FRANCE DATA: Consumer Confidence Up A Touch, Employment Outlook Improves Further

DUF6 107.10/107.00/106.90p ladder with DUG6 107.10/107.00/106.90p ladder strip, sold the 1 at 14 and 15 in 5k.

Gilts take cues from EGBs in the wake of comments from the hawkish ECB Executive Board Member Schnabel, as she stressed her comfort with markets pricing rate hikes as the next move from the Bank.

• Firm wage indications in the latest REC report also factor into the move, even as the wider survey points to ongoing slack in the labour market.
• Futures sold off to 90.90, basing just above the December 2 low (90.87) before recovering to ~91.00 as of typing.
• Bullish short-term technicals remain intact. Fresh extension lower would target the November 25 low (90.53), while resistance comes in at the November 27 high (91.93).
• Yields 2.5-3.5bp higher, curve steeper.
• Benchmark yields are 7-9bp off last week’s lows after gilt bulls failed to force tests/breaks of November lows during last week’s rally.
• Comments are due from BoE's Taylor (17:30) & Lombardelli (18:30) although the topics of their addresses may limit the scope for comments on monetary policy (see prior bullet).
• Monthly economic activity data is due Friday.

• RES 4: $60.852 - 1.382 proj of the Oct 28 - Nov 13 - 21 price swing 
• RES 3: $60.000 - Psychological round number
• RES 2: $59.563 - 1.236 proj of the Oct 28 - Nov 13 - 21 price swing
• RES 1: $59.334 - High Dec 5   
• PRICE: $58.415 @ 08:20 GMT Dec 8
• SUP 1: $54.003 - 20-day EMA  
• SUP 2: $50.534/45.557 - 50-day EMA / Low Oct 28 
• SUP 3: $41.135 - Low Sep 17
• SUP 4: $38.087 - Low Aug 27  

Trend signals in Silver remain bullish - price traded to a fresh all-time high last week. This confirms a resumption of the uptrend and maintains the bullish price sequence of higher highs and higher lows. The move above $55.00 signals scope for a climb towards $59.563 next, a Fibonacci projection. Sights are also on the $60.00 psychological handle. Initial support lies at $54.003, the 20-day EMA.