Here is a snapshot of the global markets across stocks, currencies, commodities, bonds and cryptocurrencies.
Asian stocks declined on Tuesday. European stocks too are down plagued by inflation fears. U.S. stock futures are in mildly negative territory amidst worries on fuel-fed inflation. Bond yields eased a tad. Crude prices eased slightly from multi-year highs. Dollar Index is close to the flatline at 94.32, ahead of release of the FOMC minutes on Wednesday. Gold edged up amidst the easing in bond yields. Cryptocurrencies remain firm and Bitcoin is trading near $57,200, not far from the 5-month high of $57,793.04 touched in Monday's trade.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA at 34,457.80, down 0.11% S&P 500 at 4,358.70, down 0.06%Germany's DAX at 15,159.30, down 0.26%U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 7,126.87, down 0.28%France's CAC 40 at 6,545.01, down 0.39%Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,061.36, down 0.27%Japan's Nikkei 225 at 28,230.61, down 0.94% Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 7,280.70, down 0.26%China's Shanghai Composite at 3,546.94, down 1.25% Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 24,962.59, down 1.43%
Currencies:
EURUSD at 1.1553, up 0.02%GBPUSD at 1.3613, up 0.13%USDJPY at 113.34, up 0.04%AUDUSD at 0.7377, up 0.36%USDCAD at 1.2457, down 0.20%Dollar Index at 94.32, up 0.01%
Commodities:
Crude Oil WTI Futures (November) at $80.47, down 0.06%Brent Oil Futures (December) at $83.56, down 0.11%Gold Futures (December) at $1,760.75, up 0.29%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 1.598%, down 0.44% Germany at -0.1295%, down 4.44%France at 0.206%, down 3.97%U.K. at 1.1730%, down 1.43%Japan at 0.090%, up 0.00%
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $57,154.15, up 1.32%Ethereum at $3,445.08, down 3.79%Cardano at $2.09, down 5.73%Binance Coin at $395.82, down 5.59%XRP at $1.08, down 7.22%
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Market Analysis
April 17, 2026 15:29 ET The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to raise concerns for policymakers who worry about the impact of the supply shock and high energy prices on the real economy. Producer price data and various survey results on the housing market were the main news from the U.S. this week. In Europe, industrial production data for the euro area gained attention. GDP figures out of China and the policy move by the Singapore central bank were in focus in Asia.