Diário Financeiro

14 de Dezembro de 2018
Daily Report 14.12.2018
  • Global financial markets were in a quiet mood yesterday as they awaited for the ECB communication after the Governing Council meeting. European stock indices started the session erratic and after Mario Draghi's press conference most indices declined. Some of them managed to close the session with gains, some registered losses. In the U.S., a caution mood dominated the session and the most benefited sectors were the ones considered defensive (consumer staples and utilities advanced the most) and the S&P 500 closed flat. Equities in EM registered broad-based and moderate gains.
  • In fixed income markets, European sovereign bonds reflected a softening in the tensions between Italy and the European Commission (peripheral risk premiums edged down and yields on core European bonds increased). Yields on U.S. Treasuries were roughly stable.
  • In yesterday's press conference, the ECB President insisted on his positive view on the economic outlook and argued that the slowdown reflected in the most recent data responds to one-off country and sector-specific factors. He also mentioned that risks surrounding the outlook can still be considered as roughly balanced, although they have tilted to the downside.
  • Today, investors will pay attention to the December euro area flash PMI.