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European Markets

• German GDP Growth expanded 1.5% in CY2018, the slowest pace in 5 years and compares to 2.2% growth in CY2017
• The Euro Stoxx 600 is currently down -0.03%, the FTSE 100 is higher by +0.09%, the DAX has fallen -0.24%, and the CAC 40 is lower by -0.07%
• Members of Parliament was expected to vote down UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s BREXIT plan later today (in the evening London time)
• NYMEX gasoline crack spreads, a measure of profitability for US refiners, is trading at lowest levels in 3 years with rising domestic stockpiles weigh downstream products prices
• Chinese officials said that the Chinese government is considering tax cuts on a “large scale” to stimulate economic growth
• Investor sentiment for European stocks is neutral with the advance/decline ratio for the Euro Stoxx 600 currently at 1.11x
• Industrial Goods & Services (+0.52%), Basic Resources (+0.46%), and Financial Services (+0.34%) stocks are the top performers in the Euro Stoxx 600 today
• Telecommunications (-0.98%), Travel & Leisure (-0.6%), and Banks (-0.54%) stocks are the worst performers in the Euro Stoxx 600 today
• 50 stocks in the Euro Stoxx 600 are at 4-week highs while 26 stocks are at 4-week lows
• 7 stocks in the Euro Stoxx 600 are overbought while 2 stocks are oversold according to the 16-day RSI Measure
• VSTOXX, the European stocks equivalent of the VIX, is  moving down this morning and is currently at 0 after closing at 17.9 yesterday
   

What is Going on with European Currencies?

• EUR€ is currently down -0.375% against the USD$ to 1.1426
• GBP£ is currently down -0.194% against the USD$ to 1.2839
• CHF is currently down -0.52% against the USD$ to 1.0141
   

Highlights from the European Bond Market

• Generic Euro 10-Year Bonds are lower with yields up 2.9 basis points to 0.207%
• German 10-Year Bunds are higher with yields down -2.4 basis points to 0.207%
• French 10-Year Government Bonds are higher with yields down -1.4 basis points to 0.626%
• UK 10-Year GILTs are higher with yields down -2.4 basis points to 1.273%
• Italian 10-Year Government Bonds are lower with yields up 0.7 basis points to 2.85%
• Spanish 10-Year Government Bonds are higher with yields down -3.6 basis points to 1.383%
   

Euro Stoxx 50 Movers

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