Market sentiment remains tethered to anxiety ahead of updates from the U.S. job market. While the unemployment rate is seen steady, the payrolls addition and average earnings is seen edging lower.
Wall Street Futures are trading with mild gains. European benchmarks are trading mixed amidst an unexpected surge in factory orders in Germany. Asian stock markets finished mostly higher on hopes of strong stimulus from China.
Dollar Index edged higher. Bond yields hardened ahead of jobs data. Crude oil prices gained amidst supply cuts. Gold prices edged lower. Cryptocurrencies have gained.
Here is a snapshot of the world markets at this hour across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA (US30) at 35,253.30, up 0.11% S&P 500 (US500) at 4,515.60, up 0.30% Germany's DAX at 15,890.15, down 0.02% U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 7,522.82, down 0.08% France's CAC 40 at 7,296.05, up 0.49%Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,323.85, up 0.45% Japan's Nikkei 225 at 32,172.50, down 0.02% Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 7,325.30, up 0.19% China's Shanghai Composite at 3,288.08, up 0.23% Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 19,538.00, up 0.79%
Currencies:
EUR/USD at 1.0946, up 0.02%GBP/USD at 1.2706, down 0.06%USD/JPY at 142.79, up 0.18%AUD/USD at 0.6554, up 0.04%USD/CAD at 1.3363, up 0.10% Dollar Index at 102.56, up 0.02%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 4.194%, up 0.07% Germany at 2.6075%, up 2.09%France at 3.167%, up 1.64%U.K. at 4.5320%, up 1.36%Japan at 0.636%, down 1.17% Commodities:
Brent Oil Futures (Oct) at $85.80, up 0.78%.Crude Oil WTI Futures (Sep) at $82.22, up 0.82%.Gold Futures (Dec) at $1,967.50, down 0.07%.
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $29,163.62, up 0.12%Ethereum at $1,835.94, up 0.14%BNB at $241.73, up 0.76% XRP at $0.661, down 0.51%Dogecoin (DOGE) at $0.0743, up 1.29%
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