Market Wrap – Another Day of Energy Volatility. June 8, 2022

Another volatile day for energy with WTI up over $122 and Natural Gas extreme volatility falling from 9.40 to 8.60 on an explosion at Freeport LNG. Fresh record highs in Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) and fresh 52-week or record highs among 11 other energy sector components helping the group extend its Q2 gain to 20.7% versus an 8.4% quarter-to-date loss in the S&P 500 (-0.8%). Another warning, another ignored, Intel (INTC 41.23, -2.30, -5.3%) after the macro environment has been weaker and that circumstances at this point are much worse than it had anticipated coming into the quarter.

The 10-yr note yield slipped back over 3.00% (-7 bps to 2.97%) and we had a Another Weak U.S. 10-year Treasury Bond Auction Graded D Minus with High Yield of 3.03% and 1.2 Basis Point Tail across the Fixed Interest desk with weak demand from the international market. 

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This week we have inflation data and more Central Bank action as a result yields, energy prices and the USDJPY are in focus.

Those Energy Rippers – at 1 hour to go

  • Halliburton (HAL 43.27, +0.74, +1.7%): best performer in the sector, rising to its best level in nearly four years.
  • Exxon Mobil (XOM 104.93, +1.56, +1.5%): hit a fresh record high before narrowing its gain.
  • Baker Hughes (BKR 38.24, +0.58, +1.5%): touched its best level since late March before narrowing its gain.
  • Chevron (CVX 181.93, +1.73, +1.0%): rising to a fresh record high.
  • Schlumberger (SLB 49.42, +0.49, +1.0%): rising to its best level since April 2019.
  • EOG Resources (EOG 146.97, +1.04, +0.7%): rising to a fresh record high.
  • Hess (HES 129.88, +0.79, +0.6%): rising toward its record high from May 2008 (137.00).
  • ConocoPhillips (COP 123.48, +0.77, +0.6%): rising to a fresh record high.
  • Phillips 66 (PSX 110.47, +0.55, +0.5%): rising to its best level since January 2020.
  • Valero (VLO 145.43, +0.35, +0.2%): hit a fresh record high before turning negative.
  • Diamondback Energy (FANG 160.24, -0.16, -0.1%): hit a fresh record before turning negative.
  • Occidental Petroleum (OXY 69.55, -1.00, -1.4%): weakest performer in the sector, trading near the midpoint of yesterday’s range.

We talk through to today’s action and where to now ….

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Market Closes

Energy

  • Rystad Energy said the war-induced uncertainty is likely to continue to impact gas prices. “The gas market remains highly volatile, and news driven,” said Rystad analyst Fabian Rønningen. This week, in particular, “the market remains anxious for clarity on rules governing ruble payments for Russian gas supplies.”

Commodities and FX

  • The U.S. Dollar Index adds +0.2% to $102.50.
  • Gold futures settled $4.40 higher (+0.2%) to $1,856.50/oz
  • Silver Futures 22.060 -0.118 -0.53
  • Copper Futures 4.4425 0.0070 0.16
  • Corn Futures 763.50 6.50 0.86
  • Wheat Futures 1075.00 3.25 0.30
  • Bloomberg Commodity Index 136.04 -0.37 -0.27
  • Bitcoin USD 30212 -1129 -3.60
  • Ethereum USD 1798.37 -46.36 -2.51
  • Ripple USD 0.4010 -0.0127 -3.06

Stocks

US Indices & S&P 500 sector watch:

  • Dow industrials Average fell -269.24 points or -0.81% at 32910.91
  • S&P Index fell -44.89 points or -1.08% at 4115.78
  • Nasdaq index fell -88.95 points or -0.73% at 12086.28
  • Russell 2000 index fell -28.55 points or -1.49% at 1891.00
  • NYSE Composite 16019.56 171.11 1.08
  • CBOE Volatility 24.02 -1.05 -4.19
  • NYSE Adv 2272 Dec 1035 Vol 945 mln
  • Nasdaq Adv 3052 Dec 1650 Vol 4.3 bln
  • Dow Jones Transportation Average dropped 3.8%; the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index slumped 2.4%
  • Worst-performing sectors were the economically sensitive real estate (-2.4%), materials (-2.1%), industrials (-1.8%), and financial (-1.7%) sectors.
  • Every sector with the exception of the energy sector (+0.2%), finished the day with a loss.

