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Europe may have to compete with Asia for limited gas at start of autumn, despite high storage levels

Renta 4 : Europe opens higher (Eurostoxx futures +0.4%, S&P -0.1%) after last minute gains in the Nasdaq (+1.65%) and after a session yesterday in which the rebound of the first part of the day in the European stock markets was deflated as the session progressed as there were no specific catalysts, beyond accumulating three consecutive weeks of losses in the main world stock markets.The markets are still waiting for…


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Negative news from China continues

Renta 4 : Stock markets open lower again (Eurostoxx -0.3%, S&P flat), after negative closes in the US and Asia. As for central banks, Norway’s central bank unanimously raised rates by +25 bps, in line with expectations, to 4%, and anticipated more hikes in September, arguing that inflation is still not under control. A monetary policy direction that contrasts with that of other countries where they have already started to…


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Watch out for Philadelphia Fed’s manufacturing survey

Renta 4| New day with European futures lower at the open (Eurostoxx 50 -0.6%, S&P flat) after a negative close in the US at the lows and with the US IRR 10 hitting the highest since October at 4.26%, and rising today +4 bps to 4.31%, which is an increase of c.+15 bps since Friday. Noteworthy is the publication of the minutes of the Fed’s July meeting where there is…


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Earnings revisions recover but seasonality points to further falls

Morgan Stanley: Last week, analysts noted that the S&P 500 earnings revision breadth had fallen below 0% for the first time in several months. Now, this breadth has reversed back to positive again. What is interesting is that earnings revisions breadth follows a pattern very much in line with historical seasonality, which would point to further declines in October. This observation is repeated globally so earnings revisions for 2024 could…


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Uncertainty over winter gas supply: Dutch TTF gas price corrected by 7.5% on Thursday, after 28% hike

Renta 4: European stock markets point to a bearish opening (Eurostoxx futures -0.50%, after a Thursday session in which a better-than-expected US CPI data rebounded from the previous month (3.2% against 3.3% estimated and 3.0% previously) encouraged the markets in the last part of the session in Europe, only to end up deflating at the close of the American session. Although the rise from the previous month is minimal, US…


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Price of TTF natural gas contracts reaches 40% increase, exceeding €40/MWh

Renta 4 : Stock markets point to a positive opening (Eurostoxx futures +0.67%), after a positive Wednesday session in Europe in which the markets welcomed the Italian government’s decision to limit the tax on banks announced last Monday. In this sense, the government has clarified that the tax cannot exceed 0.1% of the assets of the institutions and “will not have a significant impact” on those that are remunerating the…


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Santander and BBVA drop between two and three points on stock market after new banking tax announced in Italy

Intermoney| Yesterday was a bad day for the Ibex (-0.6%) which saw the effect of the new tax on banks in Italy also felt in the Madrid selective, which, however, at least maintains an advance in 2023 of +13%, in line with the EuroStoxx. Among the stocks that suffered the most were Santander and BBVA, which dropped between 2 and 3 points. Unicaja and Sabadell also had a day to…


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China’s trade balance deepens economic slowdown

Renta 4: Stock markets point to a flat opening (Eurostoxx futures -0.07%), after a Monday session where there were no major corporate references after the conclusion of the 2Q23 results season (in the absence of Bayer today). In China, weak July trade balance figures were published, with exports falling at their fastest pace since February 2020 (-14.5% vs 12.5% estimated and 12.4% previously) and imports surprisingly down when an improvement…


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Iberdrola reduces debt maturities in 2023 to less than €2 billion

Link Securities | Iberdrola (IBE) has reduced its debt maturities in 2023 to less than €2 billion, after obtaining €4.855 billion in new financing and extending the duration of €6.1 billion so far this year, as reported on Monday by Expansión newspaper based on Europa Press. Specifically, the electricity company has received the support of the market, having executed some 30 operations between loan extensions and new financing in the…


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European bank trade still has upside: at 7x P/E it still trades at 50% discount to the market

Morgan Stanley: 100% of the sector has beaten NII so far, still a clear buy. Álvaro Serrano (analyst) highlights another quarter of solid results from European banks with 100% beating NII (rising rates and lower deposit betas) and contained credit risk. That said, the good results and the lack of growth in RWAs allowed banks to boost shareholder distributions with several of them (CABK, DBK, HSBC, BARC…) announcing new buyback…