Spreadex Market Update

FTSE opens flat



The FTSE opened flat this morning although appears to be slowly creeping upwards following a muted session in the US overnight with only a few traders willing to take on any additional risk in anticipation of the meeting between Angela Merkel and Mario Draghi today.

Gains have been limited somewhat by a downbeat performance in the US yesterday evening with the Dow finishing marginally lower after the German Ifo business sentiment figure dropped for a fifth straight month, raising fears of a recession further.

The ECB’s willingness to write out a blank cheque for government bond buying through Outright Monetary Transactions has certainly propped up financial markets over the past few weeks, with European Stock markets shooting higher and yields on government paper heading south, however this optimism does not as yet appear to have spread to the real economy with German companies sceptical of the impact Mario Draghi’s policies will have.

With renewed fears over Spain’s economic situation it will be interesting to see what comes from Draghi and Merkel’s meeting today, which is likely to determine the short-term trend.

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