Investors traded in an apparent risk on mood in yesterday's session, with both stocks and sovereign yields rising across the board. Commodity prices also increased across energy, metals and agriculture products. In FX markets the USD wavered and the EUR traded close to $1.18. Market sentiment benefited from the announcement of a U.S. Vietnam trade deal.
In the UK, concerns about the future of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves triggered an increase in sovereignyields (10 year Gilt +15bp on the day). The movement spilled over into long dated euro area bonds and U.S. treasuries. In FXmarkets, the GBP lost close to 1% against both the USD and the EUR.
In Spain, BBVA rose 1.4% (roughly in line with the banking sector) while Sabadell jumped by 5.2% as investors digested newsthat Sabadell agreed to sell its UK unit TSB to Banco Santander for £2.65bn and distribute a large dividend.
Today the focus will be on the release of the U.S. employment situation report for June.
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