Sentiment improved in markets after Fed chair Jerome Powell appeared less hawkish than feared in his speech on Tuesday. Markets also weighed the recent corporate earning updates.
Asian stocks finished on a mixed note. Major European benchmarks are trading higher. Wall Street Futures however portend mild losses on opening.
An absence of hawkish rhetoric from the Fed chair dragged down the Dollar and the Dollar Index. Bond yields moved mixed. Crude oil prices gained after industry data from the U.S. showed a draw in inventories. Gold continued to rise. Cryptocurrencies extended gains.
Here is a snapshot of the world markets at this hour across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA (US30) at 34,112.00, down 0.13%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,153.00, down 0.26%
Germany's DAX at 15,464.95, up 0.94%
U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 7,927.20, up 0.79%
France's CAC 40 at 7,187.32, up 0.77%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,238.15, up 0.69%
Japan's Nikkei 225 at 27,606.46, down 0.29%
Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 7,530.10, up 0.35%
China's Shanghai Composite at 3,232.11, down 0.49%
Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 21,283.52, down 0.07%
Currencies:
EUR/USD at 1.0745, up 0.21%
GBP/USD at 1.2092, up 0.42%
USD/JPY at 130.88, down 0.13%
AUD/USD at 0.6977, up 0.27%
USD/CAD at 1.3375, down 0.17%
Dollar Index at 103.12, down 0.29%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 3.658%, down 0.42%
Germany at 2.3615%, up 2.19%
France at 2.808%, up 1.72%
U.K. at 3.3375%, up 0.53%
Japan at 0.487%, down 0.81%
Commodities:
Brent Oil Futures (Apr) at $84.66, up 1.16%
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Mar) at $78.22, up 1.40%
Gold Futures (Apr) at $1,894.05, up 0.49%
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $23,183.70, up 0.59%
Ethereum at $1,671.38, up 1.55%
BNB at $330.25, down 0.38%
XRP at $0.4008, up 0.65%
Cardano (ADA) at $0.3971, up 1.57%
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