US: Good Friday Exchange Schedules, March 29

Mar-27 13:43
  • A reminder that the CME/CBOE exchange floors and Globex closed Friday, March 29 for the Good Friday/Easter holiday. Regular hours Thursday (despite SIFMA recommending an early close at 1400ET).
  • Note that despite the close, several data points will be released Friday at 0830ET: Personal Income/Spending, Retail/Wholesale Inventories, Real Personal Spending, PCE Deflators and Advance Goods Trade Balance. Kansas City Fed Services Activity at 1100ET.
  • Sunday Globex re-open at 1800ET precedes normal session hours Monday. The trading schedules for the major U.S. markets can be found below:

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US TSYS: What to Watch: New Home Sales, Dallas Fed Mfg, Tsy Auctions

Feb-26 13:41
  • Treasury futures trading mildly higher in early NY trade, inside the overnight range on heavy volume (TYH4>1.6M already) tied to the quarterly futures roll with Jun'24 taking lead this Thursday.
  • Data limited to New Home Sales at 1000ET followed by Dallas Fed Mfg Activity at 1030ET.
  • Spate of Treasury supply ahead month end: $63B 2Y note and $70B 26W bill auctions at 1130ET, followed by $64B 5Y Note and $79B 13W bills auctions at 1300ET.
  • Heavy corporate issuance expected again after last week saw just over $73B price (Abbvie, Cisco and Astrazeneca making up $33B).
  • Scheduled Fed speak limited to Kansas City Fed President Schmid, economic/policy outlook, text, Q&A, livestreamed later this evening at 1940ET.
  • Punchbowl News notes a partial government shutdown will occur at midnight Friday if lawmakers don’t act on annual spending bills, with a full government shutdown possible on March 8. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union is March 7. Same date for Fed Chairman Powell's semi-annual policy update to the Senate banking committee.

MNI EXCLUSIVE: MNI Interviews Swedish NDO's Head of Debt Management

Feb-26 13:35

MNI interviews the Swedish National Debt Office’s head of debt management - On MNI Policy MainWire now, for more details please contact sales@marketnews.com

EQUITIES: US Emini is back in the green

Feb-26 13:35
  • US Emini is back at flat for the session, but very range bound on limited volumes, as Real Money mostly sit on the sidelines ahead of a packed Week.
  • The Contract high printed on Friday is still further out, to 5123.00.
  • Looking at Cash and at current level, SPX will also be short of its record high of 5111.06 printed on Friday, when it opens in an hour.
  • Tech stock, sees NVIDIA up 1.19% pre open, but under the 800.00 handle.