Japanese Market
In the Japanese equity futures market, TSE REIT Index, Sep 25 emerged as the top performer in July, recording a gain of +4.86%. This follows the best performer in previous month, where the Nikkei 225(Osaka), Sep 25 led with a strong gain +6.86%.
U.S. Market
The U.S. equity futures market with the E-mini NASDAQ-100, Sep 25 posting an increase of +4.14%. The same contract also led in June, which posted a bigger gain of +5.92%.
European Market
In the European markets, the FTSE 100-Stnd Index, Sep 25 recorded the highest performance within the region, with a +4.43% gain. The same contract also led in June, with a loss of -0.41%.
Japanese Market
In July, the Japanese fixed income futures market ended with negative performance by the Three-Month TONA (Osaka), Mar 27 contract declining by -0.1035%. This follows the best performer in June, OSE 10 Year JGB, Sep 25 recorded a +0.35% gain.
U.S. Market
In the U.S. fixed income futures market, the 30yr US Treasury Bonds (Globex), Sep 25 contract emerged as the best performer, posting a +2.30% gain. This marks a contrast to the previous month, where the 2yr US Treasury Note (Globex), Sep 25 contract led with a decrease of -0.62%.
European Market
The European fixed income futures market also showed mixed performance, with the Long Gilt (CONNECT), Sep 25 contract leading with a +1.47% gain. In June, the Euro Bund (10yr), Sep 25 contract was the strongest performer, although achieving a slight decrease of -0.32%.
Note: For scaling purposes, the chart displays the current midweek net percentage change and the previous week’s net percentage change for fixed income products. If the percentage net change is positive then yields have fallen. If the percentage net change is negative then yields have risen.