Market information
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Last Monday, the gold price dropped to USD / ounce 1125.75. Due to the euro becoming stronger, the gold becomes less attractive as an alternative to the euro.Yesterday the oil price reached the highest level in 2 months. A barrel of North Sea oil cost USD 81.75, this is approximately USD 10 more than last month. Nicolas Sakozy, the French peresident, appointed that the eurozone is prepared to help Greece. This decreases the concerns about the future of the euro. By including this optimism about the recovery of the global economy the oil prices increased.
From figures published yesterday by the 'Centraal Bureau van de statistiek (CBS)' shows that the Dutch unemployment rose in all provinces in 2009. In Noord-Brabant the unemployment has a strong increasement, the percentage rises from 3.4% to 4.8%. Also the cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague has a strong increasement of the unemployment rate.
The 6M Euribor equals 0.96% and the 10Y Swap decreased with 1 bp to 3.35%.
In the attachment below, today’s market data on money and capital market rates as well as other rates are presented. For more history of these rates or other rates feel free to ask: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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