World market sentiment remained mixed amidst renewed fears of a recession triggered by the drop in the services sector PMI readings from the U.S. Losses were limited amidst gains in the services sector in China. Sentiment was also cautious ahead of the unemployment and payrolls data due on Friday.
Asian stocks finished mixed. European benchmarks are trading mostly higher. Wall Street Futures are trading mixed.
Dollar and the Dollar Index edged higher. Bond yields moved mixed. Crude oil prices declined. Gold prices are firm above $2k per troy ounce. Cryptocurrencies are trading lower.
Here is a snapshot of the world at this hour across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA (US30) at 33,500.50, up 0.05%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,086.80, down 0.09%
Germany's DAX at 15,568.35, up 0.31%
U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 7,716.49, up 0.70%
France's CAC 40 at 7,330.36, up 0.19%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,306.85, up 0.20%
Japan's Nikkei 225 at 27,472.63, down 1.22%
Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 7,219.00, down 0.25%
China's Shanghai Composite at 3,312.63, up 0.01%
Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 20,331.20, up 0.28%
Currencies:
EUR/USD at 1.0904, up 0.01%
GBP/USD at 1.2462, up 0.04%
USD/JPY at 131.40, up 0.07%
AUD/USD at 0.6695, down 0.33%
USD/CAD at 1.3472, up 0.10%
Dollar Index at 101.95, up 0.09%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 3.294%, up 0.21%
Germany at 2.1520%, down 1.24%
France at 2.663%, down 1.13%
U.K. at 3.4405%, up 0.34%
Japan at 0.459%, down 2.34%
Commodities:
Brent Oil Futures (Jun) at $84.81, down 0.21%
Crude Oil WTI Futures (May) at $80.39, down 0.27%
Gold Futures (Jun) at $2,034.45, down 0.06%
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $28,006.27, down 1.81%
Ethereum at $1,883.31, down 1.42%
BNB at $312.76, down 0.59%
XRP at $0.5003, down 3.22%
Cardano (ADA) at $0.3848, down 2.79%
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