{"id":12225,"date":"2015-04-03T03:49:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T03:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/?p=12225"},"modified":"2015-05-20T08:29:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T08:29:42","slug":"friday-3rd-april-european-open-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ic-cn-asia.com\/blog\/friday-3rd-april-european-open-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 3rd April: European Open Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<strong>Global Markets:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tAsian stock markets: Nikkei up 0.40 %, Shanghai Composite gained 0.35 %, Hang Seng and ASX closed\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tCommodities: Gold at $1202.60 (+0.05 %), Silver at $16.74 (+0.05 %), WTI Oil at $49.53 (+0.25 %), Brent Oil at $55.14 (+0.05 %)\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tRates: US 10 year yield at 1.913, UK 10 year yield at 1.59, German 10 year yield at 0.19\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<strong>News &amp; Data:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tChina HSBC Services PMI 52.3, Previous: 52.0\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tInitial deal reached on Tehran&#39;s nuclear program &#8211; RTRS\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tOil falls nearly 4 percent after tentative nuclear deal for Iran &#8211; RTRS\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tAsian shares rise as U.S. jobs data awaited &#8211; RTRS\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>NFP Estimates from the Major Banks:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tCONSENSUS: 245k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tBank of America +270k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tBarclays +250k &nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tBMO +250k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tCIBC +200k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tCredit Agricole +260K\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tCredit Suisse +240k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tGoldman Sachs +220k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tMorgan Stanley +195k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tJP Morgan +250k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tSociete Generale +272k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tUBS +260k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tRoyal Bank of Canada +225k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tBNP Paribas +260k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tRoyal Bank of Scotland +238k\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Markets Update:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\tThe major European markets are closed for the Good Friday holiday and liquidity in the FX market is expected to be very thin, especially since traders are waiting for the NFP release later today.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t<strong>Upcoming Events:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\tGOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t13:30 GMT &#8211; 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