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(CEP News) - U.S. fixed income markets are still up following softer-than-expected University of Michigan consumer sentiment data. Equities are mixed and yields on U.S. 10-year Treasury Notes up 0.7 bps to 3.82%. Canadian 10-year CGBs up 1.6 bps to 3.58% and the Canadian dollar slipped below parity after reaching a session high of 1.0047 against the USD.
The Canadian dollar is down 0.0008 cents to 0.9994 USD and the euro is up 0.0139 to 1.5587 USD. The Dow Jones industrial average is down 46 points to 12,947 and the S&P TSX Composite Index up 128 points to 14,956. Yields on two-year Canadian government bonds are up 2.9 bps to 2.81%, with five-year yields up 1.8 bps to 3.16%, 10-year yields up 1.6 bps to 3.58% and 30-year yields up 0.5 bps to 4.04%. The Eurodollar September 08 contract is up 3.0 ticks to 97.27. The Canadian 10-year note is yielding 24.59 bps less than the U.S. 10-year note. In Germany, returns on two-year German bonds are down 1.0 bp to 3.97%, with five-year yields down 1.9 bps to 4.00%, 10-year yields down 3.3 bps to 4.17% and 30-year yields down 4.0 bps to 4.66%. At the close, yields on UK two-year bonds are down 2.0 bps to 4.75%, with five-year yields down 3.6 bps to 4.59%, 10-year yields down 7.0 bps to 4.77% and 30-year yields down 8.8 bps to 4.48%. Concerning U.S. stock markets, the S&P 500 is down 4 points to 1,420 and the Nasdaq is down 16 points to 2,518. Regarding European stock markets, the Eurostoxx is up 9 points to 3,280, the UK FTSE 100 up 53 points to 6,304 and the German DAX up 76 points to 7,157. The Canadian dollar is down 0.8810 to 103.8950 against the yen. The U.S. dollar is down 0.8000 to 103.9500 against the yen and the Dollar Index is down 0.587 to 72.783. The euro is up 0.0151 to 1.5595 against the Canadian dollar, up 0.0036 to 0.7968 against the pound sterling and is higher by 0.22 to 162.02 against the yen. The pound sterling is up 0.0089 to 1.9562 against the U.S. dollar and up 0.0106 to 1.9571 against the Canadian dollar. WTI crude oil is up $1.72 to $125.84. The front month gold contract at the Chicago Board of Trade is up $21.40 to $901.30 per ounce. All data taken at 2:14 p.m. EDT. Generated by CEP Newswires, edited by Cristina Markham,
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