Morning Note Sept 1st

September 1, 2011
US equity futures are trading lower following European Economic data that generally came out weaker than expected abd begative sovereign debt headlines. The market is awaiting ISM Manufacturing data due at 10:00 ET where consensus of 48.5 suggests contraction which was last seen in Jul 2009.

Spanish T-Bond: Spain treasury sells €3.62B in new 5-yr bond. Bid-to-cover ratio 1.8. Average yield 4.489%