Market Pre-Market Notables

  • Affirm (AFRM 23.30, -1.05, -4.3%): Wedbush initiates with Underperform rating; price target $15
  • Spirit Airlines (SAVE 22.35, -0.32, -1.4%): postpones special meeting of stockholders related to Frontier (ULCC) buyout proposal until June 30 as company wants to continue discussions with stockholders, Frontier, and JetBlue (JBLU)
  • Credit Suisse (CS 6.55, -0.39, -5.6%): warns that it will likely post a loss in the second quarter
  • Novavax (NVAX 52.45, +4.91, +10.3%): receives positive vote from US FDA advisory committee recommending emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 years and older
  • Thor Industries (THO 81.60, +5.37, +7.0%): beats by $1.47, beats on revs
  • DocuSign (DOCU 91.74, +4.00, +4.6%): expands its strategic partnership with Microsoft (MSFT) to accelerate anywhere work
  • Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (OLLI 47.21, -3.78, -7.4%): misses by $0.11, misses on revs; guides Q2 EPS in-line, revs above consensus; guides FY23 EPS below consensus, revs below consensus
  • Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG 88.69, -13.49, -13.2%): Sees FY22 (Sep) EPS of $4.50-5.00, which is well below the current consensus estimate

US Markets YTD

  • Dow Jones Industrial Average: -9.5% YTD
  • S&P 400: -11.3% YTD
  • S&P 500: -13.6% YTD
  • Russell 2000: -15.8% YTD
  • Nasdaq Composite: -22.7% YTD

Key After Hours

  • Five Below (FIVE) beats by $0.01, misses on revs, misses on comps; guides Q2 EPS and revs below consensus; guides FY23 EPS and revs below consensus… FIVE down 6.1%
  • Mission Produce (AVO) beats by $0.04, reports revs in-line; expects Q3 volumes to increase sequentially, but remain lower by approximately 10-15% yr/yr… AVO up 4.1%
  • Owens Corning (OC) forms joint venture with Pultron Composites for production of fiberglass rebar… OC down 2.5%
  • Oxford Industries (OXM) beats by $0.74, beats on revs; guides JulQ EPS above consensus, revs above consensus; guides FY23 EPS above consensus, revs above consensus… OXM up 4.6%
  • US Foods (USFD): The Teamsters Warehouse Division and numerous Teamster locals currently in contract negotiations with US Foods are putting the foodservice giant on notice that work stoppages are imminent… USFD up 1.2%
  • Yext (YEXT) beats by $0.01, beats on revs; guides Q2 EPS below consensus, revs in-line; guides FY23 EPS above consensus, revs below consensus… YEXT up 3.2%

Cboe Daily Market Ratios:

Cboe Daily Market Statistics

Recall in January: JP Morgan quant maestro Marko Kolanovic was out with a comment near lows that didn’t go unnoticed.

“Near term we recommend buying the dip on US indices given oversold conditions… though medium term we favor EM/China/Europe on a regional basis on improving activity and easing headwinds, and the UK on valuation.”

Marko Kolanovic Jan 10 2022
  • We stay positive on equities and expect omicron will ultimately prove a positive for risk assets, as this milder but more transmissible variant speeds the transition from pandemic to endemic with a lower human toll,
  • As this wave fades, it will likely mark the end of the pandemic
  • omicron’s lower severity and high transmissibility crowds out more severe variants and leads to broad natural immunity
  • signs of supply constraints potentially passing their worst point

Recall back in October he said to buy the dip because fears of higher yields were overdone adding the market could absorb higher yields. “We don’t expect a broad market selloff unless yields were to rise above 250-300 bps (US 10y), which we don’t foresee in the near term,” From there the S&P 500 rose 11.5%.

Perhaps this time it’s’ different but nevertheless the algorithms liked it that day but from then ……… not so much

Bonds

U.S. longer-dated Treasuries retreated on Wednesday. Today’s $33 bln 10-yr Treasury note reopening was met with weak demand, akin to what was seen at yesterday’s 3-yr note sale. Post-auction selling pressured 10s and 30s toward their morning lows while shorter tenors finished a bit above their worst levels of the day.

  • 2-yr: +5 bps to 2.77%
  • 3-yr: +5 bps to 2.96%
  • 5-yr: +5 bps to 3.03%
  • 10-yr: +6 bps to 3.03%
  • 30-yr: +5 bps to 3.18%

USA News

Europe

Europe Stocks

Index – Last – Chg – % Chg

  • German DAX, -110.61 points or -0.76% at 14446
  • France’s CAC -51.72 points or -0.8% at 6448.84
  • UK’s FTSE 100 -5.93 points or -0.08% at 7593.01
  • Spain’s Ibex unchanged at 8842.71
  • Italy’s FTSE MIB -133 points or -0.55% at 24233

