Here is a snapshot of the global markets across stocks, currencies, commodities, bonds and cryptocurrencies.
Asian stocks finished mixed on Wednesday. Europe stocks are mostly advancing further. U.S. stock futures too are in mildly positive territory ahead of release of the U.S.CPI numbers and FOMC minutes on Wednesday. Bond yields eased further. Oil prices edged down on inflation worries. Dollar Index retreated from Tuesday's high of 94.52. Gold gained on hopes it would serve as an inflation hedge. Cryptocurrencies declined and Bitcoin is trading near $54,500, sliding from the 5-month high of $57,793.04 touched in Monday's trade.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA at 34,409.60, up 0.09% S&P 500 at 4,356.40, up 0.13%Germany's DAX at 15,249.30, up 0.68%U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 7,127.75, down 0.03%France's CAC 40 at 6,564.49, up 0.25%Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,075.82, up 0.51%Japan's Nikkei 225 at 28,140.28, down 0.32% Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 7,272.50, down 0.11%China's Shanghai Composite at 3,561.76, up 0.42% Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 25,020.34, up 0.23%
Currencies:
EURUSD at 1.1561, up 0.30%GBPUSD at 1.3629, up 0.32%USDJPY at 113.54, down 0.05%AUDUSD at 0.7355, up 0.09%USDCAD at 1.2441, down 0.20%Dollar Index at 94.27, down 0.26%
Commodities:
Crude Oil WTI Futures (November) at $80.12, down 0.64%Brent Oil Futures (December) at $82.85, down 0.68%Gold Futures (December) at $1,773.75, up 0.82%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 1.563%, down 1.08% Germany at -0.1275%, down 31.44%France at 0.206%, down 12.50%U.K. at 1.1010%, down 4.34%Japan at 0.086%, down 3.37%
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $54,550.46, down 4.44%Ethereum at $3,443.18, down 0.36%Binance Coin at $454.67, up 14.64%Cardano at $2.11, up 0.99%XRP at $1.08, up 0.13%
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