EUROSTOXX50 TECHS: (H5) Fresh Cycle High

• RES 4: 160.00 Round number resistance   
• RES 3: 159.45 High Jul 12
• RES 2: 159.26 0.618 proj of the Sep 16 - Nov 15 - Dec 3 price swing  
• RES 1: 158.42 High Jan 7  
• PRICE: 158.04 @ 06:55 GMT Jan 8
• SUP 1: 156.24 20-day EMA
• SUP 2: 154.44 Low Dec 19  
• SUP 3: 154.16 50-day EMA
• SUP 4: 153.16 Low Dec 17  

USDJPY bulls remain in the driver’s seat and the pair is trading at its recent highs. Tuesday’s fresh cycle high reinforces current bullish conditions. The recent breach of 156.75, the Nov 15 high, confirmed a resumption of the uptrend and this has paved the way for a move towards 159.45, the Jul 12 high. Moving average studies are in a bull-mode position highlighting a dominant uptrend. Initial firm support is 156.24, the 20-day EMA.

Italy is due to hold a syndication while Spain and France are both still due to hold auctions this week. We also pencil in syndications from Ireland and Portugal (which would be dependant upon mandate announcements today) and see a good probability of an EFSF RFP being sent today. Belgium and Slovakia already held syndications this week, whilst Austria and Germany already held auctions. We estimate gross issuance for the week at E60.8bln.

• Italy has announced a mandate to hold a dual-tranche syndication to launch a new 10-year BTP maturing 1 August 2035 and E5bln (WNG) of a new BTP Green maturing 30 April 2046. We pencil in a transaction on today with E10bln for the 10-year tranche. We had noted that we thought there would be an Italian syndication this week and that we would see a new 10-year BTP launched in January (but we had thought the 10-year launch would be via auction and that we would have seen a 15-year via syndication this week). The 20-year area was one we had highlighted as the potential for a new Green BTP in our Deep Dive.
• On Wednesday, Germany will return to sell E5bln of the new 2.50% Feb-35 Bund (ISIN: DE000BU2Z049).

For more details on issuance this week and next week see the full document here: EZ250108.pdf

• RES 4: 5097.00 High Oct 14
• RES 3: 5080.00 High Oct 15      
• RES 2: 5068.13 0.764 proj of the Nov 21 - Dec 9 - 20 price swing   
• RES 1: 5050.00 High Jul 7          
• PRICE: 5019.00 @ 06:34 GMT Jan 8  
• SUP 1: 4925.88 50-day EMA       
• SUP 2: 4829.00 Low Dec 20 and key short-term support     
• SUP 3: 4800.87 76.4% retracement of the Nov 21 - Dec 9 bull cycle 
• SUP 4: 4775.00 Low Nov 29 

A bull cycle in the Eurostoxx 50 futures contract remains intact. This week’s strong rally highlights a reversal of the recent corrective pullback. Resistance at 5040.00, the Dec 9 high, has been pierced. A clear break of this level would confirm a resumption of the bull cycle that started on Nov 21 last year and open 5068.13, a Fibonacci projection. On the downside, initial firm support lies at 4925.88, the 50-day EMA.