The European stocks bulls must be in Britain
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THE EUROPEAN STOCKS BULLS MUST BE IN BRITAIN
European shares are set to start the week down slightly, with STOXX 50 futures STXEc1 off around 0.25% and Dax FDXc1 and CAC40 FCEc1 futures both trading lower too. British markets are closed for a bank holiday.
A down day is probably due. The broad STOXX 600 posted daily gains for all but one trading session in the past two weeks as shares around the world walked back their losses from early August's turmoil, though the STOXX 50 blue chips didn't quite manage such a milestone, a sign some rotation is taking place.
Monday's macro economic picture is still the one painted by central bankers at the Jackson Hole symposium. Most importantly, Fed chair Jerome Powell on Friday endorsed an imminent start to interest rate cuts, declaring further job market cooling would be unwelcome.
That boosted shares U.S. and European shares on Friday, and the MSCI world index is back at record highs. .MIWD00000PUS
European policy makers were a bit more cautious. The European Central Bank is making "good progress" in cutting inflation back to its 2% target but success is not yet assured, so restrictive monetary policy is still needed, ECB chief economist Philip Lane said on Saturday.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said it was still too soon to be sure inflation was beaten.
Of course, both the BoE and ECB are speaking from a slightly different position, having already started cutting interest rates.
There's a couple of bits of company news out there.
Nestle NESN.S intends to keep its Health Science unit, Chairman Paul Bulcke said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday. The unit was among those that analysts said could be sold over the medium term, as they try to get a grip on the implications of the food giant replacing its CEO Mark Schneider with company veteran Laurent Freixe.
UCB UCB.BR, a Belgian biopharmaceutical firm, said on Monday that it will sell its Chinese neurology and allergy business for $680 million, and Swiss solar panel maker Meyer Burger MBTN.S said on Monday it was suspending plans for a plant in Colorado.
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