Spreadex Market Update

Cagey open for Euro markets



A cagey open for European markets today as sketchy data from China weighed on investors’ sentiment. The data showed that the inflation rate fell below expectations as did bank lending figures. In fact the only data to surprise investors to the upside was positive retail sales. Cleary such figures are a sharp reminder that China is still struggling to recover with the global economic downturn and there is still a way to go before investors’ confidence in the economic giant returns.

In contrast, bulls are still being provided with some ammunition in the form of data from Japan which showed that the nation grew by 1% in the first quarter of this year, compared to the last quarter, owing to aggressive policy moves. Arguably Japan is proof that extensive quantitative easing measures do yield results in the long-term.

In addition, investors should still remain on guard today as volumes are relatively thin and thus any sharp moves are likely to be more pronounced than usual.

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