Equities mixed after Wall Street ended little changed - 8.19 日

The Dollar strengthening has halted 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 0.35% higher on Monday.

Both GBP/USD and EUR/USD reversed their climbing yesterday. Both Pound and euro are higher against the dollar currently. USD/JPY reversed its silding while AUD/USD reversed its climbing on Monday with the yen higher against the Greenback currently and Australian dollar lower still. 

Futures on three main US stock indexes are down currently. The yield on 10-year Treasury is up at 4.345%. US stock market ended mixed on Monday with the three main stock benchmarks recording daily returns in the range from -0.08% to 0.03% as the National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index fell to the lowest reading since December 2022.

European stock indexes futures are mixed currently after indexes closed mixed on Monday with healthcare shares leading gains. Asian indexes futures are mostly retreating currently with Japan’s Nikkei leading losses weighed by a 2.5% slump in SoftBank Group after the company announced a $2 billion stake in struggling US chipmaker Intel.

Brent is retracing lower currently. Oil prices ended higher yesterday as White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said India’s purchases of Russian crude were funding the war in Ukraine and had to stop. US West Texas Intermediate WTI added 1.0% but are lower currently. Brent rose 1.1% to $66.60 a barrel on Monday.