Europe News

  • Growing concerns over the recent rise in Greek and Italian yields relative to Germany’s yields.
  • British Prime Minister Johnson is reportedly facing pressure from members of his party to lower taxes.
  • French Finance Minister Le Maire repeated that he expects inflation to begin easing early next year.
  • European Central Bank will release its latest policy statement tomorrow.
  • Eurozone’s Q1 GDP 0.6% qtr/qtr (expected 0.3%; last 0.2%); 5.4% yr/yr (expected 5.1%; last 4.7%). Q1 Employment Change 0.6% qtr/qtr (expected 0.5%; last 0.4%); 2.9% yr/yr (expected 2.6%; last 2.1%)
  • Germany’s April Industrial Production 0.7% m/m (expected 1.0%; last -3.7%)
  • U.K.’s May Construction PMI 56.4 (expected 56.6; last 58.2). May Halifax House Price Index 1.0% m/m (expected 0.8%; last 1.2%); 10.5% yr/yr (last 10.8%)
  • France’s April trade deficit EUR12.20 bln, as expected (last deficit of EUR12.70 bln)
  • Italy’s April Retail Sales 0.0% m/m (last -0.6%); 8.4% yr/yr (last 5.6%)
  • Swiss May Unemployment Rate 2.2%, as expected (last 2.2%)

Asia

Asia Stocks

Index – Last – Chg – % Chg

  • Japan’s Nikkei: +1.0%
  • Hong Kong’s Hang Seng: +2.2%
  • China’s Shanghai Composite: +0.7%
  • India’s Sensex: -0.4%
  • South Korea’s Kospi: UNCH
  • Australia’s ASX All Ordinaries: +0.4%

Asia News

  • Japan’s Q1 GDP -0.1% qtr/qtr (expected -0.3%; last -0.2%); -0.5% yr/yr (expected -1.0%; last -1.0%).
  • Q1 GDP Capital Expenditure -0.7% qtr/qtr (expected 0.3%; last 0.5%).
  • May Bank Lending 0.7% yr/yr (last 0.9%)
  • May Economy Watchers Current Index 54.0 (last 50.4).
  • April adjusted Current Account surplus JPY510 bln (last surplus of JPY1.56 trln)
  • South Korea’s Q1 GDP 0.6% qtr/qtr (last 1.2%); 3.0% yr/yr (last 4.2%)
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company expects to spend up to $40 bln on capital expenditures in 2023.
  • Australia’s Prime Minister Albanese said that the recent rate hike is a blow for families and that new policies to deal with inflation will be considered.
  • Australia will also look to expand trade with Indonesia and India.
  • The Reserve Bank of India raised its policy repurchase rate by 50 bps to 4.90% against expectations for a 40-bps hike.
  • Record Private Equity M&A deals Targeting Australian Companies – TRADERS COMMUNITY
  • RBA Accelerates Rate Cycle as it Raises Rates by 50bps to 0.75% – TRADERS COMMUNITY

What You Need Know About Quantitative Tightening QT Bifurcations Explained – TRADERS COMMUNITY

Most of us are familiar with QE but what is QT? When the Fed reduces its balance sheet it is known as quantitative tightening, the flipside of quantitative easing. The US Federal Reserve at its December FOMC put the world on notice that tighter financial conditions are ahead. What does it mean? The possible Bifurcations would make Mandelbrot wince.

Looking ahead:

Economic Data:

  • Traders Market Weekly: Inflation and Central Banker Rate Watch – TRADERS COMMUNITY
  • Tuesday: April Trade Balance (prior -$109.80 bln) at 8:30 ET; $44 bln 3-yr Treasury note auction results at 13:00 ET; and April Consumer Credit (prior $52.40 bln) at 15:00 ET
  • Wednesday: Weekly MBA Mortgage Index (prior -2.3%) at 7:00 ET; April Wholesale Inventories (prior 2.3%) at 10:00 ET; weekly crude oil inventories (prior -5.07 mln) at 10:30 ET; and $33 bln 10-yr Treasury note reopening results at 13:00 ET
  • Thursday: Weekly Initial Claims (prior 200,000) and Continuing Claims (prior 1.309 mln) at 8:30 ET; weekly natural gas inventories (prior +90 bcf) at 10:30 ET; and $19 bln 30-yr Treasury bond reopening results at 13:00 ET
  • Friday: May CPI (prior 0.3%) and Core CPI (prior 0.6%) at 8:30 ET; preliminary June University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment survey (prior 58.4) at 10:00 ET; and May Treasury Budget (prior $308.00 bln) at 14:00 ET

Earnings:

Monday (June 6)

Pre-Market: SAIC

After-Hours: COUP GTLB

Tuesday (June 7)

Pre-Market: ASO CBRL PLAY GIII MOMO SJM REVG UNFI

After-Hours: CASY GWRE SMAR CURV VRNT

Wednesday (June 8)

Pre-Market: BF.B CPB KC LOVE OLLI THO VRA

After-Hours: ABM BASE FIVE GEF AVO OXM YEXT

Thursday (June 9)

Pre-Market: BILI FCEL NIO SIG

After-Hours: CMTL DOCU SFIX MTN

Friday (June 10)

Pre-Market: None

After-Hours: None

Trust you all had a great day, sleep well and get your trading plan sorted.

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