OIL: China Crude Imports Rose in October

Nov-07 08:31

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China's crude oil imports in October rose to 48.36m tons, or 11.4mb/d, from 47.25m tons in Sep and 8...

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ESM ISSUANCE: RFP issued: Expect a transaction next week

Oct-08 08:28
  • “Today ESM has sent a Request for Proposal to a selection of banks from the EFSF/ESM Market Group with regards to an upcoming transaction, subject to market conditions.”
  • This likely means a transaction on Mon/Tues next week (14/15 October).
  • We pencil in a transaction of around E1.75bln (E1.5-2.0bln).
  • The annual funding target was for E7bln and so far there have been 3/10-year EUR issues for E2bln each and a 5-year USD issue for USD2bln.

FOREX: FX OPTION EXPIRY

Oct-08 08:24

Of Note:

EURUSD 1.28bn at 1.1650.

EURUSD 1.7bn at 1.1650 (fri).

AUDUSD 1.1bn at 0.6545/0.6550 (fri).

AUDUSD 1.01bn at 0.6500 (tue).

  • EURUSD: 1.1600 (370mln), 1.1625 (325mln), 1.1650 (1.28bn), 1.1660 (250mln), 1.1675 (285mln), 1.1700 (1.21bn).
  • USDJPY: 152.00 (308mln).
  • USDCAD: 1.3975 (392mln), 1.4000 (300mln).

SOFR: SFRZ6/H7 Lifted

Oct-08 08:11

SFRZ6/H7 paper paid -0.5 on ~6.6K, taken bid over for the balance of an 8K order, with another ~1.1K lots trading on the follow. Small bid left.