European stocks falter, German 5-yr turns positive after ECB 'pivot'

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European stock indexes faltered on Friday, even after strong Amazon earnings, while a sell-off briefly pushed German 5-year bonds positive for the first time in four years after the European Central Bank was more hawkish than expected.

European government bond yields also rose. Germany's 5-year yield briefly turned positive as traders priced in ECB rate hikes this year . Germany's 2-year yield was set for its biggest weekly rise since 2008 .

"In other markets, we've got a series of hikes priced in and so it may well be now that European markets have to digest the possibility of that."

 

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