A total of 815mbbls of open WTI crude March 25 options positions on CME and ICE are due to expire against the March futures close today. Current aggregate open interest is 407k call contracts and 408k puts.
Strike Price, $/bbl | Call Open Int | Put Open Int |
68 | 3,597 | 12,875 |
69 | 5,921 | 10,043 |
69.5 | 3,114 | 3,309 |
70 | 14,619 | 27,772 |
70.5 | 2,647 | 2,406 |
71 | 5,233 | 7,907 |
71.5 | 3,901 | 3,347 |
72 | 7,345 | 7,715 |
72.5 | 4,172 | 3,423 |
73 | 10,324 | 8,058 |
74 | 9,456 | 7,325 |
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The French YTD general government budget deficit widened to E172.5bln in November. The November YTD deficit stands at 105.7% of the 2024 forecast deficit by the French Ministry of Finance (vs 114% in Jan-Nov of 2023's outturn).
Commerzbank note that “repo specialness continues to erode out of year-end, but exclusively due to the rich, seasoned Bunds. Recent issues and GC remain floored around depo, suggesting that the collateral floor continues to hold.”
French final December HICP inflation was unrevised from the flash print on a rounded basis at 1.8% Y/Y (vs 1.68% in November) and 0.2% M/M (vs -0.15% prior). On a unrounded basis HICP inflation was 1.75% Y/Y, 1 hundredth softer than the flash reading. CPI inflation was also unrevised from flash at 1.3%. On an unrounded basis, CPI was 3 hundredths softer than the flash estimate at 1.32% Y/Y.