Futures mixed after Swiss central bank lifeline for Credit Suisse
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[March 16, 2023] By
Shubham Batra and Amruta Khandekar
(Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures were mixed on Thursday as the Swiss
central bank's lifeline for embattled Credit Suisse did little to boost
investor sentiment as they awaited economic data for clues on the
outlook for U.S. interest rates.
U.S.-listed shares of Credit Suisse rose 8.8% in premarket trading after
the bank secured a credit line of up to $54 billion from the Swiss
National Bank to shore up liquidity and investor confidence, which had
nosedived after the lender's shares slumped on Wednesday.
Troubles at Credit Suisse, coming on the heels of the collapse of SVB
Financial and peer Signature Bank have sparked fresh worries about
stress in the banking sector, dwarfing relief on expectations of less
aggressive moves by the Federal Reserve.
Weak retail sales figures as well as data showing a downward trend in
producer inflation on Wednesday had bolstered bets of a small rate hike
by the Federal Reserve at its meet concluding on March 22.
A meeting of European Central Bank policymakers is underway, with
markets hoping that the turmoil in financial markets could force it to
ditch plans for another hefty interest rate hike.
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"Central banks are in a bit of a bind because they need to make sure
that inflation is brought back under control. But now they're facing
another problem, which is a crisis of confidence in the banking system,"
said Andrea Cicione, head of research at TS Lombard.
"People are rightly concerned about banks. We are going through the
situation which is very different from what we had in 2008, where we
have to deal with interest rate risk."
After initial gains, shares of regional lenders First Republic Bank,
Western Alliance Bancorp, PacWest Bancorp reversed course to fall 36.7%,
7.2% and 19.7% respectively.
U.S. big banks such as JPMorgan Chase & Co, Citigroup and Bank of
America Corp also cut early gains and were last down between 0.1% and
0.7%.
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U.S. Treasury yields rose after steep declines on Wednesday, with
money markets now pricing in a 69% chance of a 25-basis-point rate
hike by the Fed in March. Bets were equally split between a pause
and a quarter percentage point rate hike earlier..
A slew of economic data, including February housing start numbers
and weekly jobless claims, will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET, which
may help investors in gauging the strength of the American economy.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia will also issue
Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey for March.
At 6:56 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 93 points, or 0.29%, S&P 500
e-minis were down 7.5 points, or 0.19%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were
up 19.5 points, or 0.16%.
Shares of Adobe Inc supported Nasdaq futures, rising 5.8% in
premarket trade after the Photoshop maker raised its 2023 profit
target.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Snapchat operator Snap Inc rose
1.9% and 6.6% respectively after the Joe Biden administration
threatened to impose a ban on TikTok.
Virgin Orbit plunged 44.5% after the satellite launch company said
it would pause all operations from March 16, and was conducting
discussions with potential funding sources.
(Reporting by Shubham Batra and Amruta Khandekar in Bengaluru;
additional reporting by Shristi Achar A; editing by Uttaresh
Venkateshwaran and Vinay Dwivedi)
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