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Global equities mixed after Wall Street selloff - 5.10.2021
Todays’ Market Summary
- The Dollar strengthening has resumed
- Futures on three main US stock indexes are up
- Brent is extending gains currently ahead of data from the American Petroleum Institute later today.
- Gold prices are retreating currently
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Forex news
Currency Pair | Change |
EUR USD | -0.2% |
GBP USD | -0.42% |
USD JPY | +0.38% |
AUD USD | -0.34% |
The Dollar strengthening has resumed . 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, lost 0.3% on Monday despite US Census Bureau report US factory orders jumped in August.
Both EUR/USD and GBP/USD continued climbing Monday despite Sentix report the momentum of the economic recovery in the euro-zone continued to slow down. Both Pound and Euro are lower against the Dollar currently. AUD/USD continued advancing while USD/JPY continued retreating Monday with both the Australian dollar and yen lower against the Greenback currently.
Stock Market news
Indices | Change |
Dow Jones Index | +0.04% |
Nikkei Index | -2.19% |
Hang Seng Index | +1.61% |
Australian Stock Index | +0.04% |
Futures on three main US stock indexes are up while US 10-year Treasury yields inched up to 1.495% currently. Stocks ended solidly lower Monday while Treasury prices declined on concerns about expected raising of the government's debt ceiling as the United States faces the risk of a historic default in two weeks. The three major Wall Street stock benchmarks recorded daily losses in the range of 0.94% to 2.14% led by tech shares.
European stock indexes are up currently after ending down Monday led by tech shares. Asian indexes are mixed today while Nikkei tumbled to one-month low leading losses with growth-oriented shares hit hard as rising oil prices stoked further worries about inflation. Investors are watching closely to see if Evergrande default develops into a default for China property sector after trading in the company shares were halted for trading on Monday.
Commodity Market news
Commodities | Change |
Brent Crude Oil | +0.64% |
WTI Crude | +0.47% |
Gold Market News
Metals | Change |
Gold | -0.58% |