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Equities mixed ahead of Fed meeting - 16.3.2021
Todays’ Market Summary
- The Dollar strengthening has paused currently
- Futures on three main US stock indexes are higher currently
- Brent is edging lower ahead of data from the American Petroleum Institute later today.
- Gold prices are pulling back today
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Forex news
Currency Pair | Change |
EUR USD | +0.02% |
GBP USD | -0.5% |
USD JPY | +0.08% |
AUD USD | -0.23% |
The Dollar strengthening has paused 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 0.2% Monday as business activity continued to expand in New York State in March.
Both EUR/USD and GBP/USD continued sliding Monday despite German federal statistics bureau Destatis report German Wholesale Price Index rose 2.3% over year in February after no change in previous month. Euro is higher currently against the Dollar while Pound’s sliding is intact. AUD/USD continued its sliding as USD/JPY slowed its climbing yesterday with both yen and Australian dollar lower against the greenback currently.
Stock Market news
Indices | Change |
Dow Jones Index | -0.05% |
GB 100 Index | -0.12% |
Nikkei Index | +0.52% |
Hang Seng Index | +0.49% |
Australian Stock Index | +0.8% |
Futures on three main US stock indexes are higher currently after SP500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record highs Monday. The three US main stock benchmarks recorded gains ranging from 0.3% to 1.1%.
European stock indexes are down currently after ending mixed yesterday as Germany and Italy became the latest countries to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca-University of Oxford vaccine over concerns about possible side effects. Asian indexes are mostly higher today with Australia’s All Ordinaries ASX 200 Index leading gains.
Commodity Market news
Commodities | Change |
Brent Crude Oil | -0.73% |
WTI Crude | -0.65% |
Gold Market News
Metals | Change |
Gold | -0.09% |