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Household loan growth ticked up to 3.2% Y/Y in June (vs 3.1% in May, 3.0% April), now at its fastest annual rate since 2023. The average interest rate on new floating rate mortgages was 2.75% in June, after 2.78% in May, 2.81% in April and 2.65% in March.
The growth rate of loans to non-financial corporations was a solid 3.9% Y/Y (vs 3.3% in May, 3.1% in April), the fastest since August 2023.
In both series, loan growth doesn’t look to have been meaningfully disturbed by the US-Iran war. The chart below highlights that mortgage rates remain comfortably below 2022-2024 rates.

The trend condition in S&P E-Minis is bullish - moving average studies are in a bull-mode position and continue to highlight a dominant uptrend. For now, short-term pullbacks are considered corrective. However, the contract has breached support at 7472.90, the 50-day EMA. This signals potential for a deeper retracement and exposes 7357.25 and 7292.25, the Jun 26 / 11 low and a key medium-term support. The bull trigger is 7693.75, the Jun 2 high.