LOOK AHEAD: UK Timeline of Key Events (All Times UK)

Mar-21 06:23
Date Time Period Event
21-Mar 0700 Feb Public Sector Finances
21-Mar 0930 Mar S&P Global PMI flash
21-Mar 1200 Bank Of England Interest Rate Decision
22-Mar 0001 Mar Gfk Monthly Consumer Confidence
22-Mar 0700 Feb Retail Sales
22-Mar 0730 FQ1 DMO to release calendar for FQ1 (Apr-Jun) Ops
22-Mar 1100 Mar CBI Industrial Trends
22-Mar 1630 Q2 BOE to announce APF sales schedule for Q2-24
25-Mar 1100 Mar CBI Distributive Trades
25-Mar 1415 BOE Mann At Royal Economic Society Annual Conference
28-Mar 0700 4Q GDP Second Estimate / Quarterly account balance
02-Apr 0001 Mar BRC Monthly Shop Price Index
02-Apr 0930 Feb BOE M4 / Lending to Individuals
02-Apr 0930 Mar S&P Global Final Manufacturing PMI
09-Apr 0001 Mar BRC-KPMG Shop Sales Monitor
12-Apr 0700 Feb GDP/Trade/Services/Production Index/Constr Output
16-Apr 0700 Feb Labour Market Survey

Historical bullets

US TSY FUTURES: Asia-Pac Block Flow

Feb-20 06:10

Asia-Pac flow was headlined by what appeared to be a 1,625 lot block seller of UXYH4, ~$145K DV01.

US TSYS: Treasury Futures Erase Early Moves To Trade Unchanged

Feb-20 05:30

TYH4 is currently trading at 109-24, unchanged from New York closing levels.

Treasury futures have traded in a very tight range today, with little in the way of market headlines, as we await the US to come back from President's Day



  • Mar'24 10Y futures have been trading in a tight range in Asia, with lows of 109-17, and highs of 109-24 where we currently trade heading into the Asia break.
  • Cash yields opened with the curves 1-4bps higher this morning, and as the day as progress we have reversed most of that move to trade just 0-2bps higher in yield terms. The 2Y yield is unchanged today at 4.642%, the 10Y is +1.6bps higher at 4.395% while the 2y10y is +1.574 at -34.879
  • Looking ahead later today, Philadelphia Fed Non-Manufacturing Activity & Leading Index Data is due out.

EQUITIES: Asia Equities Mixed Ahead of US Reopening

Feb-20 05:19

Asian Equities have a largely uneventful day, with most regions trading lower.

  • Japan Equities are lower today, as the Nikkei 225 comes ever so close to making new all-time highs down 0.22% today, while the Topix trades 0.34% lower. There has been little in the way of market news for Japan today, other than Tokyo Condominiums for sale data coming in at 56.6% from 3.8% prior.
  • Taiwan equities are the outperformer in the region today, led by the semiconductor sector as TSMC contributed most of the gains up 1.18%. Currently the Taiex is 0.52% higher. While Monday saw the highest net selling of Taiwan Equities by foreign investors for a month with -$477m of outflows.
  • South Korea is the worst performer in the region today as foreign buying of SK stocks lose momentum, the 5-day moving average of net foreign inflows decreased to $133.8m, falling below the 20-day average of $297.7m with -$58m of outflows occuring today. Currently the Kospi is down 1.23%.
  • Australian Equities are lower today, as weakness in the mining and energy space weigh on the market. In other news ANZ were able to overturn the block to buy Suncorp, pathing the way for the purchase to go ahead, Suncorp equity up 5.79%, while ANZ stock trades 2.4% lower. The ASX 200 currently trades 0.10% lower for the day.
  • Elsewhere in SEA, Indonesian, Philippines & Malaysian equities are up 0.50-0.70%, while New Zealand Equities are 0.70% lower.