{"id":12150,"date":"2015-03-30T05:24:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T05:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/?p=12150"},"modified":"2015-05-20T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T08:30:09","slug":"monday-30th-march-european-open-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ic-cn-asia.com\/blog\/monday-30th-march-european-open-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 30th March: European Open Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong>Global Markets:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tAsian stock markets: Nikkei up 0.80 %, Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng both gained 1.60 %, ASX declined 1.25 %\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCommodities: Gold at $1193 (-0.60 %), Silver at $16.87 (-1.20 %), WTI Oil at $48.15 (-1.50 %), Brent Oil at $56.00 (-0.30 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRates: US 10 year yield at 1.956, UK 10 year yield at 1.544, German 10 year yield at 0.209\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>News &amp; Data:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tJapan Industrial Production -3.4 %, Expected: -1.8 %, Previous: 3.7 %\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tPBOC Governor Zhou Warns On Growth Slowdown, Says PBOC Has Room To Act\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRussia, Australia &amp; Netherlands Join AIIB &#8212; RTRS\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tTroika Expects Greece To Miss Primary Surplus Target This Year &#8212; RTRS\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tIran &amp; Powers Explore Nuclear Compromises, Israel Alarmed &#8212; RTRS\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tIran Nuclear Deal To See $20 Oil If Tehran Floods Crude Market &#8212; Telegraph\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>CFTC Positioning Data:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tEUR net short 221K vs net short 194K prior\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tJPY net short 46K vs net short 48k prior\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGBP net short 39K vs net short 38K prior\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAUD net short 28K vs net short 29K prior\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCAD net short 33K vs net short 33K prior\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCHF net short 4K vs net long 2K prior\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Upcoming Events:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t08:00 GMT &#8211; Swiss KOF Leading Indicators (89.1)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:00 GMT &#8211; Spanish CPI (-1.0 % y\/y)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:00 GMT &#8211; Italian Consumer Confidence (110.9)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t10:00 GMT &#8211; Euro Zone Consumer Confidence (-4.0)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t10:00 GMT &#8211; Euro Zone Business Climate (0.2)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:00 GMT &#8211; German CPI (0.5 % m\/m, 0.3 % y\/y)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:00 GMT &#8211; German HICP (0.5 % m\/m, 0.1 % y\/y)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; US Core PCE Price Index (0.1 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; US Personal Spending (0.2 % m\/m)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; US Personal Income (0.3 % m\/m)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 GMT &#8211; US Pending Home Sales (0.4 % m\/m)\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>The Week Ahead (Key Data Releases &amp; Events):<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<u>Tuesday, March 31st<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t01:00 GMT &#8211; Australia New Home Sales\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t07:00 GMT &#8211; German Retail sales (-0.8 % m\/m, 3.7 % y\/y)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t07:45 GMT &#8211; French Consumer Spending (0.8 % m\/m)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:00 GMT &#8211; Spanish Retail Sales (4.0 % y\/y)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:55 GMT &#8211; German Unemployment Rate (6.5 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:55 GMT &#8211; German Unemployment Change (-12k)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:30 GMT &#8211; UK GDP (0.5 % q\/q, 2.7 % y\/y)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t10:00 GMT &#8211; Italian CPI (0.2 % m\/m, -0.1 % y\/y)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t10:00 GMT &#8211; Euro Zone CPI (-0.1 % y\/y)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t10:00 GMT &#8211; Euro Zone Core CPI (0.6 % y\/y)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t10:00 GMT &#8211; Euro Zone Unemployment Rate (11.2 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; Canadian GDP (0.2 % m\/m)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t14:45 GMT &#8211; US Chicago PMI (51.5)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 GMT &#8211; US CB Consumer Confidence (96.0)\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<u>Wednesday, April 01st<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t00:50 GMT &#8211; Japan Tankan Large Manufacturers Index (14.0)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t00:50 GMT &#8211; Japan Tankan Large Non-Manufacturers Index (17.0)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t01:30 GMT &#8211; Australian Building Approvals (-4.0 % m\/m)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t02:00 GMT &#8211; Chinese Manufacturing PMI (49.7)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t02:00 GMT &#8211; Chinese Non-Manufacturing PMI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t02:35 GMT &#8211; Japanese Manufacturing PMI (50.4)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:15 GMT &#8211; Spanish Manufacturing PMI (54.7)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:45 GMT &#8211; Italian Manufacturing PMI (52.2)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:50 GMT &#8211; French Manufacturing PMI (52.4)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t08:55 GMT &#8211; German Manufacturing PMI (51.9)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:00 GMT &#8211; Euro Zone Manufacturing PMI (51.9)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:30 GMT &#8211; UK Manufacturing PMI (54.3)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:15 GMT &#8211; US ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (225k)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t14:00 GMT &#8211; FOMC Member Williams speaks\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t14:45 GMT &#8211; US Markit Manufacturing PMI (51.8)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 GMT &#8211; US ISM Manufacturing PMI (52.5)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:30 GMT &#8211; FOMC Member Lockhart speaks\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<u>Thursday, April 02nd<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t01:30 GMT &#8211; Australian Trade Balance (-A$1.30bln)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:30 GMT &#8211; UK Construction PMI (59.5)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; US Initial Jobless Claims\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; US Trade Balance\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; Canadian Trade Balance\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 GMT &#8211; US Factory Orders (-0.4 % m\/m)\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<u>Friday, April 03rd<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t02:45 GMT &#8211; Chinese HSBC Services PMI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; US Nonfarm Payrolls (250k)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; US Unemployment Rate (5.5 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; US Average Hourly Earnings (0.2 % m\/m)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; US Participation Rate\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: Asian stock markets: Nikkei up 0.80 %, Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng both gained 1.60 %, ASX declined 1.25 % Commodities: Gold at $1193 (-0.60 %), Silver at $16.87 (-1.20 %), WTI Oil at $48.15 (-1.50 %), Brent Oil at $56.00 (-0.30 %) Rates: US 10 year yield at 1.956, UK 10 year &hellip; 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