Markets mixed after Wall Street dipped - 8.20 日

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, ended 0.1% higher on Tuesday.

Both EUR/USD and GBP/USD slowed their sliding yesterday as the European Central Bank reported euro area current account surplus rose more than expected in June. Both Pound and euro are lower against the dollar currently. USD/JPY reversed its climbing while AUD/USD accelerated its sliding on Tuesday with both the yen and the Australian dollar lower against the Greenback currently.

Futures on three main US stock indexes are down currently ahead of speeches by Federal Reserve Open Market Committee members Waller and Bostic starting at 17:00 CET and the release of Fed meeting minutes at 20:00CET. Stock indexes closed mostly lower on Tuesday recording daily returns in the range from -1.5% to 0.03% with tech companies leading losses.

European stock indexes futures are mostly retreating currently after closing high on Tuesday while defense stocks slid as Trump-Zelenskyy meeting raised hopes of peace for Ukraine. Asian indexes futures are mixed today with technology shares leading losses amide reports that the U.S. government could seek equity in tech companies that received funding under the CHIPS Act. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index   is leading gains.

Brent is edging higher currently. Prices fell yesterday as president Trump announced in a social media post that he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a meeting between Putin and Zelenskiy after White House meeting on Monday with Ukrainian president Zelenskiy and European allies. 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 1.7% but is higher currently. Brent lost 1.2% to $65.79 a barrel on Tuesday.