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Equities rise after strong US jobs report - 5.4.2021
Todays’ Market Summary
- The Dollar strengthening is intact currently.
- Futures on US equity benchmarks are up currently
- Brent is edging lower currently after Saudi Aramco announced it is raising official selling prices (OSPs) for May to Asia on Sunday.
- Gold prices are edging lower
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Forex news
Currency Pair | Change |
EUR USD | -0.08% |
GBP USD | +0.11% |
USD JPY | -0.84% |
AUD USD | +0.28% |
The Dollar strengthening is intact currently. The live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, added 0.1% on Friday as the Labor Department reported nonfarm payrolls’ gain of 916,000 when an increase of 625,000 was expected.
Both EUR/USD and GBP/USD reversed their climbing Friday. Euro is lower against the Dollar currently while Pound is higher. USD/JPY reversed its sliding Friday while AUD/USD reversed its climbing with yen lower against the Greenback currently while Australian dollar is higher.
Stock Market news
Indices | Change |
Dow Jones Index | +0.02% |
Nikkei Index | +0.79% |
S&P 500 | +0.2% |
Nasdaq 100 | +0.26% |
Futures on US equity benchmarks are up currently ahead of US market reopening and ISM Services PMI report today at 16:00 CET. The three main US stock benchmarks recorded gains ranging from 0.5% to 1.8% Thursday after the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported a jump in manufacturing activity for March.
European markets remain closed today for Easter Monday . Asian indexes are rising mostly today with Nikkei index leading gainers while markets in Australia, mainland China and Hong Kong closed on Monday for holidays.
Commodity Market news
Commodities | Change |
Brent Crude Oil | -0.75% |
WTI Crude | +0.94% |
Gold Market News
Metals | Change |
Silver | -0.18% |