- China equities push higher with Shanghao Comp up 5.26%, having opened down 4%
- Not quite sure if this move is led by intervention, but I suspect it is
- Shanghai Comp gad opened 4% lower
- Nikkei lower though by 0.4% to 19,652
- Hang Seng rises 4% to 24,498
- Trading on NYSE was suspended yesterday due to a computer glitch
- Feds minutes show members are concerned about greece/EU issues
- Worry about disruption spilling over into global financial markets
- Minutes also mention worries over China
- But message is that conditions seem consistent with start of normalization
- But Feds Williams remains hawkish, still sees two rate rises this year
- Greece to propose detailed reform plans today
- Yesterday Greece requested 3 year bailout program
- Some suggestion the request was softer on debt restructuring
- But Tsipras remains defiant after EU parliament
- Greek banks to remain closed until next week
- EUR holding up well, EURUSD 1.1100, EURJPY 134.90
- AUD pushes higher on slightly better employment data
- AUDUSD now 0.7485, AUDJPY up to 91.00
— 10.45 Feds Kocherlakota speaks
- 12.00 UK BoE MPC rate announcement
- 13.30 US initial jobless claims
- 13.30 CAD house price index
- 15.15 Feds Brainard speaks
- 18.00 Feds George speaks
- Greece given new, perhaps final ultimatum
- Greece must come up with new detailed proposals by Thursday
- Seems EU disappointed with greek efforts so far
- Another emergency summit scheduled for Sunday
- ECB will maintain liquidity until then
— But ECB likely to suspend ELA if no agreement made on Sunday
- Would lead to closure of greek banking system and a possibly Greek exit
- Merkel says she is not optimistic over greece
- FOMC minutes this evening, look for any mention of greece
- If Fed are worried about greece, rate hike expectations could be pushed back further
- IMF warns US economic recovery coud stall if Fed raises rates too early
- IMF want any rate hikes delayed until 2016
- Asian equities suffer overnight
- Nikkei down 2.8% to 19,802
- Hang Seng down nearly 5%, Shanghai comp down nearly 6%
- Over 1300 stocks of china stocks now suspended to prevent panic selling
- China central bank says will provide liquidity to stock market
- Many see this china equity story as much bigger than greek issues
- 08.30 Greece Tsipras addresses parliament
- 09.30 UK Record of 24 june FPC meeting
- 10.00 ECBs Coeure speaks
- 12.30 UK budget statement
- 19.00 US FOMC minutes
- 19.00 Feds Williams speaks
- 00.01 UK RICS house price
- 00.50 Japan machine orders
- 02.30 China CPI, PPI