Covid-19 Daily Dashboard – 20 August 2020
An overview of key economic and financial metrics.
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Download an overview of key economic and financial metrics relating to Covid-19 on 20 August 2020.
Equities: Stock indexes around the world are running lower over the course of the day. In Europe, the STOXX 600 is down -1.2%, as is the CAC 40 (-1.5%), the DAX (-1.3%) and the FTSE 250 (-0.5%). In the US, futures for the S&P 500 are down -0.5% but the index remains +4% higher than the start of the year. In Asia, the Hang Seng (-1.3%), CSI 300 (-1.3%), Topix (-0.9%) and the S&P / ASX 200 (-0.8%) all closed lower. While the Kospi is still running +3% over the year to date, the index has fallen -6.7% over the week and is down -3.7% over the day.
VIX: After increasing +4.8% yesterday, the CBOE market volatility index is up a further +8.9% over the morning to 24.54, elevated compared to its long term average (LTA) of 19.9. Meanwhile, the Euro Stoxx 50 volatility price index has decreased -5.5% to 21.99, below its LTA of 23.3.
Bonds: The US 10-year treasury yield has compressed -3bps to 0.66%, while both the UK 10-year gilt yield and the German 10-year bund yield have declined -1bp to 0.22% and -0.48%.
Currency: Both sterling and the euro have depreciated slightly to $1.31 and $1.18. Hedging benefits for US dollar denominated investors into the UK and the eurozone are 0.27% and 1.09% per annum on a five-year basis.
Oil: Brent Crude and the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) are currently $44.99 and $42.72 per barrel.
Baltic Dry: The Baltic Dry index decreased a further -1.1% yesterday to 1,568. However, the index is +44% above where it was in January.
Gold: The price of gold declined -4.0% yesterday to below $2,000 at $1,927 per troy ounce, which is -7% below the record high of $2,063 reached on 6th August.
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