, Canadian GDP, US SOMA Redemptions, Apple Earnings Wednesday: NZ Labour Market, EZ Manufacturing PMI, UK Manufacturi

European equities are mostly higher (Eurostoxx 50 +0.4%) amid a slew of pre-market earnings. Amazon currently higher by 4.1% in pre-market trade USD is trying to build on recovery gains back above 94.500 amid Trumped-up expectations for today’s GDP print Looking ahead, highlights include

Asian equity markets traded slightly mixed after a similar varied performance on Wall St where focus remained on earnings season EU’s Barnier stated that the EU cannot delegate customs policy to Britain and any customs arrangement must respect this principle; effectively shooting down the C

European bourses trade mostly higher across the board amid optimistic EU-US trade talks The DXY is trying to stabilise and pare some losses after hitting a new low for the week Looking ahead, highlights include ECB rate decision and press conference, US durable goods and trade balance, supply

Major Asia-Pac equity markets traded subdued as a plethora of corporate updates dominated news flow and somewhat drowned out the US-EU trade talks In FX markets, the USD remained softer overnight after having lost ground against the EUR. GBP/USD reclaimed 1.3200 and USD/JPY slipped below 111.00

Unanimous expectations look for the ECB to leave its three key rates unchanged Not much in the way of fireworks expected given last month’s policy adjustments Draghi likely to be mindful of trade tensions and grilled on timing of rate lift-off   BACKGROUND PREVIOUS MEETING:

Unanimous expectations look for the ECB to leave its three key rates unchanged Not much in the way of fireworks expected given last month’s policy adjustments Draghi likely to be mindful of trade tensions and grilled on timing of rate lift-off   BACKGROUND PREVIOUS MEETING:

European equities are relatively mixed (Eurostoxx 50 -0.3%) as focus remains on earnings seasone Limited movement in FX markets at DXY continues to pivot around the 94.500. AUD lags peers following domestic CPI data overnight Looking ahead, highlights include US New Home Sales, DoEs, supply fr

Asian stocks were mixed with macro drivers on the light side and after the region failed to sustain the momentum from the positive US close In FX, the greenback was rangebound, AUD/USD pressured following softer than expected headline CPI, CNH stabilized despite another weak reference rate settin

European equities extend gains as Stoxx600 hits 5-week highs DXY is off best levels as the index consolidates within a 94.535-865 range Looking ahead, highlights include US PMIs, Hungarian rate decision, US APIs, supply from the US and a slew of large cap earnings ASIA Asian equity mar

Asian equity markets gained across the board following the mostly positive performance of their Wall Street counterparts In FX markets, the Greenback held onto yesterday’s gains. PBOC set the weakest CNY fix since 11th July 2017 Looking ahead, highlights include Eurozone & US PMIs, T

DXY is relatively rangebound between 94.200-450 after the G20 meeting and Trump’s verbal intervention US Treasuries are treading a very tight line with the curve fractionally steeper ahead Looking ahead, highlights include US Existing Home Sales and comments from BoE’s Broadbent

Asian markets reacted to speculation the BoJ could discuss tweaking policy and renewed tariff threats from US President Trump UK Brexit Secretary Raab has accused the EU of acting irresponsibly and stated the UK could refuse to pay its GBP 39bln “divorce bill” unless the EU agrees to

<p>Monday: US Existing Home Sales</p> <p>Tuesday: EZ &amp; US Manufacturing &amp; Services PMIs (Flash)</p> <p>Wednesday: AU CPI, GE IFO Survey, US New Home Sales, EU&rsquo;s Juncker visits the US</p> <p>Thursday: ECB Decision, US Durable Goods</p> <p>Friday: &nbsp;Tokyo CPI, US GDP (Prelim reading)</p>

US equity futures were hit overnight after the PBoC set their reference rate for the CNY at its weakest level in over a year European equities have been dealt a blow in recent trade by comments from Trump that the US is ready to impose tariffs on all USD 505bln of Chinese import goods DAX deal

Asian equity markets traded choppy with sentiment spooked overnight amid a China currency sell-off after the PBoC set the reference rate to its weakest level in over a year US President Trump said he is not happy about interest rates rising and that a strong USD puts the US at a disadvantage L

European equities trade mostly on the backfoot as earning season kicks into gear Cable slumped through 1.3000 on another UK data miss before stabilising near the round number Looking ahead, highlights include Philly Fed, SARB rate decision, Fed&rsquo;s Quarles, ECB&rsquo;s Coeure, UK Brexit Se

Asian bourses were mixed as trade concerns and a weakening CNH clouded over the mostly positive lead from Wall St. EU negotiators are reportedly considering extending Article 50 as fears mount that talks will not conclude in time for both the UK and EU to meet the 29 March 2019 deadline Lookin

European bourses mostly higher with tech names outperforming their peers following yesterday&rsquo;s Nasdaq gains GBP/USD hits 10-month lows, now eyeing 1.30 to the downside as UK inflation figures fall short of expectations Looking ahead, highlights include, UK and EZ CPI, US building permits

European equities trade mostly negative (Eurostoxx 50 -0.5%, DAX -0.2%) GBP resilient in wake of another Government semi U-turn on post-Brexit proposals Looking ahead, highlights include, US industrial production, APIs Inventories, Fed&rsquo;s Powell ASIA&nbsp;Asian equity markets traded

Asian equity markets traded mostly lower after a lacklustre lead from the US amid underperformance in energy names and Netflix earnings weighing on Nasdaq futures The UK government has managed to avoid defeat on its Customs Bill after caving into the demands of Brexiteer MPs Looking ahead, hig