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8 Feb 2013
European markets cheer China trade data
The German DAX 30 (+0.22%), the French CAC (+0.49%), the Italian FTSE MIB (+0.78%) and the Spanish IBEX 35 (+0.80%) are edging higher on Friday as the European Council meets for a 2014-2020 budget decision on how to spend around €960B.
Investors cheered China's trade data, with both imports (25.0% vs 17.0% consensus) and exports (28.8% vs 23.3% consensus) coming in higher than expected in January, as well as the trade surplus (29.2B vs 22.0B consensus).
German trade data came out with wider than expected surplus (€16.8B vs €14.8B consensus) and current account (€17.3B vs €17.0B consensus). December (MoM) exports (+0.3% vs +1.3% consensus) and imports (-1.3% vs -1.4% consensus) disappointed.
The Italian industrial output improved from -7.7% to -6.6% in December (consensus of -7.2%), with a +0.4% monthly growth. The Greek CPI eased from 0.8% to 0.2% in January (YoY) and industrial production bounced from -3.2% (revised from -2.9%) to -0.5% in November.
Swiss real retail sales rose from 3.0% (revised from 2.9%) to 5.1% in December, beating 3.2% consensus. The French budget has narrowed its deficit in December, from €103.4B to €87.2B.
Futures for the American S&P 500 (-0.01%), Dow Jones 30 (-0.06%) and Nasdaq 100 (+0.10%) are mixed ahead of US trade balance data. “We look for a slightly smaller trade deficit than consensus in December, as the lagged impact from lower energy prices and further improvement in export activity temper the trade imbalance”, wrote TD Securities analysts.
Investors cheered China's trade data, with both imports (25.0% vs 17.0% consensus) and exports (28.8% vs 23.3% consensus) coming in higher than expected in January, as well as the trade surplus (29.2B vs 22.0B consensus).
German trade data came out with wider than expected surplus (€16.8B vs €14.8B consensus) and current account (€17.3B vs €17.0B consensus). December (MoM) exports (+0.3% vs +1.3% consensus) and imports (-1.3% vs -1.4% consensus) disappointed.
The Italian industrial output improved from -7.7% to -6.6% in December (consensus of -7.2%), with a +0.4% monthly growth. The Greek CPI eased from 0.8% to 0.2% in January (YoY) and industrial production bounced from -3.2% (revised from -2.9%) to -0.5% in November.
Swiss real retail sales rose from 3.0% (revised from 2.9%) to 5.1% in December, beating 3.2% consensus. The French budget has narrowed its deficit in December, from €103.4B to €87.2B.
Futures for the American S&P 500 (-0.01%), Dow Jones 30 (-0.06%) and Nasdaq 100 (+0.10%) are mixed ahead of US trade balance data. “We look for a slightly smaller trade deficit than consensus in December, as the lagged impact from lower energy prices and further improvement in export activity temper the trade imbalance”, wrote TD Securities analysts.