World market sentiment continues to be driven by the panic surrounding sticky inflation and the drastic measures likely by central banks worldwide, to tackle the same. Reports of Covid curbs and an unexpected drop in factory output from China also fueled the bearish sentiment.
Asian stocks finished with deep losses. European stocks are trading in the red zone. Wall Street Futures are also trading in negative territory.
The Dollar Index remained firm. Bond yields mostly hardened. China's Covid restrictions exacerbated concerns over demand, dragging down crude oil prices. Gold continued to slide. Cryptocurrencies declined.
Here is a snapshot of the world markets at this hour across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA (US30) at 31,328.40, down 0.58% S&P 500 (US500) at 3,922.20, down 0.83% Germany's DAX at 12,643.28, down 1.49% U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 7,174.64, down 1.50% France's CAC 40 at 6,027.19, down 1.60% Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,462.55, down 1.56%Japan's Nikkei 225 at 27,661.47, down 1.53% Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 6,845.60, down 2.02% China's Shanghai Composite at 3,184.98, down 0.54% Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 19,597.31, down 1.79%
Currencies:
EURUSD at 1.0034, down 0.23%GBPUSD at 1.1596, down 0.22%USDJPY at 139.21, up 0.18%AUDUSD at 0.6830, down 0.13%USDCAD at 1.3181, up 0.41%Dollar Index at 108.84, up 0.13%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 3.202%, up 2.24% Germany at 1.6140%, up 5.15%France at 2.230%, up 3.70%U.K. at 2.9095%, up 3.80%Japan at 0.239%, down 0.21%
Commodities:
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Oct) at $87.73, down 2.03%Brent Oil Futures (Nov) at $93.74, down 1.99%Gold Futures (Dec) at $1,714.95, down 0.65%
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $19,886.57, down 1.54%Ethereum at $1,542.71, down 1.68%BNB at $275.26, down 3.31% XRP at $0.3251, down 1.44%Cardano at $0.4454, down 2.01%
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.