Spreadex Market Update

FTSE at crossroads



The FTSE is at a crossroads today following a session in Asia in which the MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.1%, touching its lowest in nearly four months following a mixed session in which sentiment took a further hit as worries about the health of Spanish banks and political chaos in Greece were the name of the game.

Spain announced that they had taken a 45 per cent stake in Bankia, the country’s third-largest bank, after worries over the institution had sent Spanish equities into a downward spiral and 10 year government bond yields over the psychological level of 6%.

For now news on Greece is slightly more positive than usual following news the board of the European Financial Stability Facility agreed on Wednesday to make a payment of 5.2 billion euros in emergency aid to the beleaguered country, however concerns are ongoing.

At the time of writing the FTSE is up 0.1% at 5535 however how long it holds on to those gains is anyone’s guess.

With a long day ahead of us in terms of data and low volumes this technical bounce off of year lows could find it hard to sustain itself if we see any slight indication of more problems in Europe or even the US and as a result we are expecting another potentially volatile day.

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