World Market Trends

World markets remained subdued amidst waning fears of quick Fed pivot. Further Covid curbs by China and the tech rout at Wall Street a day earlier dragged sentiment lower on the last trading day of the week.

Asian stocks finished on a negative note. European benchmarks are trading lower. Wall Street also appears set to open with losses.

Dollar strengthened moderately. Bond yields continued to harden. Gold retreated amidst the Dollar’s strength. Crude oil prices traded lower as China strengthened Covid curbs. Cryptocurrencies declined.

Here is a snapshot of the world markets at this hour across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.

Stock Indexes:

DJIA (US30) at 31,951.00, down 0.26%
S&P 500 (US500) at 3,777.60, down 0.78%
Germany’s DAX at 13,089.99, down 0.92%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,029.71, down 0.62%
France’s CAC 40 at 6,207.73, down 0.58%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,569.75, down 0.96%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 27,105.20, down 0.88%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 6,785.70, down 0.87%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 2,915.93, down 2.25%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 14,863.06, down 3.66%

Currencies:

EURUSD at 0.9962, down 0.00%
GBPUSD at 1.1532, up 0.28%
USDJPY at 147.69, up 0.97%
AUDUSD at 0.6417, down 0.49%
USDCAD at 1.3614, up 0.38%
Dollar Index at 110.90, up 0.28%

Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:

U.S. at 4.0%, up 1.55%
Germany at 2.1175%, up 6.84%
France at 2.635%, up 5.84%
U.K. at 3.5280%, up 3.49%
Japan at 0.236%, down 3.47%

Commodities:

Crude Oil WTI Futures (Dec) at $87.82, down 1.41%
Brent Oil Futures (Jan) at $93.75, down 1.36%
Gold Futures (Dec) at $1,652.15, down 0.81%

Cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin at $20,184.66, down 2.32%
Ethereum at $1,502.22, down 3.00%
BNB at $286.39, down 0.82%
XRP at $0.4608, down 2.67%
Cardano at $0.3838, down 5.44%

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