Stocks rise after Wall Street ended at records - 13.8.2025

The Dollar weakening 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, ended lower 0.4% on Tuesday.

Both EUR/USD and GBP/USD resumed climbing yesterday as the Office for National Statistics reported UK employment grew greater than expected in the three months to June. Both Pound and euro are higher against the dollar currently. USD/JPY reversed its climbing while AUD/USD reversed its sliding on Tuesday with both the yen and the Australian dollar higher against the Greenback currently.

Futures on three main US stock indexes are up currently ahead of speeches by Federal Reserve Open Market Committee members Barkin, Goolsbee and Bostic starting at 14:00 CET. Stock indexes closed solidly higher on Tuesday recording daily gains in the range from 1.1% to 1.39% with the SP 500 and Nasdaq finishing at fresh records as US data showed stable inflation in July.

European stock indexes futures are mostly rising currently after closing mixed on Tuesday while Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund — the largest of its kind in the world — reported a return of 5.7% in the first half of the year, citing strong returns on financial stocks. Asian indexes futures are advancing mostly today with Australia’s All Ordinaries ASX 200 Index defying the trend weighed by losses in utilities, financials and energy sectors shares.

Brent is edging lower currently. Prices fell yesterday despite the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries raising its forecast for global oil demand next year and trimming its forecast for growth in supply from the United States and other producers outside the wider OPEC+ group. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release its US crude oil inventory data at 16:30 CET today. The US oil benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell  0.6% and is lower currently. Brent lost 0.3% to $66.43 a barrel on Tuesday.