OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS
June E-mini S&Ps (ESM15 +0.37%) this morning are up +0.31% amid merger activity and corporate earnings. Mylan NV surged 13% in pre-market trading after people with knowledge of the matter said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is preparing an unsolicited offer for the company, while Lam Research climbed nearly 10% in European trading after it reported Q3 profit that was above consensus. European stocks gave up an early advance and are down -0.05% after the German Apr ZEW investor confidence unexpectedly fell for the first time in 6 months. Greek funding concerns are another negative as the yield on the Greek 10-year bond rose to a 2-1/3 year high of 13.56%. The Greek government on Monday ordered local administrations to move funds to Greece’s central bank as it struggles to find funds for salaries and a repayment to the IMF. Asian stocks closed mostly higher as the action by the PBOC to lower reserve-requirement ratios for banks outweighed efforts by Chinese regulators to curb speculative trading: Japan +1.40%, Hong Kong +2.79%, China +1.82%, Taiwan -0.20%, Australia +0.67%, Singapore +0.15%, South Korea -0.14%, India -0.75%.
Commodity prices are mixed. May crude oil (CLK15 -0.50%) is down -0.27% and May gasoline (RBK15 -1.32%) is down -0.93% on expectations that Wednesday’s EIA data will show crude stockpiles rose +2.5 million bbl, exacerbating a supply glut. Metals prices are mixed. Jun gold (GCM15 +0.49%) is up +0.38%. May copper (HGK15 -0.48%) is down -0.46%. Agriculture prices are weaker.
The dollar index (DXY00 +0.16%) is up +0.35%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down -0.55%%. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.23%.Â
Jun T-note prices (ZNM15Â +0.13%) are up +3.5 ticks.
EUR/USD is lower on Greek funding concerns after people with knowledge of the discussions said the ECB staff has produced a proposal to increase the haircuts Greek lenders take on the collateral they post when borrowing from the Bank of Greece. Greek banks currently have access to 74 billion euros of emergency funds from the Greek central bank, an amount that is increasing and is under review each week from the ECB Governing Council.
