Stocks climb to the highs of the day
US stocks are getting a late lift in what’s already been a strong week. The S&P 500 is up 25 points to 4121.
Closing at the highs of the week is a good sign for the week ahead, though this will be the 6th gain in 7 days and

10-year Treasury yields up 5 bps to 1.669%
After a busier start, things have settled down on the session as we await Wall Street to enter the fray in Friday trading today. The market got a bit of a push earlier when Treasury yields crept higher, with 10-year yields touching 1.67% from a low of 1.62%

German government spokesperson confirms on the matter
It seems like Merkel is going to take things in her own hands and the federal government is going to take control from state leaders on how to deal with the virus moving forward.

Double-bottom or double-top for gold?
Gold has managed to pull itself higher in the past week or so, rising after testing the early March lows near $1,676 to push back to $1,750 levels yesterday.

German health minister, Jens Spahn, says that lesser testing over the Easter holidays period is still showing up in the numbers
There is , with the daily virus cases being at the highest since 8 January. But given the high 7-day incidence rate in the run up to Easter, that figure is likely to climb further;

Forex news from the European trading session – 8 April 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– JPY leads, USD lags on the day
– European equities mixed; S&P 500 futures up 0.3%

ECB releases the account of its March policy meeting – 8 April 2021
Those are the key details at first glance but despite the pushback against rising yields, it seemed like they wanted to walk a tighter line with regards to communicating that to the market. In any case, their commitment to „significantly“ step up PEPP

Yields stalling make for a thriving environment for equities
And it needed a reminder from the Fed minutes yesterday before investors became a little more decisive in trading today. S&P 500 futures are up 0.4% and Nasdaq futures are up 0.9%, while Dow futures are keeping flat on the day so far.

EUR/USD falls back towards the lows for the day at 1.1864 now
The bounce at the start of the week continues to stall for EUR/USD as buyers are finding it tough to negotiate a breakthrough above the 200-day moving average (blue line).

Remarks by ECB president, Christine Lagarde, at the 43rd IMFC meeting
– Risks surrounding euro area growth outlook have become more balanced
– Headline inflation likely to increase further in the coming months
This is pretty much a rehash of the March monetary policy meeting statement and press conference. As such, there isn’t anything new here really. In