Equities and bond yields slightly up, USD slightly down. There are limited moves in the market ahead of Fed meeting. Cautious optimism prevails, i.e. the Fed will probably acknowledge it has started to think about thinking to reduce its asset purchases, but has concluded it is far too soon to proceed. There are many economic…
ICE Brent prompt contract traded above 73 $/b, as demand continued to outpace supply, according to Kpler inventories measurements. Regional price differentials are already starting to reflect these inventory dynamics. Indian demand in May dropped by 0.6 mb/d due to the resurgence of the pandemic, according to government statistics. Share this news : Share on…
The power spot prices for today are slightly down compared to Friday in nothwestern Europe, pressured by the warmer temperatures and stronger wind output, although the latter significantly eased from this weekend’s surge which maintained prices near the clean gas costs. The day-ahead prices hence reached 75.18€/MWh on average in Germany, France, Belgium and the…
European spot gas prices dropped on Friday, mainly pressured by the increase in Norwegian supply. Indeed, following the (delayed) start-up of Troll, Norwegian flows rebounded to 237 mm cm/day on Friday, compared to 210 mm cm/day on Thursday. As for Russian flows, they increased to 329 mm cm/day on average, compared to 323 mm cm/day…
Equity markets remain on an upward trend and bonds are trading near their recent highs (yields near their lows). A key consumer survey showed lower inflation fears in the US, but the series is volatile and inflation should remain the key issue for a while. There is a Fed meeting this week, the big question…
