09/08 $Benchmark Virginia Electric 10 +110a, 30Y +115a
09/08 $Benchmark Danske Bank 6NC5 +105a, 6NC5
09/08 $Benchmark Uber +5Y +90a, 10Y +110a
09/08 $Benchmark Westpac NZ 5Y +65
09/08 $Benchmark Denso 5Y inv calls
09/08 $Benchmark PIF 10Y +120a
SOFR OPTIONS: BLOCK: Mar'20 SOFR Calls
Sep-08 16:08
20,000 SFRH6 97.00 calls, 11.0 vs. 96.65/0.28% at 1158:51ET
FOREX: EURJPY Eyes Key Bull Trigger at 173.97
Sep-08 16:05
Japanese developments have prompted a more notable 0.4% increase for EURJPY, which earlier in the session traded within 7 pips of key resistance and the bull trigger at 173.97. Clearance of this level would confirm a continuation of the bull cycle and place the cross at the highest level since July 2024, levels reached shortly before the BOJ’s multiple bouts of intervention.
174.86 would be the next chart level (a Fibonacci projection), before 175.43, last year’s high.
Japan PM Ishiba's resignation triggered an immediate leadership race in the LDP, with Thatcherite MP Sanae Takaichi a front-runner among many opinion polls. She's made clear her preference for easy monetary policy and a bigger role for fiscal spending.
Bank of Japan officials are watching for signs that a stock market correction, combined with fiscal expansion concerns, could accelerate longer-term yield moves and steepen the JGB curve, potentially prompting the Ministry of Finance to cut issuance in Q4, which would mean the BOJ could scale back its own purchases in order to maintain liquidity, MNI understands.