World Markets At This Hour

Equity markets are in green zone amidst positive earnings updates and relief that the Fed would be willing to pause on rate hikes if inflation was coming under control. The Dollar-Index meanwhile touched a one-month low.

Asian markets finished with gains. European equity markets too are in green zone. Wall Street Futures are also in mild positive territory. The Dollar Index retreated. Bond yields continued to ease. Dollar weakness and supply concerns helped crude prices edge up. Gold also moved higher. Cryptocurrencies extended losses.

Markets await the PCE data from the U.S. later in the day, which is considered an important gauge of consumer spending.

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

Stock Indexes:

DJIA (US30) at 32,732.50, up 0.29%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,078.00, up 0.50%
Germany’s DAX at 14,333.47, up 0.72%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,572.83, up 0.10%
France’s CAC 40 at 6,466.74, up 0.88%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,773.35, up 0.88%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 26,781.68, up 0.66%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 7,182.70, up 1.08%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,130.24, up 0.23%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 20,697.36, up 2.89%

Currencies:

EURUSD at 1.0725, up 0.01%
GBPUSD at 1.2609, up 0.12%
USDJPY at 127.08, down 0.05%
AUDUSD at 0.7144, up 0.65%
USDCAD at 1.2740, down 0.25%
Dollar Index at 101.69, down 0.13%

Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:

U.S. at 2.756%, down 0.08%
Germany at 0.9910%, down 0.30%
France at 1.507%, down 0.72%
U.K. at 1.9645%, down 0.18%
Japan at 0.224%, down 2.40%

Commodities:

Crude Oil WTI Futures (Jul) at $114.78, up 0.60%
Brent Oil Futures (Aug) at $114.53, up 0.32%
Gold Futures (Jun) at $1,856.36, up 0.47%

Cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin at $28,913.54, down 0.30%
Ethereum at $1,766.75, down 3.47%
BNB at $297.43, down 4.22%
XRP at $0.3919, up 0.84%
Cardano at $0.4579, down 5.52%

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