• Europe is -200bps, Futures getting hit after headline: US targets $3.1 bln of Eu, Uk products for new tariff
• NYT suggesting US may be barred from entering Europe from July 1st due to lack of control over the virus - Brazil & Russia also on the list but China is not which may be cause for some friction
• Market took a turn for the worse after ECB’s Lane spoke this morning on the ECB’s response to the pandemic. Pepp is not open-ended phase of stimulus..
• We also have Fed’s Evans and Bullard speaking today. Yesterday’s comments from Bullard were optimistic on the economic recovery, in contrast to Powell’s comments two weeks back, where he painted a bleak picture of the US economy. No BoE’s purchases today and the Fed would buy $1.225bn of 7.5Y to 30Y TIPS.
• TMT in focus as
o T-Mobile placing priced at $103 & Dell +19% aft hrs on news its exploring options for its VMWare stake (valued at $50b) which could include spinoff,
o Dialog semi +9% upped guidance $290 million to $305 million compared with a previously forecast range of $260 million to $290 million... saying Coronavirus Fuels Demand
o AMS+8% of the back of this, helped by broker upgrade