Market sentiment remained swayed by hawkish commentary from central bank officials. Officials from Bank of England as well as ECB hinted at potential rate hikes. Recent FOMC minutes which revealed a Fed intent on keeping interest rates restrictive also influenced market sentiment.
Wall Street Futures reflect mild gains. European benchmarks are mostly trading higher. Asian stocks finished trading on a mixed note.
Dollar Index declined as the greenback retreated. Bond yields mostly hardened. Crude oil prices are trading mixed ahead of the OPEC+ meeting. Gold firmed up amidst the Dollar’s weakness. Cryptocurrencies mostly gained.
Here is a glimpse of the major world markets at this hour.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA (US30) at 35,363.00, up 0.26%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,562.30, up 0.12%
Germany’s DAX at 16,017.65, up 0.14%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,477.60, down 0.08%
France’s CAC 40 at 7,289.68, up 0.16%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,368.35 up 0.16%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 33,625.53, up 0.54%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 7,040.80, up 0.17%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,040.97, down 0.68%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 17,567.50, down 1.96%
Currencies:
EUR/USD at 1.0907, up 0.03%
GBP/USD at 1.2556, up 0.18%
USD/JPY at 149.60, up 0.02%
AUD/USD at 0.6567, up 0.15%
USD/CAD at 1.3690, down 0.01%
Dollar Index at 103.71, down 0.20%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 4.480%, up 1.44%
Germany at 2.6455%, up 0.86%
France at 3.204%, up 0.52%
U.K. at 4.3315%, up 1.73%
Japan at 0.772%, up 0.19%
Commodities:
Brent Oil Futures (Jan) at $81.66, up 0.29%.
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Jan) at $76.73, down 0.48%.
Gold Futures (Dec) at $1,995.70, up 0.15%.
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $37,658.84, up 0.15%
Ethereum at $2,108.48, up 1.09%
BNB at $235.76, up 0.01%
XRP at $0.6229, up 0.29%
Solana (SOL) at $58.18, down 0.97%.
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