Market sentiment remained dominated by concerns over the U.S. debt ceiling deadlock, hawkish comments from Fed officials as well as disappointing economic data from China.
European benchmarks are mostly trading higher amidst strong earnings updates. Wall Street Futures are trading in the red zone. Asian stocks finished trading on a mixed note amidst disappointing data from China.
Dollar retreated, dragging the Dollar Index. Bond yields moved lower. Crude oil prices dropped amidst weaker than expected economic data from China. Gold declined amidst hawkish comments by Fed speakers. 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 33,326.70, down 0.07%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,133.40, down 0.07%
Germany’s DAX at 15,933.45, up 0.10%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,781.72, up 0.05%
France’s CAC 40 at 7,415.48, down 0.04%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,321.35, up 0.11%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 29,842.99, up 0.73%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 7,234.70, down 0.45%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,290.99, down 0.60%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 19,978.25, up 0.04%
Currencies:
EUR/USD at 1.0896, up 0.20%
GBP/USD at 1.2536, up 0.07%
USD/JPY at 135.75, down 0.27%
AUD/USD at 0.6688, down 0.18%
USD/CAD at 1.3463, down 0.03%
Dollar Index at 102.27, down 0.16%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 3.463%, down 1.30%
Germany at 2.2635%, down 2.01%
France at 2.838%, down 1.82%
U.K. at 3.7770%, down 1.02%
Japan at 0.392%, down 1.14%
Commodities:
Brent Oil Futures (Jul) at $74.84, down 0.52%
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Jun) at $70.69, down 0.59%
Gold Futures (Jun) at $2,013.40, down 0.46%
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $27,115.92, down 1.10%
Ethereum at $1,818.14, down 0.64%
BNB at $311.99, down 1.06%
XRP at $0.4232, down 1.27%
Cardano (ADA) at $0.3696, down 0.93%
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