World Market Trends At This Hour

Markets remain subdued as anxiety over persisting inflation dampened market sentiment ahead of the monetary policy reviews by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday and the Bank of England on Thursday.

Asian benchmarks finished mixed. European equity markets are trading mostly lower. Wall Street Futures are in positive territory. The Dollar Index dropped after surging to a high of 105.26. Bond yields eased. Crude Oil prices gained amidst a drop in Libya’s oil exports. Gold edged down. Cryptocurrencies are moving mixed.

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

Stock Indexes:

DJIA (US30) at 30,643.80, up 0.42%
S&P 500 (US500) at 3,770.10, up 0.55%
Germany’s DAX at 13,409.31, down 0.13%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,206.40, up 0.01%
France’s CAC 40 at 5992.29, down 0.50%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,497.15, down 0.15%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 26,629.86, down 1.32%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 6,686.00, down 3.55%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,288.91, up 1.02%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 21,067.99, up 0.00%

Currencies:

EURUSD at 1.0455, up 0.45%
GBPUSD at 1.2147, up 0.11%
USDJPY at 134.15, down 0.18%
AUDUSD at 0.6927, up 0.06%
USDCAD at 1.2917, up 0.16%
Dollar Index at 104.86, down 0.21%

Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:

U.S. at 3.309%, down 1.85%
Germany at 1.6415%, up 0.95%
France at 2.253%, up 0.33%
U.K. at 2.4775%, down 1.76%
Japan at 0.251%, down 1.95%

Commodities:

Crude Oil WTI Futures (Jul) at $121.70, up 0.64%
Brent Oil Futures (Aug) at $123.11, up 0.69%
Gold Futures (Aug) at $1,828.60, down 0.17%

Cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin at $22,553.90, down 7.27%
Ethereum at $1,219.61, down 1.52%
BNB at $226.51, up 0.39%
Cardano at $0.5011, up 11.71%
XRP at $0.3174, up 0.97%

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