Spreadex Market Update

Global markets strong



Global markets were strong during today’s early afternoon trading session following well-received Spanish and French 10-year Bond auctions as well as news that The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was holding interest rates to record low levels.  However, the MPC failed to increase the current spout of quantitative easing and remained firm on their ‘sit and wait’ strategy.

In addition to these early gains, global stocks later thundered with a roar of optimism to their highest level in a week after the Chinese Central Bank cut benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points in a sign that officials are in a position to support any glitches in the export champion’s growth rate.

Despite this, the much anticipated speech by the US Fed Chairman Bernanke provided a ceiling to any further global gains today as Bernanke acknowledged the impact of the Eurozone crisis on global, and particularly US growth, but failed to explicitly commit to any further quantitative easing.

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