Hawkish comments from the ECB and Snapchat's warnings on future earnings as well as revenue influenced equity market sentiments in Tuesday's trade. Caution also prevailed ahead of the release of the FOMC minutes on Wednesday.
Asian and European equity markets plunged. Wall Street Futures too are trading in the red zone. The Dollar Index retreated further. Bond yields eased across regions. Crude prices edged down as potential oil demand and likely supply concerns did not suffice to revive sentiment. Gold rose modestly as the Dollar retreated further. Cryptocurrencies plunged again.
Here is a snapshot of the world markets at this hour across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA (US30) at 31,591.10, down 0.91% S&P 500 (US500) at 3,921.00, down 1.33% Germany's DAX at 14,038.63, down 0.96% U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 7,489.20, down 0.32% France's CAC 40 at 6,279.74, down 1.24% Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,664.85, down 1.17% Japan's Nikkei 225 at 26,748.14, down 0.94% Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 7,128.80, down 0.28%China's Shanghai Composite at 3,070.93, down 2.41% Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 20,112.10, down 1.75%
Currencies:
EURUSD at 1.0717, up 0.26%GBPUSD at 1.2502 down 0.69%USDJPY at 127.24, down 0.50%AUDUSD at 0.7077, down 0.41%USDCAD at 1.2799, up 0.27%Dollar Index at 101.95, down 0.12%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 2.808%, down 1.78% Germany at 0.9905%, down 3.18%France at 1.520%, down 1.49%U.K. at 1.9045%, down 3.37%Japan at 0.225%, down 2.17%
Commodities:
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Jul) at $110.08, down 0.19%Brent Oil Futures (Aug) at $110.45, down 0.30%Gold Futures (Jun) at $1,857.00, up 0.50%
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $29,282.24, down 3.39%Ethereum at $1,966.13, down 4.25%BNB at $320.29, down 1.98% XRP at $0.4074, down 3.30%Cardano at $0.5131, down 6.23%
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