World Market Trends

World market sentiment remained tethered to fears surrounding the monetary policy outlook as well as indications from the latest edition of corporate earnings. Recession fears reemerged after the Fed’s Beige book hinted of a credit crunch following the banking crisis in the U.S.

Asian stocks finished on a mixed note. European benchmarks are trading in negative territory. Wall Street Futures are however trading in the red zone.

Dollar and the Dollar Index edged lower. Bond yields eased. Crude oil prices extended losses. Gold extended gains. 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 33,732.00, down 0.49%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,123.60, down 0.74%
Germany’s DAX at 15,760.73, down 0.85%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,881.70, down 0.22%
France’s CAC 40 at 7,514.97, down 0.46%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,370.45, down 0.53%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 28,639.50, up 0.11%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 7,362.20, down 0.04%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,367.03, down 0.09%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 20,382.00, up 0.07%

Currencies:

EUR/USD at 1.0958, up 0.04%
GBP/USD at 1.2425, down 0.10%
USD/JPY at 134.62, down 0.06%
AUD/USD at 0.6720, up 0.10%
USD/CAD at 1.3476, up 0.12%
Dollar Index at 101.89, down 0.07%

Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:

U.S. at 3.553%, down 1.37%
Germany at 2.4675%, down 1.46%
France at 2.974%, down 1.11%
U.K. at 3.8495%, down 0.19%
Japan at 0.470%, down 0.32%

Commodities:

Brent Oil Futures (Jun) at $81.72, down 1.68%
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Jun) at $77.77, down 1.86%
Gold Futures (Jun) at $2,011.95, up 0.23%

Cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin at $28,870.29, down 1.16%
Ethereum at $1,956.35, down 1.28%
BNB at $326.19, down 0.61%
XRP at $0.4935, up 0.80%
Cardano (ADA) at $0.4191, up 0.64%

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