EQUITY TECHS: E-MINI S&P: (M5) Trend Needle Points North
- RES 4: 6124.00 High Feb 24
- RES 3: 6080.75 High Feb 26
- RES 2: 6057.00 High Mar 3
- RES 1: 6008.00 High May 29
- PRICE: 5984.00 @ 14:35 BST Jun 5
- SUP 1: 5863.16/5774.07 20- and 50-day EMA values
- SUP 2: 5596.00 Low May 7
- SUP 3: 5455.50 Low Apr 30
- SUP 4: 5355.25 Low Apr 24
The trend condition in S&P E-Minis is unchanged, it remains bullish and the contract has traded to a fresh cycle high, today. The break of 5993.50 last week, the May 20 high and a bull trigger, highlights a resumption of the uptrend and maintains a price sequence of higher highs and higher lows. A continuation would open 6057.00 next, the Mar 3 high. Key support lies at 5774.07, the 50-day EMA.
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US TSY OPTIONS: Jul'25 10Y Puts, Block & Screen
- Block, 10,000 TYN5 108.5 puts, 15 vs. 111-04/0.19%
- 7,300 TYN5 109 puts, 22 ref 111-07
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GERMANY: Merz Faces Second Chancellor Confirmation Vote Shortly
Freidrich Merz faces a second vote in the Bundestag shortly at 1515CET (0915ET, 1415BST) as he seeks the required absolute majority to be confirmed as Germany's new chancellor. In a day of high political drama, in an earlier vote Merz won the backing of just 310 lawmakers, short of the 316 required. Should he prove unsuccessful in the second vote a third vote will take place immediately afterwards, in which a simple majority will suffice to see him elected.
- FAZ reports "SPD party leader Lars Klingbeil was the first to speak: "It is important that Germany gets a reliable government." He expected "that the necessary majority will be achieved in the second round of voting for Friedrich Merz to be our country's next Chancellor.""
- The unprecedented nature of the unsuccessful vote (none of Germany's post-war chancellors have ever failed to win a first-round absolute majority) has meant a significant amount of speculation regarding the timing of the second vote, with initial expectations that it could take place this coming Friday proved wrong as Merz's centre-right Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union and the centre-left Social Democrats secured support from opposition groups for an expedited election process.
- Even if Merz wins in the second round, the initial failure to secure a majority will cast a shadow over the new gov't and highlights divisions within both participating groups. Some on the left of the SPD remain opposed to a deal with the conservatives, while Merz also has pockets of opposition within his own party.
