Europe Stock Volatility Bets Unravel After Italian Vote Outcome
Italian Referendum and Political Risks in Markets
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Traders who had pushed up the cost of hedging against swings in European stocks to a four-year high are unwinding their bets as Italy’s referendum result dispels some of the uncertainties gripping the region.
Euro-area equities climbed on Monday, while a gauge measuring volatility expectations for the asset class tumbled the most in a month, in keeping with a trend that has seen markets pricing in outcomes of political events faster each time. While U.K. stocks took three days to begin a rebound following the shock Brexit vote, global equity markets retraced almost all their losses intraday after Donald Trump’s unexpected U.S. election.