Market sentiment remains subdued ahead of Fed Chair Powell's panel discussion at the ECB Forum on Central Banking on Wednesday. The release of the PCE inflation readings from the U.S. are due on Friday which also kept sentiment in check.
European benchmarks recorded strong gains. Wall Street Futures are trading mixed. Asian stocks finished mostly higher.
Dollar Index remained firm. Bond yields mostly eased. Crude oil prices rebounded amidst a larger-than-expected drop in crude oil inventories in the U.S. Gold declined as Fed fears resumed. 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 33,963.40, up 0.11% S&P 500 (US500) at 4,374.10, down 0.10% Germany's DAX at 15,984.75, up 0.87% U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 7,511.61, up 0.67% France's CAC 40 at 7,279.13, up 0.88%Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,341.95, up 0.85%Japan's Nikkei 225 at 33,193.99, up 2.02% Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 7,196.50, up 1.10% China's Shanghai Composite at 3,189.38, down 0.01% Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 19,172.05, up 0.12%
Currencies:
EUR/USD at 1.0955, down 0.04%GBP/USD at 1.2702, down 0.35%USD/JPY at 144.06, down 0.01%AUD/USD at 0.6639, down 0.68%USD/CAD at 1.3224, up 0.26%Dollar Index at 102.64, up 0.15%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 3.747%, down 0.64% Germany at 2.3285%, down 1.54%France at 2.852%, down 1.40%U.K. at 4.3765%, up 0.03%Japan at 0.385%, down 1.41%
Commodities:
Brent Oil Futures (Sep) at $73.03, up 0.72%Crude Oil WTI Futures (Aug) at $68.28, up 0.86%Gold Futures (Aug) at $1,918.75, down 0.26%
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $30,281.80, down 0.27%Ethereum at $1,859.63, down 0.76%BNB at $232.72, down 2.33% XRP at $0.4752, down 1.04%Cardano (ADA) at $0.2759, down 1.85%
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