Sentiment in world markets remained muted ahead of the release of the non-farm payrolls data from the U.S., an important ingredient of the Fed's monetary policy decision making. Markets also weighed the likely impact of the recent output cut by OPEC+ on inflation.
Asian stocks finished with losses. European stocks are trading mixed. Wall Street also appears set to open with mild losses.
The Dollar Index weakened mildly. Bond yields mostly hardened. Gold is hovering closed to the flatline. Crude oil prices continued to surge in the backdrop of the output cut by OPEC+. Cryptocurrencies are trading in negative territory.
Here is a snapshot of the world markets at this hour across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA (US30) at 29,941.00, up 0.05%
S&P 500 (US500) at 3,739.00, down 0.15%
Germany's DAX at 12,461.37, down 0.08%
U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 7,000.70, up 0.05%
France's CAC 40 at 5,935.56, down 0.01%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,425.75, down 0.22%
Japan's Nikkei 225 at 27,116.11, down 0.71%
Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 6,762.80, down 0.80%
China's Shanghai Composite at 3,024.39, down 0.55% (Sep, 30)
Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 17,718.50, down 1.63%
Currencies:
EURUSD at 0.9810, up 0.22%
GBPUSD at 1.1206, up 0.43%
USDJPY at 144.80, down 0.22%
AUDUSD at 0.6420, up 0.27%
USDCAD at 1.3721, down 0.19%
Dollar Index at 111.99, down 0.24%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 3.849%, up 0.65%
Germany at 2.1260%, up 2.21%
France at 2.726%, up 1.60%
U.K. at 4.2455%, up 1.91%
Japan at 0.246%, down 1.80%
Commodities:
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Nov) at $88.78, up 0.37%
Brent Oil Futures (Dec) at $94.76, up 0.36%
Gold Futures (Dec) at $1,721.25, up 0.03%
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $19,931.95, down 1.46%
Ethereum at $1,355.76, down 0.89%
BNB at $284.90, down 3.60%
XRP at $0.4896, down 1.14%
Cardano at $0.4278, down 1.22%
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