Amidst positive sentiment triggered by the easing in inflation in the U.S., markets now await updates to earnings from the corporate sector. Cryptocurrencies gained remarkably.
European benchmarks are trading mostly higher, helped by the decline in wholesale prices in Germany. Wall Street Futures are trading with mild losses. Asian stocks finished trading on a mostly positive note.
Dollar continued to slide, dragging the Dollar Index. Bond yields moved in a mixed fashion. Crude oil prices increased amidst supply disruptions in Nigeria and Libya. Gold prices declined. Cryptocurrencies jumped amidst the court ruling in the Ripple Labs lawsuit.
Here is a snapshot of the world markets at this hour across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA (US30) at 34,370.40, down 0.07% S&P 500 (US500) at 4,507.10, down 0.07% Germany's DAX at 16,090.05, down 0.32% U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 7,450.36, up 0.14% France's CAC 40 at 7,392.90, up 0.31%Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,399.35, up 017%Japan's Nikkei 225 at 32,391.26, down 0.09% Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 7,303.10, up 0.78% China's Shanghai Composite at 3,237.70, up 0.04% Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 19,413.78, up 0.33%
Currencies:
EUR/USD at 1.1237, up 0.11%GBP/USD at 1.3127, down 0.05%USD/JPY at 138.32, up 0.21%AUD/USD at 0.6876, down 0.16%USD/CAD at 1.3109, up 0.00% Dollar Index at 99.70, down 0.07%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 3.797%, up 1.02% Germany at 2.4590%, down 0.24%France at 3.013%, down 0.26%U.K. at 4.4735%, up 1.16%Japan at 0.474%, down 1.35% Commodities:
Brent Oil Futures (Sep) at $81.41, up 0.06%.Crude Oil WTI Futures (Aug) at $76.92, up 0.04%.Gold Futures (Aug) at $1,960.75, down 0.16%.
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $31,207.42, up 2.32%Ethereum at $1,997.69, up 6.37%XRP at $0.7787, up 64.77%BNB at $256.91, up 4.40% Cardano (ADA) at $0.3492, up 21.51%
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June 19, 2026 16:46 ET Major central banks continued to dominate the economic news flow this week too, led by the Federal Reserve, as they announced their latest policy decisions. The Federal Reserve policy session was in focus as it was the first to be led by the new chief Kevin Warsh. In Europe, central banks of the U.K. and Switzerland announced their rate decisions. In Asia, the Bank of Japan drew attention for its policy moves, while data out of China threw some light on the state of the economy.